CAMO

[toddnjoyce]

….The military has it figured out that one universal camouflage is not the best...

Oh know we don’t, but I give props to the Navy for their digital blueberry pattern. Sailor falls in the ocean wearing that shit and nobody’ll ever see ‘em again.

Despite all the ‘study’ put behind DoD pattern choices, keep in mind they all came from the lowest bidder. The patterns exist to keep everyone as uniform as possible (per service that is). Any field effectiveness is pure bonus.

 

[General Zod]

I take it back...there was one environment the Army's ACU pattern blended in to...

 

[hullhullhull]

What the military knows and what the accountants will pay for are two different things.

 

[Big Green]

MARPAT is best pattern.

 

[TipBledsoe]

But camo is “the new black.”

It can be worn anywhere and camo pants coordinate with any color shirt, and visa versa.

You can wear it to church, and you can wear it to Dairy Queen.
You can wear it to a fancy restaurant, and you can wear it to your court appearance.
You can wear it to a wedding, or you can wear it to a funeral.
You can wear it to war, and you can wear it hunting Bambi.

Your options are endless with any camo pattern.

I especially think that women look great wearing camo…. Just imagine a voluptuous woman wearing an itsy bitsy camo string bikini…. If that doesn’t make your Mister Happy stand at attention, you should check your pulse!

 

[mongoose]

Speaking on this, but an expert by no means. Being quiet and still when hunting game animals is the most important aspect. This weekend while hunting, I wore blue jeans, a (navy) blue tee, a dry duck coat (navy), why? I was sitting in a blind that was darkened from behind and two sides. This was my camo, I was so still and so quiet that the wrens were coming into the blind with me. Slow movements and quiet, IMO is more important, also being aware of the wind and its direction to carry your scent.

I read an article a few years back about a hunter who came from Michigan to NM and CO. every year to hunt Elk. He had two or three Elk in the Top ten of the Pope and Young book. He only wore wool for its warmth and quietness.( no Camo ) He said sound, movement and wind were all the elements you needed control to be sucessful. I know I have called coyotes, bobcat, owls and hawks on me wearing no camo.

 

[Maverick44]

Ever watch a hunting show and, while the host is decked out in thousands of dollars in camo and gun, the guide is wearing a barn coat, hat, and jeans? That should tell you something about the importance of camo while hunting.....

Yeah, you don't need the camo. Deer don't see color the same way we do. Unless you're walking out in the woods wearing bright blue, you're probably fine as far as your clothes go. They can't see red or orange worth a damn. It just blends in with the greens to them.

There's a reason people used to go hunting wearing red flannel. It works.

 

[Hoji]

I’ll throw my .02 in. If you are hunting in a blind,( especially an elevated blind) CAMO makes very little difference, it is your silhouette that will get you busted.

If you are hunting on the ground, blending in is extremely important unless you are hunting long range ( 300+ yards)

Deer and pigs are very spooky and even in good camo you need to be still and limit movement until you are ready to shoot.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Sure seems like it would be difficult hunting deer from a moving car then.

 

[Coyote9]

Wearing camo while hunting is an exercise in vanity. I did some search and rescue in Colorado , it is damn hard to spot lost folk in the forest...if they hide with camo then Darwin will claim them. The only valid reason I can see is that surplus or issue cammies are some of the most durable and practical woodsman wear found anywhere.....please wear your orange vest and hat....not a single season went by in Colorado without a hunter being shot....then the seacrh and rescue as mentioned.I was hunting the Sam Houston nasty forest one swampy morning when a hunter decked in full camo with "rattle antlers" drapped around his neck walked right under my tree without seeing me. I saw the antlers before I saw him! I was wearing orange.

 

[leVieux]

Wearing camo while hunting is an exercise in vanity. I did some search and rescue in Colorado , it is damn hard to spot lost folk in the forest...if they hide with camo then Darwin will claim them. The only valid reason I can see is that surplus or issue cammies are some of the most durable and practical woodsman wear found anywhere.....please wear your orange vest and hat....not a single season went by in Colorado without a hunter being shot....then the seacrh and rescue as mentioned.I was hunting the Sam Houston nasty forest one swampy morning when a hunter decked in full camo with "rattle antlers" drapped around his neck walked right under my tree without seeing me. I saw the antlers before I saw him! I was wearing orange.

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Maybe, but:

Most of us hunt on cattle ranches, and the cattle do “alert” to the orange garments, secondarily alerting other critters.

So, I do wear the orange, but often hunt w/o, when legal.

White definitely scares doves, while it is ignored by geese & ducks.

Your choice. I’ve found that mixed tans, grays, & browns w/o cam patterns work well in a lot of situations.

leVieux
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[leVieux]

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Maybe, but:

Most of us hunt on cattle ranches, and the cattle do “alert” to the orange garments, secondarily alerting other critters.

So, I do wear the orange, but often hunt w/o, when legal.

White definitely scares doves, while it is ignored by geese & ducks.

Your choice. I’ve found that mixed tans, grays, & browns w/o cam patterns work well in a lot of situations.

leVieux
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The original point of post was that commercial camo patterns are too small an too homogenous for most real hunting situations.

 

[Coyote9]

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Maybe, but:

Most of us hunt on cattle ranches, and the cattle do “alert” to the orange garments, secondarily alerting other critters.

So, I do wear the orange, but often hunt w/o, when legal.

White definitely scares doves, while it is ignored by geese & ducks.

Your choice. I’ve found that mixed tans, grays, & browns w/o cam patterns work well in a lot of situations.

leVieux
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Almost all of my hunting is done on the family ranch in the Panhandle, no one allowed to hunt without a family member present... we meet up at the well, drink coffee and pick our spots...everyone who leaves their spot has to wear orange. My little 13 acres in Colorado backs up to the national forest which has no public access nearby. I wear orange there due to idiots trespassing, twice with local mounted hunting guides!

 

[Vaquero]

Mocha dissapears at about 20 feet into the pasture. I want camo that matches her markings.

 

[FireInTheWire]

Where's FITW?

Too much emphasis is being placed on camo. It comes secondly to silent, being still and windage. Find the pattern you like and rock it. I pretty much like all the patterns. I just like camo.

 

[deemus]

Best camouflage In oak cliff.

Hey! I see you found your hat!

What’s in the jar?

 

[seeker_two]

Where's FITW?

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Meh.....I'd just call a strike on the grid square.....

 

[toddnjoyce]

Where's FITW?

Inverted V and a shadow gives you away, even though your right leg looks a little bendy. I’m guessing that’s an artifact of scaling the photo though.

 

[FireInTheWire]

Meh.....I'd just call a strike on the grid square.....

Inverted V and a shadow gives you away, even though your right leg looks a little bendy. I’m guessing that’s an artifact of scaling the photo though.

You guys are the real deal. May I serve next to you when the commies come?

 

[justmax]

You guys are the real deal. May I serve next to you when the commies come?

I give up. Go ahead and wave now.