I came across this shirt at one of our local stores. Its fleece on the outside with a liner on the inside, it appears a little brighter in this picture than it actually is, it has different shades of brown along with the lighter yellowish tan shades. Anyone think this would work as a camo jacket?
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I wouldn't be afraid to hunt in it.
Excellent fall color.
yep, it'd work
Not a problem. Been wearing plaid shirts to hunt in for over 30yrs. works great.
Yes but your string may contact the pocket at release depending on your form.
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Yeah!
Won't work down here in the South. Our deer only come out if you are wearing the latest, greatest camo patterns as seen on the hunting shows on TV. Wish our deer weren't so fashion concious.Can't mix camo patterns either. They like matching outfits!
Looks good to me! I like quilted flannel. They also make a great liner for old military field jackets if you have one without the liner.
Looks great
I'd wear it
I have found muted plaids to be just as effective as camo. That would be a good hunting shirt.
Looks great. The gray and white plaid hanging on the rack behind yours would work even better for me. :campfire:
Get a seam ripper and remove the pocket (by cutting just the threads that attach it) on the side of your chest where your string would hit it. All of my hunting shirts are missing the left breast pocket!
I agree with Bill Turner. That gray one in the back ground would be the bomb. I'd use either on with confidence, though my taste runs to anything gray.
Hell, those are both "camo". I get upset when people differentiate commercial "camo" from plaids. Does it really matter whether the different shades of color are square or leaf shaped.
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Guess I'll be the salmon today.....
Yes plaid is effective and has been used for many years. Countless game animals have been killed using it. Countless others have not been killed while using it. You can and will kill critter while wearing it. However, is there more effective camo out there? IMHO - absolutely.
Personally it is my experience that Leafy camo and ghillie suits are far better then plaid at concealing movement and breaking up the human form. I also believe that open patterns like ASAT and predator have been better for me at breaking up the human form in certain circumstances.
All depends on what you want. I once killed a deer at 15 yards wearing a white tee shirt - still I personally believe camo would be a better option then a white tee shirt.
Deer do see movement more so then stationary targets. Where effective camo comes into play is when you must make some movement and still remain undetected. Yes by all means wait for the right time - however, I don't think I am the only one that has had to draw while I had a group of deer present. My ghillie and bow blind made it possible. Had I been wearing plaid I am sure most of the time they would have picked up that movement. Sitting in a tree after leaf fall most plaids do little to break up the human shape at any distance and tend to blob up like most camo does. This is where camo patterns like horizon, fall gray and ASAT work extremely well. Shall we talk snow?????
Bottom line for me is that wool plaid works great.... but the right camo, in the right circumstances/environment just does a better job and increases the odds that you will remain undetected.
Having said all that, there are those days where the tradition of wool plaid just feels right..... and I still wear it frequently.
Plaid is all I wear. Go for it.
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I'd wear it.
Thanks guys, it caught my eye when I walked by and thought it would work great with the fall leaves. I agree on the movement thing and have seen many deer while wearing t-shirts and jeans and the deer didn't pay any attention to me until I moved. I would definitely remove the pocket on the one side just to be on the safe side. I have tons of regular "camo" from leafy suits to scent-lok, I like all of them but they are getting pricey for my budget, this shirt with a coupon I have would cost me $9.99, I could also buy the grey one for less than $20. Thanks again for the comments
Rodney
You know, if you are on a budget, look at getting XXXL camo (or whatever flavor) T shirts and put them on over all your warm stuff. Don't ask how I know about this. . . Cheap, and they work.
ChuckC
I was in a place called "Bargain Hunt" yesterday in Florence Al. They had the exact same shirts for $10. I have more plaid than I can wear so I passed on the shirt even though I liked the color.
In my experience movement is more important than color. That being said I try to avoid solid colors, so plaid works. I do remember seeing an article on a study about deer vision, the fella who did the study said deer recognize blues more than other colors, so he recommended avoiding blue clothes. Also he said deer recognize UV light, and clothes washed in detergents that had UV enhancers should be avoided since they will make your clothes reflect UV light and you will essentially glow to deer in low light situations.
That would be great out here.
I would wear it. I just got a brown/tan fleece plaid shirt at the big box store for $16.00. It's pretty heavy fleece for a shirt. Made by Wrangler.
About blue. I was wareing a solid grey wool pullover and grey pants this season thought I would like a tree trunk . When I when to pic up my trail cam. I checked for pics it took one of me checking out licking branch with smokeys on it . Any way my grey looked almost blue it was never washed . Didn't see anything that nite ?
For me that color can works really good in the fall.
Heck yeah!!!! Looks like a nice shirt :thumbsup: