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Title: Favorite camo
Post by: oh-bowhunter on December 12, 2012, 09:26:00 PM
Well I am making a switch for next year.  For years I hunted using Mossy oak next year I will be changing to ASAT.  What do you all use?
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Post by: fryguy on December 12, 2012, 09:27:00 PM
ASAT. Good call!
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Post by: Nathan Killen on December 12, 2012, 09:40:00 PM
I like Realtree AP myself. Its not dark and its a pretty open pattern for what they have had in the past and seems to blend most everywhere.
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Post by: ChuckC on December 12, 2012, 09:49:00 PM
Depends. ASAT is good.  So is Predator. I liked MO full foliage in its day.  Lately i use plaid as much as "camo.
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Post by: ChuckC on December 12, 2012, 09:51:00 PM
:dunno:
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Post by: fishone on December 12, 2012, 09:53:00 PM
asat
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Post by: Rob W. on December 12, 2012, 09:54:00 PM
Plaid or leafy suit.
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Post by: Richie on December 12, 2012, 09:59:00 PM
Trying a leafy suit this year
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Post by: Pigsooie on December 12, 2012, 10:07:00 PM
Plaid
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Post by: LimBender on December 12, 2012, 10:23:00 PM
Predator Fall Brown or Grey, or whatever is clean.
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Post by: snakebit40 on December 12, 2012, 10:39:00 PM
Toad-a-flage or plaid. ASAT is great stuff too!
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Post by: Walt Francis on December 12, 2012, 10:45:00 PM
Blowdown, Predator, and Visas.
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Post by: danderson on December 12, 2012, 10:52:00 PM
Natural gear. Dont think anything blends in better
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Post by: SportHunter on December 12, 2012, 10:53:00 PM
ASAT
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Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on December 12, 2012, 11:12:00 PM
Predator Spring Green.
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Post by: legends1 on December 12, 2012, 11:17:00 PM
I guess I like them all. I don't think I have two that match.   :)
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Post by: stujay on December 13, 2012, 02:48:00 AM
outfitter camo  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Terry Lightle on December 13, 2012, 05:37:00 AM
Plaid -If it aint broke dont fix it
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Post by: Birdbow on December 13, 2012, 05:53:00 AM
Partial to the Predator patterns
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Post by: flyfish1 on December 13, 2012, 07:22:00 AM
ASAT  I am a believer in it, now using it for 4 years will never use anything else. Wait until you have deer look at you, on the ground from twenty yards and look away like you are invisible. Numerous instances have convinced me.
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Post by: bentpole on December 13, 2012, 07:27:00 AM
A.S.A.T. when I do camo up.
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Post by: Bowwild on December 13, 2012, 07:34:00 AM
A few weeks ago I took about 2/3's of 15 years worth of all kinds of camo clothing to GoodWill.

Over the past two years I've converted to all Sitka Gear.  Fit, design, and material are the main draws for me.  I also like the pattern (Forest patter).
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Post by: paul87250 on December 13, 2012, 07:39:00 AM
I like predator brown deception, or APG Realtree.
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Post by: Bill Carlsen on December 13, 2012, 07:55:00 AM
Pretty new on the scene is Ultimate Camo. In a tree stand or on the ground sitting against a tree....you just disappear.
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Post by: ripforce56 on December 13, 2012, 07:55:00 AM
Woodsy Asbell wool plaids!
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Post by: JV Rooster on December 13, 2012, 08:01:00 AM
Sitka forest and cabelas outfitter camo.
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Post by: Kyle Lancaster on December 13, 2012, 08:28:00 AM
The original Predators (Spring Green, Fall Brown, Fall Grey). ASAT would be second.
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Post by: ddauler on December 13, 2012, 09:02:00 AM
Whatever is on sale! Prefer plaids.
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Post by: bretto on December 13, 2012, 09:10:00 AM
Predator or ASAT usually mixed with Plaid.
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Post by: fujimo on December 13, 2012, 09:12:00 AM
look at the colour of the animals you are hunting and see how well they dissapear.
all browns, greys and black. no greens or oak leaf patterns etc.
second to a ghillie suit- ASAt leafy suit is trhe only way to go in my opinion. i watched a video of two guys walking down a slash together- one in mossy oak one in asat- thats what sold me- the mossy oak stood out like a sore thumb.
once,i stalked up on three bucks on the top of an open knoll, from 300 yards down to 80 yards- moving when they werent looking- until a lone buck lying hidden bust me. i sank slowly to a kneeling position. all the bucks left their grazing and followed the open trail out of there- which took them about 25 yards past me. they all eyed me- but couldnt figure me out- and just walked on past- that sold me on asat leafy suits.
most camos nowdays seem best designed to catch the hunters more than anything else!!
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Post by: Shedrock on December 13, 2012, 09:13:00 AM
Plaid works great for me.
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Post by: wixwood on December 13, 2012, 09:31:00 AM
layers of different shades and patterns, ASAT, Nat Gear, several Day One items . Wool plaids. KoM. ASAT leafy suit. It all depends on what I'm hunting, where I'm hunting and how I'm going to hunt.

