Do Ghillie's work on Public Land deer?

[ChiefStingingArrow]

I am considering getting a Ghillie but the deer spook so easy here in Pa that I have reservations on whether or not they would work...What has your experience been?

[jonsimoneau]

Yes

[jonsimoneau]

I thought this was a big doe at last light as he was making his way through the grass.

[Orion]

Ghillies work anywhere.  Of course, the ability to sit still is paramount.

[Michael Arnette]

This doe looked right up at me in the tree and spooked but stopped for a second look...to bad for her. Trimming is essential to allow for movement
 

[ChuckC]

Ghillies work everywhere, deer spook everywhere.  Get a decent one, learn the tricks to using it, give it a chance.

I think ghillies are the up and coming thing for bow hunting.  Like tree stands their usefulness will wane as deer get wary of them.  For now..they work.

[Michael Arnette]

I was wearing a gillie when I shot her btw just not in the picture

[Sam McMichael]

If you can be still, they are very effective.

[ISP 5353]

Play the wind and have fun.  Ghillies work very well!

[Friend]

Absolutely, a bad idea,

Have had deer come within inches of stepping on me when hunting public land.

[dbd870]

Wore one on Saturday had 2 does at 15-20 yds. They saw me but couldn't figure out what I was. One blew once when it first saw me, then they just milled around for several minutes before finally leaving. Never had a shot on either; the only time they were clear they were pretty hard quartering to or dead on. Anytime they were positioned right there was brush in the way.

I was back in some brush with some brush cover behind & above me; think I was still big enough and I was something new that wasn't normally there. They poked their heads up over a rise. It was a different part of the property I hadn't hunted before. Just my luck I was right in front of where they came in. At least the wind was right. Few times I thought I was going to get a shot; they just didn't walk right for me.

[RedShaft]

I hear ya. It's tough on pa Public lands.

I used to hunt the ground allot. I'm pretty much exclusive  back to trees. Few opportunities I get I can't afford to blow a single one. So I'm back in trees.
Have used gillie type before. Asat. Unless I had one heck of a spot to hide I would use a leafy suit if I had to hunt the ground.

The rut you can luck out on a rutting a rutting buck. The rest of a season. No. good luck.

[myshootinstinks]

Deer see movement more than anything else.