I am trying to rely less and less on modern day camo; I do hunt in a ghillie suit often but am wanting to get away from buying what companies say I "need" to be successful;
What do you use?
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Game warden said that the next time he caught me out there "natural" that he was gonna field dress me and run me in.
Never had that reaction thirty years ago.
Killdeer
:biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh: yea, me to!
Sometimes in modern camo, sometimes in jeans and flannel shirts- never natural- I'd be ripped to shreads in minutes!!!
Carhart pants and plaid shirts.
No commercial camo in 35 years
I prefer camo, not because its any better, I just like it. Some of mine is 20+ years old.
You dont NEED anything except a bow and arrows, but if you like the look of a pattern, be it new, old,high tech, plain jane, plaid or whatever...go for it.
Whatever YOU feel better in.
The closest to "au naturel" I've come when hunting has been in a breech cloth (not alone, though... that would scare all the deer into the next county!) under a knee-length walnut dyed linen hunting shirt.
I have too much camo to abandon it completely, but I'm preferring the 18th clothing and the plaid wool lately.
I wear a wool poncho just to break up my pattern
I like plaid!
Plaid/flannel or wool....
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Glenn
Wool and army surplus camo is about the extent of it for me. Really like the wool plaid patterns and is usually what I wear. Works real good!
Jason
nat gear
I knew the "natural" theme would get some bites.
Highest tech stuff I can find - Sitka Gear. Comfortable, effective, and well-designed with hidey-holes everywhere.
I have no doubt far less expensive "Natural" clothing would hide a non-moving hunter just fine though.
Except --I won't use any type of clothing that claims to be "scent-control" -- never fooled me the first go round and won't do it now after they lost the lawsuit.
QuoteDo you hunt in camo clothing or go "natural"?
I wear camo break up stuff like a leafy, or ghillie suit.
Occasionally, especially when it is real hot I will go all natural, but I'm hairy enough to pull it off as long as I have my back turned to the GW.
Rick
Going natural along with bowhunting frogs is a no-no here in Michigan.
Both, whatever I feel like that day
I am moving more to flannel and cheap cotton camo for the hot days. Too much of the "good" camo has a sheen to it from the high tech material. I have a hard enough time without shining in the woods.
I'm afraid my "natural" camo would only by effective in the snow. That would cause other problems...
cheap camo for me. mix and match, whatever is quiet and cheap.
Killie you can go natural in Jersey, we are all weird here.Just watch out for the briars.
I've been in camo for 20 years this year I've got nice plaid wool to wear.. so we'll see.
Predator camo for me. Depending the time of the year and the ground/back cover; Spring Green, Fall Brown (discontinued) & Fall Gray.
Suit, tie and wingtips, however I haven't killed anything is yrs but I look good...
I used to hunt camo all the time but am using more plaids these days. Only thing is that I have a lot of camo and relatively little plaid. All my plaid is just too hot for early bow season in GA.
Believe it or not, I was hunting javelina in Texas years back with a former bowyer / outfitter. One of the rules of the ranch was that you had to be dressed. As Jeff Foxworthy says. . . is this rule really necessary ? Evidently it was. . . and in cactus country no less.
ChuckC
I usually just hunt in whatever is clean or convenient in some cases.
I shot a doe on public land a several years back after work. I had little time before dark and happened to have my bow in the back seat of my truck.
Climbed into my stand with khaki pants and a blue polo shirt and loafers. 30 minutes later......doe down. :-)
My camo is so old,I could never part with it.I even have some World War two stuff,it would be like losing an old friend.It is faded just enough to match the Alabama woods.
I like both. A young friend gave me a full set of Army Multicam and I love it. I also have some of Fred Asbell's wool in plaid and love that too.
Predator is excellent as is natgear - KOM blow down is best woll camo - but I wear leafys and gillies more often than anything else. Like kakis and plain shirts for urban hunting. Camo is more for the animals you don't see like turkeys coyotes antelope - if you are seeing these regularly under 20 yards deer bears and hogs will be easy.
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Asat is my favorite...trying out kuiu this year which is working good for hogs so far.
I use both, Asat when it's warm and have several Asbell pullovers for cooler to cold.
I also use both.
No wool hate the stuff . Some flannel shirts cheap camo shirts and sweat shirts . Old army coat for cold days . Mostly tan or green carpenter pants and cheap earth color or camo t shirts.
I use camo most all the time. I like some of the plaids but don't own any of them. I've had good luck with the cammies including the woolens in the cold weather days.
Although I don't really need it, I am considering an Asbell pullover this year if I can scrape up a few extra bucks. They look good and I think they would be comfortable.
Joe
I use both but I'm really starting to like Carhart pants and a plaid sort.
If I went natural, I wood bag a lot more deer, as they would die from laughter!
Mostly camo... ghillie and realtree stuff. Sometimes I go with carharts and flannel. Feels a lot more trad that way, for sure.
I like outfitter camo in cabella's microtex material.
I wear camo all the time. Prefer Predator. Still have some Treebark. Can't wear wool.
Whatever is clean, ready, and the right weight for the temps. I have nothing against camo and own a bunch but plaid or just muted solids work fine. Movement is what usually gives me away. I spent my youth sneaking up on animals with jeans and whatever Tshirt or sweatshirt I had on that day. I will say plaid looks cooler in pictures or when you greet some other guys at the trailhead - nothing wrong with enjoying the image part of traditional bowhunting a bit :^)
I have always worn camo because when I started hunting 10 years ago I thought that is what you had to have to be successful. I also have never owned any flannels until a couple years ago. Last year I shot my biggest buck while wearing a red and black Asbell sweater and a blaze orange vest (bowhunting during rifle season).
I wear plaid unless it is really raining or looks like it will, then I wear a camo rain suit, I wouldn't want to melt!
Ah, dear, dear Killie. I sharper wit is not to be found on this site! I haven't forgotten that I promised you a pair of the military surplus wool pants we're both so fond of, if I can ever find the darn things again. I remember the size, but if it has evolved you can PM me. We don't need to be reminded of such things on the PowWow.
P.S. I sure do miss ATAR!
Sharp wit, maybe, but danged if I remember about those pants of yours. With this broken ankle, I think I have gained 2 inches.
Hope to hike it off this fall!
I miss ATAR too!
Killdeer
Flannel, wool & some camo
Though hard to find in a lot of surplus stores, Swedish or Norwegian military "forest" camo is a very unusual pattern, but, effective from the north tundra to the southern hardwoods...very reasonably priced.
Killie,
You were making a "fashion statement" in one of the many wonderful huning pics you've shared. I recognized the pants and commended your good taste in hunting attire. I don't remember whether they're East German, Swedish, or whatever, but they're olive drab, good wool w/ generous cargo pockets. You used to could get them for a reasonable price at any gun show around. This was quite a few years ago and obviously I haven't found any more. Like anything else of worth, I guess they were doomed to extinction. I still faithfully stop at military surplus stores though and if I come across some I'll pick ya up a pair or two.