I wish I lived in the town that all that stuff was taken to Goodwill!!!
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Post by: black velvet on December 13, 2012, 09:40:00 AM
I like plaid.
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Post by: joe ashton on December 13, 2012, 09:48:00 AM
predator and plaid
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Post by: Burnsie on December 13, 2012, 09:50:00 AM
I used to really like the original SkyLine Apparition.  But it is tough to find now days and they have changed it.  Now its Natural Gear or brown wool
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Post by: Iowabowhunter on December 13, 2012, 10:17:00 AM
I love my ASAT 3d leafy suit. Will be getting some KUIU Vias for mountain hunting. I bought some Natural Gear with the windstop fleece as a layering layer, and its very warm.
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Post by: Mike Bolin on December 13, 2012, 10:42:00 AM
Predator and mute plaids.
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Post by: Kris on December 13, 2012, 11:00:00 AM
Predator Fall Brown or Grey but the material may be more important than the pattern on it.  In that case, anything wool is my favorite followed my saddle cloth or whatever brand name for synthetic material.

Kris
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Post by: Josh Perdue on December 13, 2012, 05:01:00 PM
cabelas outfitter
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Post by: sheephunter on December 13, 2012, 07:13:00 PM
Cabelas Outfitter or ASAT
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Post by: vintage-bears on December 13, 2012, 07:23:00 PM
Im sure there are many great choices but King of the mountain garments are my favorite for not only warmth, but the camo will make you disappear.
This is years of experience talking.

......Philip
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Post by: Bozz on December 13, 2012, 07:54:00 PM
Skyline Apperation, or outfitters. My hunting friends never see me . So I think it works somewhat
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Post by: oh-bowhunter on December 13, 2012, 08:41:00 PM
After reading these glad I am making the choice to ASAT.  Showed my boss some pics of it and he is changeing over to it also.  Showed him a Predator jacket I had in my truck and he liked it.
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Post by: Sam McMichael on December 13, 2012, 09:24:00 PM
Military Eastern Woodland still works for most of the season here.
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Post by: HawkeyeArcher on December 13, 2012, 09:28:00 PM
Cabelas outfitter fleece in outfitter camo
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Post by: gregg dudley on December 13, 2012, 09:39:00 PM
Whatever was on sale at Walmart at the end of last season.
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Post by: monsterbuck on December 13, 2012, 10:17:00 PM
Predator
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Post by: amar911 on December 13, 2012, 10:42:00 PM
ASAT, Predator (most patterns), Kuiu Vias and Verde, Max-1, Mothwing Mountain Mimicry, Cabela's Outfitter and Open Country, Mossy Oak Treestand, Optifade Forest and Open Country. Each of them is great depending on the surroundings. My favorites overall are the contrasting, open patterns from ASAT, Predator and Kuiu. Nothing is as good as a ghille suit, with a leafy suit close behind. Almost every modern pattern can be very effective in the right surroundings, but the conditions where that happens can be VERY limited for some patterns. Dark, non-contrasting patterns tend to "blob" except when the background is dark and fairly uniform, like tree trunks and heavy bushes.

Allan
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Post by: drewsbow on December 14, 2012, 09:11:00 AM
ASAT
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Post by: tuscarawasbowman on December 14, 2012, 09:23:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by legends1:
I guess I like them all. I don't think I have two that match.    :)  
Me Too ha! If I had to pick one pattern though I would say the Original Realtree.
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Post by: Altiman94 on December 14, 2012, 10:08:00 AM
Most of my stuff is realtree AP because it's easy to match across different clothing lines.  I really like the sitka patterns I just can't afford to spend the money on it.
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Post by: joe skipp on December 14, 2012, 01:41:00 PM
Since '86 it's been ASAT. Early season I like using a Sticks 'N Limbs top because of the heavy foilage. I also like my Brown Woodland Camo....on the ground, use anything with brown.


