How many of you DO NOT wear camo when deer hunting?

[Terry Lightle]

No camo for me,plaid shirts with grey brown or green cargo pants
Terry

[frank bullitt]

Love Predator camo.
But anymore, plaids or earth tone outfits.

Last buck I shot, wearing earthy flannel shirt,
and tan carpenter pants. Straight from work to the field.

5 deer walked by, I was standing in the end rows of corn. Last in line was a small 8, 23 step shot.   Game over!

[Eric Krewson]

We live in a monkey see monkey do world, saggy pants, tattoos, scruffy faces so one can look like an actor in a Viagra ad and of course camo for hunters.

I don't have any of the above mentioned traits but was a camo devotee for a lot of years and felt naked in the woods without it.

One day I had the thought; if we have conditioned deer to look up for hunters in a treestand we have probably conditioned them to pick out guys in camo the same as they are conditioned to pick out any number of natural predators.

I know, crazy thought but I sure did get picked out a lot in my camo. I quit wearing the stuff and got picked out a lot less.

Perhaps I appear as just another farmer or hiker in my street clothes instead of a predator in my camo.

Anyway, I don't wear the camo stuff anymore. I do carry a camo Cat Quiver to my stand that I traded for years ago and really like. I don't think there were any non camo ones made but I could be wrong.

My normal attire for an afternoon bow of bow hunting, I am headed to my ground blind in a white oak patch;

     

 

[buckeye_hunter]

Just wear dull earth tones, Wool seems to do well absorbing light Instead of reflecting it. I've had deer look right at me while wearing wool plaid and never think anything of it. They went right back to eating.

I have old camo around that I wear at times, but just if it happens to be what's clean and not smelly…

I genuinely prefer wool plaid coats and not just because it's trad. .

[buckeye_hunter]

And Fred Bear's advice does hold true. There's no substitute for sitting still and being quiet.

[ChuckC]

Eric.... I believe your thought there.  Prey animals, heck, all animals and all living things tend to change to better fit their habitat.  Changes to the habitat mean new needs.  The ones that do it best, with a dash of luck thrown in, tend to pass on their genes the best.  Pretty soon, the herd has changed to reflect that trait.

I see deer... all the time, come into the marsh woodlots that I hunt and first thing that they do is look around UP IN THE TREES.

Camo just might be something that they now are looking for as well. It certainly can mean the difference between looking like a predator and looking like a non worry.

[Pointer]

Mostly a pair of hunter green BDU pants and dull green/brown plaid jacket most of the time. Blends well enough with the surroundings.

[M60gunner]

I have a set of the new pattern USMC utilities I wore. Two reasons I got them. Bug juice in fabric and no UV. But these will have to last. They won't sell them in PX unless you are active duty. But when it gets cold on put on my plaid shirts. In other words "mix and match".

[tracker12]

Last year I golfed in the morning with a pair of black marmot scree pants and north face polar fleece top. It was such a nice day I decided to hit the stand on the way home. I seen several deer and killed a nice doe that evening that was ten yards away.  I was intrigued so I wore black for the next few weeks.  No busts what so ever.

[DarrinG]

If wearing/buying camo, I'd rather have the old brown WWII camo. Its still the best "camo" pattern going, IMO. However, its almost impossible to find nowadays. That leave plaids for now!