camo face paint....any one use it?

[ozy clint]

do you use it? do you prefer it to a mask? using a mask seems to interfere with my anchor so i'm wondering about camo face paint. on the week end i was hunting water buffulo and i swear my face was giving me away to these well sighted creatures.

[bawana bowman]

Use to use it a lot, actually liked using it because there was nothing to interfere with my shooting. Only drawback was having to remove it. No real problem just inconvenient. Started using Spandoflage masks in the 80's and have been using them ever since. Don't even know for sure if they still make them, I bought up a supply in the early 90's that will keep me good probably for another 20 years. Have every color they made, ready for any type of cover.

[StickBowManMI]

I use the camo paint when I cannot find my spandoflage face mask. The paint does not interfere with shooting but the mask is a good compromise. A lot easier to remove then the paint.

[pdk25]

I've thought about it.  With my pasty white complexion it would probably do well.  I just like the convenience of using a mesh facemask that can be taken off quickly.

[David Sapp]

I used the spandoflage net from 3 Rivers this year and really liked it a lot. To me it seems to have all the advantages of paint/cork without all the messy clean up and I don't have to worry about it messing with my anchor or catching my string when I release like a head net can. On cold days it even keeps my face a bit warmer.


 http://www.3riversarchery.com/product.asp?i=7130

[scbowhnter]

I use it when it's early season or warm and I like the Larry Jones face camo. He sold his call company a few years ago but the new owners still carry it and were a pleasure to deal with.   www.jonescalls.com

I picked it because it was easy to get off with baby wipes and did not shine like some of the other brands.

[Ringneck]

I mainly use the Halloween makeup from Wal-Mart. Cheap and does the job. When they clearance it the day after Halloween I stock up. The worst I have used is the military stuff in the little compact case. It takes forever to get off!

[ozy clint]

during the hunt on the weekend i did try charcoal. (burnt tree) it had just rained on me so i blackened my face with some charcoal. i think i sweated it off in 5mins though! so hot & humid.

[billy shipp]

CARBO MASK......good stuff, washes off easily with plain water.

[hayslope]

Used to use a mask......have never used nor plan on using face paint.  Not to say it doesn't work....its just something that never worked its way into my "setup".

I feel it falls into that "other" category....along with scentloc suits, scent-killing sprays, etc.

[Mike Spaulding]

I use the hunter's specialties paint.  It works great and comes off easy with baby wipes.  only problems I have with it is it's messy when first applies, and it does sweat off, but down here, it's 95 degrees when we're deer hunting so I'm almost always sweating buckets.  I just reapply when I get to my stand and cooled (as much as can be) off.

[George D. Stout]

Well once again, most other folks support the economy better than I do 8^).  I have a wine bottle cork that I carry in my coat pocket.  That, in conjunction with the Bic lighter that I carry in the other coat pocket, creates an environmentally-friendly face cover;  it hides the shine from cheek apples, chin and forehead...even those expressive ears 8^)....and it's cheap, just like me.  

Oh yes, one cork, if not lost, will last years, much longer than the wine that it sealed.

[Covey]

I agree with George, cheap and easy! Jason

[ksbowman]

I used camo face paint and it was a pian to get off.Went to a spandoflage mask and it fits tight and blocks alittle wind too. I can feel my anchor point very easily.

[Arwin]

Love paint!!!!
 It almost feels like a ceremony before heading into the woods. Painting the face has been done for thousands of years and it's cool to carry it on.  

[Zbearclaw]

Carbon mask.  Absorbs the funk of a seven day hunt but comes off easy as it gets.  May try a cork, but like the carbonmask.  Got mine from a ghillie suit site.

[Mike Lee]

I also like the CARBO MASK it will even come off with ice water.I tried the burned cork but it was a little harder to take off and I have to go through a guard shack to sign in and out. I would use the burned cork if I didn't have to deal with the public as much.
Mike Lee

[CDR]

Same here Arwin, I tried the masks, but I don't like anything over my ears, guess I'm a freak like that, and wearing glasses doesn't help either!

[George D. Stout]

Zbearclaw....burnt cork, is the original carbon mask 8^).   I don't wear anything seven days without some kind of relief....and I'm a hillbilly.  Yikes....shades of green, I'm thinking.    

[Zbearclaw]

When u r 8+ miles from the truck you take one of some, and none of most!  It absorbs the oils on my face that takes a bbunch of wipes otherwise