Is camouflage REALLY necessary?
-
- Posts: 14
- Joined: Thu Apr 09, 2020 11:46 am
- Facebook: Austin pape
- Status: Offline
Is camouflage REALLY necessary?
Over the years I have worn everything from blue jeans and flannel to firstlite’s newest camo patterns and everything in between. To me, the only real no go was blue jeans, somehow they pick blue easy, even in a stand with a blue sky. But my real question is, how many of you feel camouflage is 100% necessary vs how many people think stand placement that breaks up silhouettes and knowing when to move and when not to move is more important? When I look at most camo patterns from up close you can see all the intricate leaves and branches weaved throughout but when you get say 20 yards away, all the little details are so small they just blend together and make a big brown blob that looks like a human shadow.
-
- Posts: 4
- Joined: Wed Nov 04, 2020 9:37 pm
- Status: Offline
Re: Is camouflage REALLY necessary?
Earth tones. No blue. HECK with camo.
- Ryan549
- 500 Club
- Posts: 1882
- Joined: Tue May 19, 2020 10:12 am
- Location: NY
- Status: Offline
Re: Is camouflage REALLY necessary?
I think camo is overrated. That being said, I do wear it from time to time, mainly because it is my colder weather gear. I just don’t put all of my faith into it.
Ryan
-
- Posts: 292
- Joined: Wed Aug 29, 2018 2:33 pm
- Location: Western mn
- Status: Offline
Re: Is camouflage REALLY necessary?
Sitting still/slow movements is much more important than camouflage.
It only takes 15 seconds for the hunt of a lifetime.
-
- 500 Club
- Posts: 2735
- Joined: Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:43 am
- Status: Offline
- PK_
- 500 Club
- Posts: 6898
- Joined: Tue Nov 20, 2012 5:10 am
- Location: Just Off
- Status: Offline
Re: Is camouflage REALLY necessary?
Good camo helps but it is not necessary if you can sit still and know how not to stick out like a sore thumb. Period. I would hunt in a blue suit with blue boots and a blue hat, idc. Deer are pretty much blind as a bat IMO. The wrong kind of movement at the wrong time is what gets us picked off most of the time.
No Shortcuts. No Excuses. No Regrets.
Everybody's selling dreams. I'm too cheap to buy one.
Everybody's selling dreams. I'm too cheap to buy one.
Rich M wrote:Typically, hunting FL has been like getting a root canal
- Wetfoot
- 500 Club
- Posts: 902
- Joined: Tue Nov 29, 2016 11:26 am
- Location: Upper Peninsula, Michigan
- Status: Offline
Re: Is camouflage REALLY necessary?
While not absolutely necessary camo definitely helps. UV brighteners certainly make you easier to spot, I've been standing motionless with good back cover (to help break up my outline) and had older bucks pick me off at 50 yards. With a good neutral color camo that has a very open design, Ive had bucks stare right through me at 10 yards. As I've aged, I do alot more bow hunting from the ground, so nowadays, I typically wear camo. But hunting is alot like politics, everyone has an opinion, do what you believe in and learn from your experiences.
-
- 500 Club
- Posts: 4186
- Joined: Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:00 am
- Facebook: mheichelbech@gmail.com
- Location: Charlestown, IN
- Status: Offline
Re: Is camouflage REALLY necessary?
Not necessary but then neither are a lot of things. I don’t need a $600 rod and reel to catch little green fish but I’ve spent that much on one. Marketing and the ego’s need to have and be the best have been a big engine for the economy.
"One of the chief attractions of the life of the wilderness is its rugged and stalwart democracy; there every man stands for what he actually is and can show himself to be." — Theodore Roosevelt, 1893
- Edcyclopedia
- Posts: 12613
- Joined: Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:54 pm
- Location: S. NH
- Status: Offline
Re: Is camouflage REALLY necessary?
2-Seasons ago I arrowed a Doe while wearing blue shorts & short sleeves, while blowing snot out my nose (had a cold) and having Off spray for the insects...
Of course I played the wind...
Of course I played the wind...
Expect the Unexpected when you least Expect it...
- Thesouthpaw
- 500 Club
- Posts: 792
- Joined: Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:44 pm
- Status: Offline
Re: Is camouflage REALLY necessary?
Its definitely not necessary. I don't think I was in full camo for any of the bucks that I killed this year.
Anything worth doing, is worth over doing.
-
- 500 Club
- Posts: 531
- Joined: Sat Sep 23, 2017 4:20 am
- Status: Offline
Re: Is camouflage REALLY necessary?
I think understanding how to set up and use shadows is much more important. I find all camo patterns too dark for where i do the majority of my hunting. I’ve gone to more solid khakis and have even made my own patterns with a rattle can over khaki base.
- Jackson Marsh
- Moderator
- Posts: 19579
- Joined: Tue Aug 17, 2010 3:11 am
- Location: SE WI
- Status: Offline
Re: Is camouflage REALLY necessary?
Blending in with your surroundings is important. How you do that is up to you...sometimes just holding still works.
- Hawthorne
- 500 Club
- Posts: 6229
- Joined: Mon Dec 15, 2014 2:13 pm
- Location: michigan
- Status: Offline
Re: Is camouflage REALLY necessary?
I think the right camo can give you a slight edge in heavy pressed areas with skittish deer. Might give you a few extra seconds to get a shot off. I’ve noticed a difference while wearing my ASAT leafy suit in their behavior. More during the rut timeframe with foliage gone
-
- 500 Club
- Posts: 7866
- Joined: Tue Dec 09, 2014 12:54 pm
- Location: Medon Tn
- Status: Offline
Re: Is camouflage REALLY necessary?
Earth tones will work.
I would not wear anything yellow or blue.
It spooks game.
I would not wear anything yellow or blue.
It spooks game.
Never give up Freedom for imagined safety.
-
- 500 Club
- Posts: 1191
- Joined: Tue Oct 08, 2019 3:00 am
- Status: Offline
Re: Is camouflage REALLY necessary?
I have predator fall camp that I really like for warmth and the earthy tones, but I still don’t feel it’s necessary at all. I always have my camo in my pack with stand and sticks, as I hate getting all sweaty. Most times I don’t even get up in a tree as I just scout the whole time, so wearing all of my clothing doesn’t make any sense. I usually have rubber boots, blue jeans and a hoodie, and if I do find a tree, half the time it’s too late or I’m too warm to get my clothing in and I end up sitting in my jeans and hoodie. I have seen many deer this way and killed them this way as well. Cano in not necessary in my eyes.
-
- Advertisement
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 123 guests