What do you guys use and prefer? Do you change if on the ground as opposed to a tree stand?
John
I use paint. I have trouble with my anchor if I wear anything over my face.
Pretty much settled on burned cork middle face - ears - bandana covers throat and lower face - leafy head cover gets the top.
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I prefer carbo mask. It comes off very easily with a damp cloth or wet wipe. No grease. No mess. It's expensive but much better than paint.
I normally always wear a mask. It doesn't affect my anchor point at all and when I take it off, clean face ha
I prefer face paint, allows me to change up the colors through the season as the timber goes from greens to browns to grays. doesn't bother my anchor. Also, gets me jacked up putting on the war paint :)
Face paint all the way. :thumbsup:
I use paint.
Paint
QuoteOriginally posted by Cory Mattson:
Pretty much settled on burned cork middle face - ears - bandana covers throat and lower face - leafy head cover gets the top.
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X2 Beard covers my lower face, and my hat covers my head!
mask
Mask. I use the same on the ground and in the tree.
Kuiu thin merino neck gaitor, beanie, and boonie. Good for warm and cold weather and I own both Vias and Verde.
Paint
PAINT
Half mask
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paint in the early season, mask in the late. i have a carhart beanie tht has a pull down mask. its a camo hat with an all blak mask.
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Spandoflage head cover for me.
Paint preferred. Sometimes I'll wear a mask if I'm in a rush to get in the woods in the late afternoon or evening.
cant stand having a mask on
Spandoflauge maybe
But I have ben using carbomask
I like paint, too much can go wrong with a mask.
I use a netted mask works very well and I use the burnt cork when not using the mask.
Do they make camo dye for beards and hair??
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Carbomask
3/4 Spandoflage mask.
I'm a fan of face paint.
Selfbow that's a good one!!
I use a mask mostly because of the mosquitos in S LA. but I really like being able to use paint when I can.
Always Paint, but wear hood/mask when its below 30. Then just pull it down when I am about to shoot something.
depends...
1. During Elk/mule deer season I am camped in the middle of no where and see no one and I use paint.
....on the other hand....
2. while hunting whitetail I stay in a motel and eat in restaurants, so I wear a camo neck gator. The gator works great It covers my face and at crunch time at full draw I simply pull it down and then I can anchor as usual.
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Do they make camo dye for beards and hair??
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That's the trouble I now have. My beard is snow-camo.
Had a friend that let his daughter dye his hair camo, for an elk hunt. A little extreme I think.
My preseason preparation is more than scouting and shooting. I start growing a beard in July/August and I'm camouflaged and ready to hunt by September.
Paint
i usually rock a mohawk during bow season, so the warpaint most often gets the nod. If I'm rushing around it's the mask, tree or ground. 99% ground hunter here.
Mask for me. Balaclava actually.
Beard with face paint.
Beard with Face paint and I hunt the ground. Sometimes just beard.
I haven't really noticed much difference as far as deer sightings or distance one way or the other.
I use a silk black balaclava and sometimes burnt cork.
Why would anyone wear anything on thier face??? :confused:
Woodchucker, I think your signature says it all :scared:
Burnt cork for years now....
Now THAT's Funny!!!!! :biglaugh:
Honestly though, I've been at this near 40 years... Never wore anything on my face but whiskers. Killed a mess of deer too!!! Some of them even at spittin' distance...
Another thing, in case you're wonderin'... Woodchucker don't like trees!!!!! Anything higher than a Barstool, old Woodchucker gets a nosebleed... Fell 22 feet, out of an old wooden stand. Never went back "up" untill a few years ago. I bought a ladder stand on clearance at Dicks. The first few times I was up in it, I was scared $hi+less!!!!! I STILL don't like it,LMAO!!! Do a search on PowWow... "Woodchucker climbs a tree" It'll keep ya laughing!
Spandoflage fits tight to the face so there is no interference with anchor and also keeps your face warm. :thumbsup:
Face paint usually, but face mask when it gets bitter cold.
I use the spandaflauge head nets. They stay close to your face without any interference with my string hand. I take some 3-d blind material and hot glue pieces of it on to the head net to help break up my outline.
I like a nice stretchy camo neck gaiter that I can slide up and down off my face as needed.
I sweat too much to use paint, or I would probably use it. One thing I look for in a mask is how it fits around my ears. If it's too tight it pins my ears to my head and I can't hear as well. I've been using a mesh 3/4 mask with a mouth hole & it's been working well. Pretty good at keeping the moquitos off my face, too.
Quit the paint years ago. I use either net masks and solid ones in colder weather. Regardless, I cut ear holes in them so that my hearing isn't affected. Ears bad enough as it is.
I wear glasses and masks always fogged, until I got an ASAT 3D facemask. It is great!
I have used a mask since 1969. My favorite is the full Quaker Boy mask with the wire rim. They are hard to find but well worth the money. :thumbsup:
Now that there is snow in the woods and I am a ground only hunter this year, beard.
Mask for me, helps with the mesquiteos and quicker/easier in the dark. Trying the Buff this year- lightweight and tight so no interference when shooting
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Selfbow,
Obviously you've been working out, but I know who you are! You can't hide from this 59 year old kid!
Please bring me a Rose Oak Ultra Delight or a 1-piece Tip, in late December. I'll leave out cookies and 2% milk.
I'll check my list, Roy, just to make sure you've been nice. No promises, but I'll see what I can do!!
I wear a mask as well. Mask netting when it's warm and I switch to a balaclava when it's cold.
Paint for me as well.
Face paint for me.
Tom
Depends on how cold it is. Paint is great when it's not too cold, or if there are no 'skeeters, but a balaclava mask if it's cold, and a headnet for turkeys due to bugs. Gotta practice all possibilities so your anchor is OK.
Face paint unless it's cold and windy. Then I wear a StormCloth facemask. It's waterproof and windproof. Form fitting and does not restrict peripheral vision.
Paint
I prefer a beard.
Beard/carbo mask!!
The Buff, It stays in place.
Do you have to go to a "clothing optional" area to hunt in the buff??