camo face paint....any one use it?

[hunterace]

Originally posted by George D. Stout:
Zbearclaw....burnt cork, is the original carbon mask 8^).   I don't wear anything seven days without some kind of relief....and I'm a hillbilly.  Yikes....shades of green, I'm thinking.      

doesn't that stink and or smell? i'm not a perfectionist when it comes to being scent free but i was curious, because it's something i'd probly try

[KPaul]

I use facepaint but on several occasions have walked out of the woods and returned to town forgetting to wipe it off!Makes for some interesting looks.          

[George D. Stout]

The burnt part of cork is carbon.  I don't smell it right next to my nose, but perhaps I'm odor-challenged.  It's been used for a few centuries, in both hunting and war.  One could say it's.....traditional.

I'm sure burnt cork would be least of my worries regarding odor.  You probably absorbed more odor from your car seat than you ever could overcome with some face black.    

[hunterace]

well there's a house on the land i hunt so i just walk out the door, spray down and i'm on my way  
good to know, thanks for the tip i'll use it in 2010 season

[cacciatore]

I like painted faces but usually it is difficult to take off.I regularly use Spandoflage mask.

[Uncle Buck]

I have always used a camo bandana worn "bank robber style" never had a problem with it and no clean up needed

[reddogge]

I've been using the same homemade mask I made out of deer skin 40 years ago.  I cut the eye holes large to see when I turn my head to shoot and cut out the mouth area so I can grab my anchor to shoot.  It's held on by two thin deer skin thongs.  Basically it just breaks up my white face into a darkish mottled blob.  I can post a pic if you'd like but I've never seen myself in it so it may be scary even to me.

[erierik]

I like the paint,easy, no facemask to deal with..

[dan ferguson]

I,m kinda like George, CHEAP, my wife had some camo material I had her make some neck scarfs with it, when I get close I just pull it up to hide my face, works good in hunting and holding up banks.

[Doc Pain]

During the 60's, 70's and early 80's just about every bowhunter you met had it on and it was socially accepted.  Sometime after that it seemed to draw more public attention if you stopped to get gas or snacks.  I finally got tired of being stared at and switched to a face mask.

[Izzy]

I like face paint.Makes me look scary,reminds me of my hero Rambo and doesnt stink like my face mask.Face masks hurt the bridge of my nose after extended wear.

[Jesse Minish]

I use and love face paint. I am cheap also I think I payed $6 for three tubes a few years ago.

[Ben Maher]

Clint ... i don't weay any camo , just neutral tone clothing . However , i often use cork or charcoal on my face , particularly if it is very bright and sunny weather .
Ben

[frassettor]

I use burndt cork. Its easy to put on, and washes off even easier

[Irish]

I use it, don't like the feel of a face net.   And it helps cover up my ugly (with this face, I could scare away critters).   Also, I feel like it is part of my prehunt ritual.

[buckster]

I use it extensively, as I use the back of the feather as a secondary anchor.  Gets a little tiresome to remove it.

While hunting in Missouri earlier this week, I forgot to take it off before retiring for bed at my cabin one night.  My buddies had a good laugh the next morning!  

[Lupe]

Tred Barta always wears his camo face paint

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I started doing the cork thing back when I was in the Army...ever try and scrub off government issue camo-stick? After a week in the bush that stuff is like a tattoo. Cork comes off easy, I like it.

I have also started using a cheap cotton camo mask, which I like quite a bit, especially for turkey's. The mask doesn't bother my shooting at all (very thin)

[sinistral]

I started using face paint a few seasons ago, I am convinced it works. This season I called in a bull elk to five yards. He had swung around to get my wind, where I had no cover. I was facing him and trying to be as still as I could, he was looking right through me. Never once did he see me. I'm sure he thought that weird thing wasn't next to that tree yesterday, but he never spooked. After that I will always use the stuff.

[ChrisM]

I can't shoot with a mask so paint is my only option.  As fart as getting it off My wife has the wipes for taking off makup and with two of them and one minute I'm clean as a whistle and the wipes have no smell that I can tell.