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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: TBone07 on December 29, 2015, 11:30:00 PM
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Anybody use a ghillie suit or some form of one to hunt deer any turkey? I am thinking about chasing the thunder chickens in the spring with one but haven't bought one yet. Any pointers? Brands to avoid or good experiences with them? Thanks!
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I think they are awesome ,,but with all the different fuzz and rags hanging off in all different directions I would think it would be hard to not get your bowstring caught in the headgear or chest area ,armgaurd would only protect the fore arm .
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use the search function, search for ghillie suit subject only and you'll get tons of info
good luck in your search
btw i love mine :bigsmyl:
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I've been using a ghillie for two years now and have had deer close enough to wipe the snot off their noses. This years doe was 4 yards when I shot her. Almost glad my knees prevent me from climbing trees anymore. Go for it, you will have more memories of the close kind.
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Originally posted by Tom:
I've been using a ghillie for two years now and have had deer close enough to wipe the snot off their noses.
Same here! I haven't been too good at Turkey hunting but its not the suits fault. while using it however, I managed to crawl within 30 yards of a flock of turkeys in Missouri and also had a Tom Gobbling his fool head off at 40 yards last spring but couldn't get him any closer.
I used Curt's instructions in the "How To" section on Trad Gang. as far as string clearance, you can trim or leave short the strings in the bow string area. Not really a Big Deal.
A few friends have used Big Jim's Bush in a bag with great success.
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I picked up one of Big Jim's Bush-in-a-bag this fall and had no trouble with bow string catching once I made up a little longer than normal arm guard. I haven't had to trim mine yet.
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Rancho Safari.
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They work! For deer, anyway.
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I use a leafy kind of light weight over pants and hoodie top, if the deer don't smell me and turkey don't see me move i could sit right next to them, the fact that it breaks your physical outline I think makes the difference,it's all I used this season, that and a little background cover,no fuss way to hunt effectively for anything,that being said a good tree stand site is good also.
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I made a leafy suit this year. I thought it worked real well. I saw more turkeys than deer this year and the suit did its job. If you sit still you are almost invisible. I think it also helps if you get caught moving. Critters seem to be a little more calm and less likely to bolt.
I took a die cut camo blind and cut long strips. Sewed them to a BDU top overlapping each other about 2 inches. Buy a size large so you can layer when needed and it will hang down past your waist. Gave me good "bulk" without being in the way too much. It was easy to trim back the arm and chest area. One complaint I hear about ghillies is that they are hot. My bdu leaf top kept me comfortable up to 80s. I usually packed it in a pouch. I didnt have too many problems with it catching on branches when moving.
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Rancho Safari Long coat with mask and boonie is well made and does a great job. During very hot weather I've used a Cabela's leafy suit (top and bottoms). I usually pack the guille long coat or leafy suit into my hunting area before putting on either . Pants are a pain to put on in the field, so I prefer the long coat. Set-up is very important. I've found that the quartering away shots are most desirable to avoid detection with whitetail deer. As we all know, the eyes of a deer are set well back in their skull and they will pick up movement despite the guille. Pick your shot, move slow and shoot straight and you'll have great fun on the ground. Good luck. :thumbsup:
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Ghillie suits are great fun for deer. I have had them almost run into me. Get one and have fun!
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Might want to look at an ASAT leafy suit. Less stuff to get tangled up.
Bad hip limited my brother to hunting from the ground this year and an old doe spoiled several evening sits for him because she was leery of his tent blind. He put on his leafy suit and sat 10 yards off the food plot on a stool about 30 yards away from the tent. Only cover he had was the knee high scrub that surrounds the plot. First night he had 18 turkeys feed past and seven deer including that old doe which stood on his edge of the plot (about 8 yards!) and watched as she stood staring at his empty tent.
He couldn't believe how well the ASAT suit worked. "If I could hear her breathing I figured she must be able to hear me breathing!" Was his comment.
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Rancho safari that I got in a trade on the classifieds......have had deer [bucks and does] as close as 3 yards. In fact to close......lol. When you can count whiskers and eye lashes you know you are close.
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I've hunted with home built ghillies and store bought ones. Have been close but not taken a shot yet.
