Hello Guys, I just wanted to know how many of you don't wear camo when hunting... I started not wearing it a few weeks ago.. I now just wear a pair of blue jeans and I do how ever wear a camo shirt.. I also wanted to know if any of you dont wear cover up scents...
Thanks Guys,
Cody
Hey Cody ... i've never worn any camo and never worn scents etc ...
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always clean my socks though ... lol
Ben
Not me!
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i don't have any photos to put up but i normally just wear drab colours khaki olive green etc no scent blokes lol just ask bmlongshot we hunt together and we both smell a bit funky after a few days hunting
I have shot as much game not wearing camo as when wearing it. My filson coat is that sort of camo, problem is, it doesn't match anything other than bark. I do wear a face mask to cover either my white beard or my rosy cheeks most of the time this year. I really don't think it matters for deer, but turkeys can see that I don't have a turkey tag in my billfold. Boy are they in for a surprise the next time I go out.
to the guys wearing flannel, you basically are wearing camo because the plaid breaks up the pattern/shape of the body which is what the point of camo is isnt it
hey buddy i do wear camo but not cover up sent. but sometime i dont wear camo just green tops and green pants i dont think it makes much diff as long as ya move sloooooowwwwww. and stop often if spot and stalk. and well if ya a just sitting down hell it dont matter.
i rarly wear camo, sometimes the pants becouse of the pockets! i use a cover scent some times. thelast few years i have played the wind and in my opnion it is VITAL to seeing deer! i do not suggest blue jeans however becouse of the noise they make and they do not dry fast. ihave PLENTY of flannel if ya need any?
Preflex,
i do not wear camo becouse i think the price is OUTRAGEOUS and RIDICULOUS, plaid blends just as well.
Cover scents, carbon clothing or not, if the wind is wrong, you'll get busted. It's an enormous marketing scheme and a big waste of money in my opinion. I don't always wear camo either but, like most of the other guys, try to wear drab clothing and/or plaids. When I do wear camo it's typically because what I have that's suitable for the weather is oftentimes camo wool coats, etc..
Cody, great question. Since commiting to trad gear only I have started questioning some of the other aspects of my hunting including camo etc.
As of right now yes on the camo for the most part. It's all I have but am looking for wool at my local GoodWill all the time.
No way on the cover scents of the scent eliminator stuff.
I used cover-up scents years ago but not any more. Doesn't matter how much stuff you put on, if the wind is wrong, your busted. I do wear camos.
I wear camo if leaving the house to bowhunt.I do it for me,not the deer.I can buy camo cheaper on sale and it has more pockets and stuff than most other things.It is usually better suited for hunting by design instead of just color.I don't use cover scents.I find going in clean and useing the wind the better option.
I dont use cover scents. I have some camo pants and bibs that I use. They are older and faded really bad so they dont stand out real well(skyline and treebark). The camo nowadays is so real looking that if there arent any leaves on the trees I think it is worse than not wearing it. Its hard to blend in with the leaves if there arent any.....Roy
I do wear camo. I don't use cover scents.
Some of my clothes are camo, maybe half. I pick what is right for the temperature and weather more than colors.
No calls, no scents , no attractants.
Nothing WRONG with camo IMHO, its just not the mandatory item some think (few here Im sure).
Only mandtory thing for ME is I darken the skin on my face. I tend to move too much and it helps me get busted less.... or I feel it does, lol.
God bless
Mismatched camo patterns, no scents.
I don't use cover scents and don't hold any stock in scent killers. I will put out some doe in heat here in a few weeks. ;) My bibs are soft fleece camo, but I bought them because they're insulated and they were 50% off! I wear a brown/black plaid shirt over my wool long undershirt.
QuoteOriginally posted by James Wrenn:
I wear camo if leaving the house to bowhunt.I do it for me,not the deer.I can buy camo cheaper on sale and it has more pockets and stuff than most other things.It is usually better suited for hunting by design instead of just color.I don't use cover scents.I find going in clean and useing the wind the better option.
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Yup, me too. Only difference being (I guess) I do use scent free products. Not cover ups, not blockers, just common sense hygiene with unscented soaps.
I do where camo's ghillie or ASAT.But I've deer hunted for 40 years and only ground hunt for the last 5 years.No matter what you try to hide your sent with it won't work.You must learn to use the wind at all times.
You don't see fox trappers spraying down there fox sets with scent killer.
No camo but skunk or fox scent to cover.
Wow and I was thinking to myself I was the only one that didn't wear camo or scents.....
I do wear camo. I already had it before I became "enlightened". I figure camo can't really hurt.No cover scents. It has been shown that deer can see blue so I don't wear blue.
