What camo pattern do you use?

[Muleys 24/7]

im going to start hunting naked or in a loin cloth

Good thing I don't live in your neck of the woods

That worked for many years.

Sooo, you've tried it?

 

[Muleys 24/7]

On the left is what we see. In the middle is what deer see when you have UV brighteners in your clothes. On the right is what deer see without brighteners.

Won't you admit...in the far right pic the legs look more broken up than the vest?

 

[Old Hunter]

Of course, but that's what Colorado makes us wear. A camo blaze orange would be better, and the other hunters would still see you.

That's if it's proven that we do need to break up out pattern. If not, we might as well throw out the camo.


My personal gut feeling is we need to break up out pattern, but the actual pattern isn't important. That's why red and black plaid has always worked. If you want to hide from your buddy. Get camo.

 

[Muleys 24/7]

So camo blaze orange dosn't meet the square in. requirments, it has to be plain orange and thats it? Just wondering because I'm biulding points in Co. and will probaly hunting there next fall.

 

[BKC]

So camo blaze orange dosn't meet the square in. requirments, it has to be plain orange and thats it? Just wondering because I'm biulding points in Co. and will probaly hunting there next fall.

Camo orange isn't allowed at all even if it did meet 500 sq. inches.

 

[Muleys 24/7]

Camo orange isn't allowed at all even if it did meet 500 sq. inches.

Thanks for clearing that up, here in Ca, orange is optional during archery and rifle seasons. While hunting at home I might throw on a orange hat on opening day just so some idiot dosen't get trigger happy when they see a bush across the canyon move

 

[Old Hunter]

Here's something I never understood. Bow hunters don't need to wear BO. If BO isn't suppose to be seen by game, and that is what the DOW will tell you. Why can't bow hunters wear it? There's lots of guns used by hunters at the same time. Muzzleloader for one, and bear hunters for the whole month of Sept with a rifle for another. There's also some special deer tags with rifles during bow season.

They use the excuse that bow hunters need to get closer. What difference would that make if the game can't see the BO vest? They sneak around and don't seem to be a danger from other hunters. Some of my shots are within bow range. Does that mean I don't need BO?

Makes no sense to me.

 

[Muleys 24/7]

Just curious, dose everyone wash a new pack or clothes to get rid of brightners. I can see washing the clothes but the pack?

 

[Old Hunter]

Just curious, dose everyone wash a new pack or clothes to get rid of brightners. I can see washing the clothes but the pack?

Here's the problem. You can't wash out the brighteners. Special washes with no brighteners won't put more brighteners in the material, but it can't take it out. It takes a spray that's made to remove the brighteners. It will stay UV free as long as you don't ever wash with brighteners again.

 

[ivorytip]

has anyone tested this brightner thing themselves? ive seen that pic before and allways assumed it was just another scheeme to get us to by buy buy. i guess its worth testing, just not during the season i hope that loin cloth doesnt show up as blue....... some of the cammo out there is so rediculously priced, i do love the wool variety though when the temps drop. anyone try that sitka stuff? looks cool and has that gortex stuff we all love but the price tag is insane. ive been using bdus and cheap stuff from an armysurplus store that works well for me. eastmans should give us all a free variety of cammo to test this season, yeah that would be cool.

 

[Old Hunter]

Brighteners can easily be checked with a black light. The worse offenders are anything blaze orange and camo.

If you'd like more scientific info about his. Read this. It's long.

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/6663530/Deer_Vision#Post6663530

 

[SDbowhunter]

I was thinking of marketing a new camoflauge for us folks in the the west. It would be called " burnt forest A/P ". I also like the name " beetle kill ".

This is so true !

 

[ivorytip]

ha, id buy it! as far as the testing goes, how do they know thats what the game sees? im not saying they dont i jut really dont know. guess i better read....

 

[xtreme]

My brother started a sniper school for the military so I got a training manual FM23-10. Now all I wear is a ghillie suit for an outer garment. I watch the hunting programs on tv and those hunters have a lot of facial hair, I even saw one get a tattoo on his hunting program. When I saw a picture of David Long I was shocked. How can he be so cleancut and still manage to get those trophy mulies? Just poking a little fun at those grubby TV hunters.
I did learn a lot and one thing, that is how far back in the shadows a sniper will be, I think that works on game too. Snipers also pour oil around their hide to keep the dogs from smelling them. No, I havent tried that, yet. Mostly I use the wind instead of sent free soap.
One more question, why do those guys on TV poke the dead animal while holding their gun in one hand? We did have a dead bear get up last year and when that happens you need both hands on the gun.

 

[BKC]

Well this thread just offically got out of hand!

 

[ivorytip]

i hear they make cammo body paint, just sayin, hahaha, kings camo looks the coolest

 

[hardstalk]

I always wonder about camo in the fact that photographers and hikers usually wear blue mountain hardware fleece with a red back pack and yellow hiking shoes. Yet they capture amazing images much closer to live animals then we do. Could it be that they dont get all giddy when they see an animal because there only there to admire and not hunt? And the animals sense that. Or could it be that camo companies have absolutely extorted the hunting world with this belief that if humans cant see it then animals cant see it. If i were an animal and roamed a 2-3 mile square area my entire life i would know every knot on every tree. And every leaf that seems to be out of place. Especially due to the fact that animals live in fear 100% of their life. I kinda feel camo in general is more of a human confidence booster than an invisible cloak to animals. Kinda like kobe beef. People know kobe does not exist in america yet they will spend 15 bucks on a kobe burger to say that they have tried it.

 

[BKC]

I always wonder about camo in the fact that photographers and hikers usually wear blue mountain hardware fleece with a red back pack and yellow hiking shoes. Yet they capture amazing images much closer to live animals then we do. Could it be that they dont get all giddy when they see an animal because there only there to admire and not hunt? And the animals sense that.

Or could it be that a lot of animals are photgraped in a national park and they have these great big lenses on their camera that weigh as much as your rifle or bow?

 

[hardstalk]

Could be. But im talkin more about amatuer photos. The ones that are sprayed along google earth.

 

[BobcatJerry]

Camo works, I have no doubt, But it is exploited by the industry by all of us looking for the perfect suit. What industry doesn't exploit you if they can find a way to get your dollar. Cell phones, cable and satellite TV, fashion industry, even seed for food plots with their super duper seeds.

You can get a good photo of wildlife without camo it's easy. You take thousands of pictures and maybe a dozen are good ones that you show to people. I have some great ones of a grizzly bear at 15 feet, took them from my car. You usually only get one shot to make the kill, maybe two, then if you miss or the right shot never materializes, you only have a memory.