Does anyone make a Ghillie that is designed with the traditional archer in mind?
Just wondering...
If you have the time get a kit and make it to your personal liking. I made a poncho a couple years ago and left a patch on my chest and bow arm bare. That way I don't have to worry about strings catching.
Rancho Safari.
Bushrag has the best quality.
https://www.bush*****om/store/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=30
I have to go with Rancho Safari also. I love mine!
I've recently purchased a light weight poncho kit and intend on doing a build along when I get time to do it.
Looks easy and I like the ability to custom the areas the string will be passing.
Mike
QuoteOriginally posted by wihill:
Rancho Safari.
I'll second that :thumbsup:
QuoteOriginally posted by wingnut:
I've recently purchased a light weight poncho kit and intend on doing a build along when I get time to do it.
Looks easy and I like the ability to custom the areas the string will be passing.
Mike
Can't wait to see the build along and finished product!
Make your own, jarheads have been doing it for years. You can find about 10 or more "how tos" on youtube, and materials are really cheap. Then when you build your own, change what you need to to get it to work for your shooting and hunting style.
I know some guys swear by the Rancho ghillies, but I had a Rancho Safari longcoat that didn't suit me at all. For one it was heavy, cumbersome, and generally to hot to wear through mid-season. It was also too long and I constantly tripped over it when standing up from a crouch or shifting on a stool. The burlap snagged on everything and smelled so strongly that even after several years of breaking it in (including burying it for extended periods in leaves), deer would ALWAYS snort and run from me when I got into them. The worst is that the copious amounts of burlap frillies messed something terrible with my periferal vision and I couldn't shoot worth a darn in it. (And believe, me, I really had trimmed it back.) All those problems overwhelmed the fact that nothing blended better into late autumn, brown woods, and I finally ditched it.
But because of the excellent camo affect, I've held a notion to make a simple head & shoulder ghillie from an old surplus sniper's veil...something small and light that fits in shoulder bag that you could literally drape over a boonie hat or across your shoulders to break up the worst of the human outline. I'd use shredded cotton fabric from old fatigues for the frillies, and not layer them so heavily as the Rancho. But right now it's number 1,000-something on my priority list. :p