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Preflex,
i do not wear camo becouse i think the price is OUTRAGEOUS and RIDICULOUS, plaid blends just as well.
thats what i was thinking and trying to say but with out saying anything against camo but the flannel breaks up the human shape same as camo ya just dont get to look like a tree
i here ya, i am pretty set in my ways regarding camo and what i think, no other way to say it, OUTRAGEOUS.
New camo is very high in price. That's why I get the "new to me" stuff on Trad Gang. But I don't think anyone "needs" camo to be an effective hunter. This week I packed a bunch of leaves and pine cones in a plastic bag with my hunting (outer) clothes. They were free for the taking outside my house. ;) Worked fine for a deer at five yards. Although I got busted drawing.....
... mike ...
If I'm hunting in an area that gets a lot of hunting pressure I wear my ASAT Vanish Pro 3D leafy suit. If it's a place that only sees one or two human predators a year I may still wear it or just wear some lighter earth tone plaids; but plaid was originally designed AS camoflauge.
I have found I have animals come closer while wearing the ASAT Vanish Pro 3D suit. Sometimes too close, like bumping into me or walking to within 3 feet. Wearing plaid I have never had deer closer than 10 or 12 yards. I know how to stand still. I've only been busted by sight once while on stand. The deer saw me before I saw it and I scratched my nose. One thing to remember is that regardless of weather you decide to wear camo or not you need to do something to dull the shine of your face, either a head net or some camo paint ot some burnt cork. Because if the sun's light hits your pristine clean face, regardless of your skin color, it will shine like a beacon declaring "HUMAN HERE!"
Oh I forgot to address the cover scent issue.
The only cover scent I have seen with my own eyes seemingly work is The Original Cover Up. I once was in a remote hunting camp and had been four days with only the most simplest bathign situation. I had packed in as light as I could and took only one set of clothes other than under clothes and socks. I took an extra pair of each. I was pretty ripe on the third day even though I had used the military disposible wet towels. The long days of hiking in the same clothes didn't help. Well I decided to try the Cover Up my brother had given me. I sprayed it all over my clothes and found the scent very appealing. Well I had a over a dozen deer come at me from directly down wind that night and pass me on my right at 15 yards. Only a branch, unseen in the fading light, kept my arrow from finding it's mark on a very large mature doe.
I figured it works by counteracting human scent not neutralizing it. Its scent is a deer attractant. Your scent's a deer repellant. I think deer sort of recieve the scents simultaniously and the net effect is null. That is only supposition on my part but it is logical.
I don't wear camo and don't like the pants they sell with too many pockets that are too big and the pants are always too baggy in the leg. Hard to be stealth with those on! (Obviously I have "issues" with hunting pant design.)
I like trim black fleece or green wool pants. I wear wool shirts that are either solid "dull" or a good plaid pattern that matches the colors where I hunt. I am sold on black- ever see a moose in the half-light of the woods? Unless its moving pretty hard to make out.
I don't use masking scents or cover scents. I smell good already!
Actually, any time I come across a spruce or fir tree with pitch blisters I pop some of those and wipe the pitch on my boots or hat brim. Sometimes I wipe my feet in deer or elk poop- I've lost it haven't I ?
Joshua, who hasn't rolled in a wallow. YET.
Cover scent - no. Camo - yes and no.
No cover scents or attractants for quite a few years. The deer get wise to that stuff around here.
Have not bought camo in a while either( its personal against all the must have advertising crap) I do like my old 6 pocket camo pants and then usually a plaid top.
Here in PA we have to wear orange for half our season. Doesn't really matter if you wear camo or not.
Sometimes I use camo - sometimes not. Plaid shirts often provide just as good effect as the commercial products. A hood to hide my face is crucial but I don't have a non-camo version that seems to work well.
Some times I use scents, but lately I have been in a "play the wind closely" frame of mind. I have just never had many instances where I thought the scents were helpful.
Unless you're hunting birds you can wear anything you want.
What humans see.
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What animals see.
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I don't bother with face masks anymore, and the weather was so hot out west in Sept. that I didn't even wear my wool plaids. Movement is key. Move when they are looking, you WILL be busted. Same with cover scents. If the wind is wrong, no matter what you have on, and they get downwind, it's usually over. And I know, everyone has had this or that happen, but basic principles still work pretty well.
This bull was probably the fifth or sixth elk I've killed without any camo. I figure that if I can kill a bull when he is intently looking for me after calling him in, I should be able to ambush a deer that has no idea I'm even in the state.
The best advice I have is to spend the money on some really nice arrows or a new bow.
I do wear camo but I don't use scents
I wear camo, no cover scents.
One thing to be careful of is deer can see Blue and Yellow in the spectrum.
