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Author Topic: Ghillie Suit Hunters  (Read 1147 times)

Offline IronCreekArcher

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Ghillie Suit Hunters
« on: March 16, 2009, 09:39:00 PM »
I am seriously considering investing in a ghillie suit for the upcoming season.  Anyone out there who has had hunting experience with them please share your stories and more importantly the pros and cons of hunting from the ground with the ghillie.  Are they worth the investment dollars?  Thanks in advance gentlemen.
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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2009, 09:56:00 PM »
I love hunting in my ghillie and I think they are definitely worth the investment. My only advice is to get either a "burlap" rag. style like the Rancho shaggy suit, or if you get one like mine with the synthetic strings, get a poncho or long coat style. Mine is a two piece with jacket and pants and my only problem is with the pants, the synthetic strings hang on EVERYTHING! Any thorn, twig or vine will hang me up and make walking/stalking nearly impossible.
I have had branches hang between my legs locking them together like hobbles on a horse!
I think the "burlap" rag style wouldn't be nearly as bad as tangling in vegetation.
Mine is made of screen material with a net sewed to it. The strings are tied to the net. (Like a reverse "bug tamer" suit) There is plenty of netting exposed to apply your own natural branches or leaves.
It is hot to wear especially here in Florida.
Even with the negatives I have stated I love it.
I have had birds land on my arrow, 'possums nearly walk on my feet and deer and hogs within feet, not yards!
Trim to make shooting possible and enjoy being invisible!

 

 

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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2009, 09:56:00 PM »
Let me try that again,
I didn't delete any pics from photobucket!
"I'm not very smart but I can lift heavy things"

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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2009, 09:57:00 PM »
"I'm not very smart but I can lift heavy things"

"I'm not as smart as I look"

quotes by my good friend Clay Miller from Valentine, TX

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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2009, 09:58:00 PM »
"I'm not very smart but I can lift heavy things"

"I'm not as smart as I look"

quotes by my good friend Clay Miller from Valentine, TX

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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2009, 10:02:00 PM »
A good way to get a lot of "ghillie" info quick is to do a search here.  
Just type "ghillie" and select "Powwow" and see what happens.  :thumbsup:
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Offline pine nut

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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2009, 10:09:00 PM »
I really enjoyed last season with my ghillie suit.  Let me say that I was not successful if measured by kills, but I had a heck of a time hunting!  It was MY fault alone that I did not close the deal!  I did all my hunting from the ground and with the suit I felt invisible!  I had  several shots presented and some I did not take because I had already shot a deer and had short time to find it and didn't want a second. I passed on five others from the same spot within a few minutes of shooting that one.  I thought the shot was good but couldn't find the deer.  I will likely never climb another tree.  Some of those deer were peering around me as they tried to see behind me from 15 feet away!  I was using a Dawgware quiver and actually reloaded my bow while one of them was looking at me.  My biggest worry is that some hunter might shoot me for a big foot! I'm 6'4" and don't hide well in the woods. I was talking on a cell phone or rather listening while I was looking for that wounded deer, and when I spoke back to my buddy, two deer that had walked up to touching range (literally!) scared the ship out of me when they exploded away from my voice.  I didn't know they were there and they didn't know I was there until I said something.  All I could do was laugh.
My suit was home made using burlap strips sewn onto a nylon net type of bug pancho.  I varied the colors of black, natural burlap, orange, green, and dark brown.  The orange was to try to alert other hunters I WAS A HUNTER! I found it very warm too.  I hunt in GA and our temps are not bad through much of Nov.  I wore  long johns and tee shirt under for most of it.  Give it a try.  I bought tree stands and safety suits and never took them to the woods.  I walked slowly and quietly and got to see a lot of deer that didn't see me firstand I was close to them!  Gotta play the wind always!  Good luck  I hopre this helps you.

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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2009, 11:27:00 PM »
go to  www.ghilliesuitsource.com.  I got the bowhunter suit. Cant beat it.
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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2009, 10:00:00 AM »
Leafy suit..... multiple encounters with  many deer on ground 2-10 yards away. Had a 4 pt make a scrape so close to me i had to plug my nose as he pee'd on his hockks!!!!!!!!The most fun i have had hunting.
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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2009, 10:04:00 AM »
Thanks JC, just saw your post!
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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2009, 11:14:00 AM »
I am buying one this year, getting a little to old to be up twenty feet in a tree.   :coffee:  Shoot straight

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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2009, 07:03:00 PM »
Trim your chest area, and bow arm. I shoot with it on now to practice up for bow season. Its a Rancho Safari Longcoat, with booney hat and face mask, I also have the leg gators.
 

 
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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2009, 07:06:00 PM »

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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2009, 07:10:00 PM »
Vance, did you get that Goat.

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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2009, 07:12:00 PM »
Vance...You are my HERO  :notworthy:    :notworthy:  Because of your picture, I had to get a Ghillie suit myself!!
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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #15 on: March 17, 2009, 10:36:00 PM »
Mmmm oh man, I have an old leafy suit that I am going to transform into a suit now after seeing the photos above- it's on. Anyone know if the synthetic material or jute has uv brightners or what material wouldn't spook game?  I'll have to do a ghillie suit search I suppose this has already been covered--
ONLY IN THE WOODS AND FIELDS DO I FEEL ALIVE, LIKE A HUNTER FROM TIMES PAST, ALTHOUGH THE HISS OF MY ARROW GOES FORTH, I AM TAKEN BACK, IT IS MY ESCAPE...

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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #16 on: March 17, 2009, 10:36:00 PM »
Very    :cool:   Vance

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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #17 on: March 17, 2009, 11:03:00 PM »
i've got a rancho safari guillie.. made in the U.S.A. and looks great!
i NEVER go hunting with out it.
i hunt predators for a living and on one trip we had a coyote do a full circle around us and we turned with him, he just walked around and sniffed at us confused.
on another trip my dad had a falcon land on him.
and on yet another trip we had a coyote jump over us trying to get to our foxpro caller.
as far as i'm concerned a suit is a MUST.
-RightTrail, i'm pretty sure they dont have uv brightners. the most important thing with a guillie is that you break up the human outline. no leafy suit or regular camo does that, but a guillie gets rid of the head and shoulders outline and thats what matters the most.
i've done many many predator hunts and have learned a lot over the years.
trust me when i say, if your a bow hunter.. you NEED a gullie!
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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #18 on: March 17, 2009, 11:09:00 PM »
Todd,
I have a UV blacklight that I use on camo, and mine doesn't show the "blue glow" so common on stuff with UV brightners.
I don't think the company I bought it from says anything about it though.
I do wash it in "sport wash" that is scent and UV free.
John
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"I'm not as smart as I look"

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Re: Ghillie Suit Hunters
« Reply #19 on: March 17, 2009, 11:20:00 PM »
As a side note, I made a "ghillie blind" out of a "fish net" you might find as a decoration at a seafood restaurant, it is made out of hard brown twine. I tied in a bunch of jute twine to give it a 3-d look. I spray painted Olive Drab paint in sploches to break up the brown jute color.
The jute twine is natural and doesn't have any UV brightners in it.
John
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"I'm not as smart as I look"

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