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Woodland Brown Camo.....

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Post by: Adam S. Daugherty on December 14, 2012, 04:15:00 PM
If hunting turkeys I like some kind of camo, really believe the stuff works.  Over the last few years it has been Sitka Gear, the early stuff, that I am pretty sure says mothwing and mountain mimicary on the clothes.  If hunting deer or other non avian species, it dont matter.  Camo, plaids, etc.  I am truely convinced that a tree with good cover to break up outline and correct movements at correct times are way more important than a camo pattern.  From Mid Oct till jan 6 500 square inches of hunter orange is required in TN when muzzle loader and big gun season is going on.  I kill more deer with a recurve wearing blaze orange than it seems I do in early season not wearing it.  The only thing I dont like about wearing blaze orange is if hunting in areas with turkeys it can be detrimental.
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Post by: cahaba on December 14, 2012, 04:34:00 PM
I like 5.11 multicam. for southern whitetails. Hadn't tried it on turkeys yet. I have always used Obsession for them but I am going to try the MultiCam this spring. It won't take long to see if it works. Them turks will let you know quickly.
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Post by: limbshaker on December 14, 2012, 05:20:00 PM
I like the first Realtree Hardwoods. It was very open, dull and wasn't "hi-def"
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Post by: oh-bowhunter on December 14, 2012, 08:17:00 PM
Going to Great lakes outdoors to buy some ASAT tomorrow.  They are listed as a dealer in my area.
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Post by: Night Wing on December 14, 2012, 08:27:00 PM
Predator camo in Spring Green, Fall Gray and the discontinued Fall Brown patterns.
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Post by: DesertDude on December 14, 2012, 08:37:00 PM
Natural Gear
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Post by: doubleo on December 14, 2012, 08:43:00 PM
Winona camo used to be my favorite. Now it's Predator or Asat.
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Post by: Sean B on December 14, 2012, 08:49:00 PM
Old school WW II pattern.  I think it's as good as any, ESP on the ground.
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Post by: Sean B on December 14, 2012, 08:49:00 PM
I do also wear ASAT!
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Post by: oh-bowhunter on December 17, 2012, 11:20:00 AM
Went to buy some ASAT this weekend after looking on thier site and found a dealer.  Drove to Middlefield about 45 min. ride to find out they don't carry it.  Good thing I had other thing to do in that area.  I hate buying on the web.  I like to handle something before I buy.
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Post by: J.Williams on December 17, 2012, 10:39:00 PM
ASAT leafy suit.Critters don't seem to notice me.
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Post by: BowHuntingFool on December 17, 2012, 11:55:00 PM
The Predator Deception Camo fools the Turkeys eyes every time, if it works on them, it'll work on any other animal in the woods!
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Post by: Hoyt on December 18, 2012, 05:15:00 AM
ASAT.
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Post by: Roger Norris on December 18, 2012, 06:53:00 AM
I usually wear plaid, but if I could I would love a set of the old WWII/Fred Bear camo.
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Post by: RLA on January 07, 2013, 03:07:00 PM
(Predator) winter gray this time of year & spring green in the early seasons.

I'm usually mix & match, but on this day, match

  (http://www.angeloholsteins.com/images/Pictures/Hunting/New%20folder/Ryan-camo_F_2013-01-06.jpg)
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Post by: Ulysseys on January 07, 2013, 05:32:00 PM
Leafy suit
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Post by: David Mitchell on January 07, 2013, 05:43:00 PM
ASAT or Predator fall gray.
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Post by: wigeon on January 07, 2013, 05:53:00 PM
ASAT also
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Post by: Bails on January 07, 2013, 06:05:00 PM
I really like the pattern of the Enigma Camo I hunt with

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Post by: Hummer3T on January 07, 2013, 08:12:00 PM
vias and outfitter
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Post by: Phrogdrvr on January 07, 2013, 08:13:00 PM
Flecktarn!

Tom
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Post by: Stringpuller#1 on January 07, 2013, 08:20:00 PM
All black head to toe............I'm a ground blind guy  :)