Camo wranglers cost $20 Regular wranglers cost $20. I have some of both. Hit walmart after the season or better yet, Beall's Outlet stores down here in Fl and you can buy camo shirts by the shopping cart load for less than $5 each.
Most of the more rugged and durable modern cold weather gear is made for hunters and it comes in camo and it comes at a price. I would agree that it is outrageously over-priced. However, it is darn good stuff.
I am just getting turned on to the concept of Good Will serving as my primary hunting "outfitter" and plan to see what they may have in the way of wool or other options. However, most of the surplus gear and thrift shop garments that I have seen are of a solid color and have a solitary purpose of providing warmth. They don't have many pockets and the ones they do have are small.
As for scent products, I have used cover scents and attractants in the past with success. I have quit using them because they ARE outrageously overpriced and I have gotten a bit lazy about putting them out. I do still use scent eliminator hygene products and have faith in them. I know, however, that they are not going to cover slovenly habits.
i have camo i get it on clearance.i bet my buddy i could shoot a deer in a usa olympic sweat suit.he wouldnt take the offer though.good luck guys.bdawg
Camo for bowhunting umm yes why not it works and it's cheap as all get out , asprin for headaches, yes, keep clean, wind is wind. keep movement to a minimum, if you can draw your bow without aiming for the stars you should be ok.
I would agree that the hunting clothes industry is just another money pit.Yes I can only imagine how nice it would be to hunt in SITKA GEAR but I dont have that type of money to give.
My solution is when my work pants have become worn down I go to the sewing department and purchase RIT clothes die.This also allows me to taylor the exact color scheme for the area.
I realise most game is color blind,but I sure get a good laugh when other hunters walk right past my ground blind.
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I would agree that the hunting clothes industry is just another money pit.Yes I can only imagine how nice it would be to hunt in SITKA GEAR but I dont have that type of money to give.
My solution is when my work pants have become worn down I go to the sewing department and purchase RIT clothes die.This also allows me to taylor the exact color scheme for the area.
I realise most game is color blind,but I sure get a good laugh when other hunters walk right past my ground blind.
you gotta use your call and see if you fool them in to thinkin a deer is near
I wear whatever is clean, whatever is warm when its cold out. I have and do use camo but the stuff I'd like to own is way too expensive for my budget so I head to goodwill. I was there yesterday and picked up a couple of great 100% wool sweaters.(fantastic fall colors too) I came real close to finding some wool pants...man! I got to get more weight off...lol then my chances of finding some that fit will definitely go up.
My frist elk purple shorts, green top. Walmart is the bomb,$2 camo shirt,$6 shoft shell,$5 camo pants. Camo dose keep other hunters from secert elk spot. I walk with the wind in my face,when the wind changes so do I. It is easier to buy camo cheaper in better matirals around here. It's also the fashion at the highschool. I do like the unscented deoderaunts and laundry soap, but I can not stand the perfume smells on me or my clothing. I always feel like an old lady when I smell flowery scents.
Camo yes. Cover scents no.
I use Camo,But the only scents I use are the ones I make. I always get some pine needles ,honey suckle or whatever Foliage is around the area I want to hunt and then boil it down in a pot for like 25 min. until the water has reduced,let it cool and strain it through a coffee filter into a spray bottle.The pine works best.And it smells better than the synthetic stuff.I don't use attractant scents.
No camo no cover ups. I do have a pair of cheap pants that I wear when I go out shooting or messing around in the woods, I dont care what I do to them. As far as hunting I will be in wool, cotton, and maybe some fleece but not modern looking stuff.
I'm not wearing camo anymore, and for a cover scent, boil some dirt from your hunting area and strain it into a spray bottle. Instant earch scent.
I like some camo, never liked messing w/ scents though. I think animals can separate scents so unless you are overpowering them w/ skunk, they will still smell you.
Some camo, some not. The only time I really worry about it is when I sit in really sparse trees after leaf fall. Then I wear whites with a branch pattern so I don't look like a giant black blob against the sky.
I wear good, useful hunting clothing regardless of what color or pattern..Most of the stuff I like only comes in camo.Wool is the only non camo I wear.I do think its a waste of time to rely on camo to kill game.
I go for comfort. I occasionally wear military surplus pants just because they are so darn comfortable. Never wear full matching garb, and never scents, or cover ups of any kind. I do however try to keep common houshold odors out of them by hanging them outside to air.
I am a camo hunter when hunting turkey, headnet, gloves, camo bow and arrows. For deer it is what the weather is. Most of my warm coats are wool and they come in a Columbia camo, Filson green, and Woolrich red plaid. I just bought a wool coat on ey for 20 bucks and it is red. My wife wont let me wear the Filson or Woolrich hunting. Woolrich came out with a green and black classic hunting coat just like the old red and black coats.