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Offline D. Devall

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #40 on: August 02, 2009, 11:47:00 PM »
killdeer, thats pretty philisophical.
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Offline Dave Bulla

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #41 on: August 03, 2009, 12:10:00 AM »
Yup, I do.

Quote from Killy:

"Camo is fuzzy slippers for this hunter's soul."

Again, yup!
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Offline elkbreath

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #42 on: August 03, 2009, 02:14:00 AM »
Gary, where did you get that plaid shirt, with the doe?  I like it alot.  

I mix it up, wool plaid, predator....whatever ain't too smelly

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Offline wapitimike1

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #43 on: August 03, 2009, 05:50:00 AM »
I haven't worn my leafy ASAT in over ten years. I've worn it a few times this year and have had Coyotes look right through me. What a fool I've been!!
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Offline Bill Carlsen

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #44 on: August 03, 2009, 08:22:00 AM »
I absolutely wear camo. Turkeys are fair game during the archery deer season and my life will not be complete until I kill one of them.  Leafy suits and ghillies are the best if you hunt from the ground. If you are in a tree most any camo that is does not contrast too much with your surroundings will work fine. Noise and movement are any bowhunters worst nightmare. I would rather wear quiet plaids than noisy camo but due to the options available today you can have both....and I do.
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Offline Willrett

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #45 on: August 03, 2009, 08:36:00 AM »
I prefer not to. People hunted and killed plenty before someone invented camo patterns.
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Offline Don Stokes

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #46 on: August 03, 2009, 09:05:00 AM »
Yes, to hide from people.
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Offline barefoot

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #47 on: August 03, 2009, 09:09:00 AM »
Not much anymore. Just don't think it is absoutely necessary. I may wear a camo jacket along with a plaid shirt is about as good as it gets. I do wear a mix on ocassion but more by accident than design.
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Offline Arkansaslongbow

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #48 on: August 03, 2009, 11:01:00 AM »
the subject of camo comes up quite often in my deer camp; i believe that...some... camo does work in certain terrain but not all; the asat works great just about everywhere but my main problem si that it is so hard to find anyone who carries it in stock; i like to use the surroundings as my camo as i build naturals blinds to hunt out of; i like to put leaves and small sticks on my hat and i use black charcoal to cover my ugly mug; nothing wrong with buying camo i just don't make alot of money but killalot of deer and turkeys using the "natural stuff"...  :campfire:
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Offline dan ferguson

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #49 on: August 03, 2009, 12:31:00 PM »
I don,t know what to think on this. How can a deer or elk blend in so well? Here is what I think, If the sun is filtering through the trees the deer are wearing natural ASAT camo, the shawdows and sunlight turn them from dark brown in the shade to gray or light brown in the sun, so a deer that is half in the shade and half in the sun is multi colored. What I have found is that if I mix match patterns it makes my profile smaller. If I hunt the snow I wear white pants and a dark top etc, It cuts my profile up. Something else I have noticed where I hunt in the grasslands and am around livestock is if I wear all one pattern of camo even the cattle don,t like it at all. So I,m still a beliver in dull nothing shiny and to me movement is the most important of all as has been stated.
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Offline Gary Logsdon

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #50 on: August 03, 2009, 02:57:00 PM »
To answer your question Dan. My jacket is by Classic Bowman Sporting Woolens, made in the USA.
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Offline BEN

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #51 on: August 03, 2009, 03:20:00 PM »
Yes..............Hides me from other hunters on public land; helps hide my outline when in a tree stand.More comfortable to wear when hunting, don't have to worry about ripping other clothes up when going through the autumn olive and multi-flora rose patches.......however....I don't pay premium $ for it...... I keep a list in the back of my mind of what I need, what is going to need replaced and when places have end of season sales, things I need go up on"that auction site" or the classifieds here----I get it then.   I got ASAT insulated bibs for $18, 2 PREDATOR shirts and a light jacket for $40, PREDATOR polar fleece pants and jacket for $22, I also use alot of military surplus camo (comfy and cheap)............I'm too cheap to pay full prices----I'll make do with what I got untill I find a price I like...................
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Offline George D. Stout

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #52 on: August 03, 2009, 03:27:00 PM »
No commercial camo.  But as a pro-staff member of the Good Will Industries, I feel it necessary to use their products.
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Offline Bird Dog

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #53 on: August 03, 2009, 03:32:00 PM »
I wear NatGear most of the time. It's a good neutral color--not too light, not to dark. My advice is to stay away from real dark colors, camo or otherwise. They make you look like a dark blob and its easier for the animal to see your movement--in my opinion.
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Offline DRR324

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #54 on: August 03, 2009, 03:49:00 PM »
Yes, I wear camo.
I think one reason you are able to get close right now, is there is no hunting season open and the deer are a bit less wary. Just my thoughts.
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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #55 on: August 03, 2009, 04:28:00 PM »
I wear mostly all camo, different patterns...most are older pieces that are "comfy" and I've had good luck with...I add some here and there when I find a bargain...

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #56 on: August 03, 2009, 04:32:00 PM »
Yes for me too - ASAT and Predator.
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Offline pktm

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #57 on: August 03, 2009, 04:37:00 PM »
What I'm really amused about, is how many say they wear camo to hide from "people". Now that's hunting presure.

In the 25 years of serious hunting, I think I saw a hunter only 7 times. Maybe it's because my deer hunting guru of an uncle told me, if I want to hunt deer, find the most unfriendly terrain in the area I was hunting. Don't hunt near trails, roads or clearings.
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Offline Three Arrows

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #58 on: August 03, 2009, 04:52:00 PM »
ToelkeMan, your uncle must not live around Amish folks.
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Offline Three Arrows

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Re: Do you wear Camo
« Reply #59 on: August 03, 2009, 04:54:00 PM »
ToelkeMan, your uncle must not live around Amish folks.
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