Had a small buck close enough that I actually touched it with the end of my arrow while on the bow.
This year I bought Big Jims busn in a bag.
Think it is my favorite, especially after slitting the sleeve like he showed on video.
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I use an ASAT leafy suit and have been very happy with it.
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another vote for asat- had african antelope so close i could touch them- had a red tailed hawk land and sit on my head for at least a full minute!
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Well I cannot wait to try it. After spending 12 years in the trees I am looking forward to coming down and getting eye to eye. Thanks everyone!
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ASAT leafy works great.
Or allpredatorcalls.com mesh Sapper suit. $60
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I bought camo netting, doubled it over, and tied hunks of twine into it. I drape it over my back, head, and shoulders. It's worked great to get close to turkey!
PICS: https://goo.gl/photos/PBSJUQQvWPiUrGeW7
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Cabelas has end of season blowouts on their leafy anorak. $19 bucks. I've found it very effective!
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I have a Bush Rag. I had a bobcat at 12 yards last week and never had any idea I was there. I also had 3 does at that distance for about 15 minutes. That's too long to wait for a shot because the wind is going to swirl sooner or later. It did,
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I have several and they work great. Last fall I had a doe at about 4 yards, and a small flock of turkeys caught me in the open next to a small single tree and walked circles around me at about 3 to 4 yards for several minutes before wandering off.
Also, if interested I have one of them for sale, as I have a couple others.
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Not quite a ghillie, but maybe next best thing. River's West poncho..light, waterproof, armholes so can shoot with poncho closed. This pic is me sitting on a Chairpak seat with arms inside poncho. Found I can shoot a 58" bow accurately with no string interference, and it packs nicely in the Chairpak.
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WOW...
That looks like it will work too.
NICE!
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Guillie suits work excellent. But you need to practice shooting with them in hunting like positions to make sure you get them trimmed for string clearance on the chest and bow arm...
my favorite is the Kill Suite by All Predator. They make two kinds... the ones with strings that look like grass, and the ones with strip material. The strip material is MUCH better about not catching on things walking through the trees and brush. They are lighter weight too. I like these strips better than the leafy suits, because the do not flutter in the wind as bad...
http://www.allpredatorcalls.com/the-kill-suit-ghillie-suit/
here is me in the coat only on a pig hunt in Texas last year.
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I have the Bush in a bag. Had a coyote approach less than 10 yards.
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There is a very good hunt using gillie suit on Youtube. You will find it under WildaboutChrist with the heading Primitive Bow Hunt. Check it out.
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I have a home made Ghillie suit and four years ago I had a dog that I thought was treeing squirrels chase a deer up beside me. When it stopped all I had to have done to touch it was to turn my left hand and do it. I was fishing an arrow out of my dogware quiver to put it on the string and my body was blocking the deer's vision. One judo point and six broadheads in the quiver... guess which one I got?! Well the deer ran when I dropped it on the ground and started to retieve another arrow. As I got the second arrow out the gog ran up and stopped beside me. It wa sin the tracks of the deer and It was the farm dog. I called it by name and shouted at it to get to the house... It turned inside out, and hauled buggy away towards the house, then in no more than ten seconds there was another deer standing beside me and looking POed! I was still trying to put the second arrow on the string! All this took place in lesss than a minute, maybe was thirty seconds. I thought afterwards that I should have just stabbed the last deer with the arrow! I did think about touching the last deer , but decided she'd stick her hind foot through my belly if I did. She bounce off about fifteen yards behind a few bushes when I moved to put the arrow on my string. As she stepped out of the cover I shot just inches in front of her shoulder. It was a most interesting experience to say the least.
I had several other encounters with deer completely unaware of my presence. One was my walking, not really hunting but walking out to a field edge while examining a tall white oak looking for acorns. I notice a slight movement to my right and slowly turned my head to see three spike bucks standing and staring at me. They didn't let me get an arrow strung either. But they were in the clearing as I walked up while I was looking up at the tree, had to be! I'm talking less than twenty feet from me too.
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Works great..rancho safari....proof in the pudding...10 yard shot 1967 superkodiak with limb covers...have also used other leafy suits...all work great
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