A Ghillie suit primer...

[buckeye_hunter]

IF YOU USE SMOKE TO COVER SCENT THEM BE CAREFUL. GHILLIES ARE USUALLY MADE OF HIGHLY FLAMABLE MATERIAL!

****EVEN WITH THE RETARDING CHEMICALS.

[BigStriper]

Thanks for all the pictures and advice,I would like to make or buy one myself,

Kurt

[carbonflyr]

slasher; you say you only have 10 hrs. into your suit?? i have more than that in just my head cover!!!!!! at this rate i'll be lucky to have the suit done by opening day!!! anyway thanks for takeing the time to share.

[Tyler2045]

I have a ton of black burlap will this work fro my gillie.

[Slasher]

Originally posted by Tyler2045:
I have a ton of black burlap will this work fro my gillie.

I would reccomend the natural beige like you get at wally werld of a fabric store fore less than $2 a yard...

[trapperzeke]

I considered a ghillie 2 or 3 seasons ago, and didn't get it because it looked like it would be too hard to move thru the brush and woods with everything catching on stuff.  Do you guys wear yours in or pack it along?  What I did do was purchase the boonie hat portion of the ghillie, and that alone VASTLY improved my outline breakup.  I feel I've increased my close range encounters (point blank even), I just need to learn how to get the shot off without getting busted on the draw.

[carbonflyr]

hey trapperzeke you should checkout guru's ghillie build-a-long in the how to forum. his "bow blind" will solve that problem.

[hizzoner]

I made a ghillie "poncho" out of an old volleyball net and various brown.tan, green burlap strips of varying lengths and widths to pull over whatever clothes I am wearing... once I get to where I want to hunt I put it on . ...cut the strands that interfered with the bow..

Made a headpiece out of a chunk of net and some velro which I can strap on top of a boonie or whatever....

the netting also allows for putting bits of natural vegetation in if you have time...like a pine bough in the head net...I have even used some pieces of fake plastic trees/vines like they have at michaels and it adds depth too..

[njloco]

I'm no expert either, but if you want to kill odors just stick the suit into a plastic bag. If you have an ozone generator attach it to the plastic bag opening, then just turn it on. It will get rid of any odor in about an hour. The only smell that will be left is fresh air, you know like when you hang your laundry out to dry.

I have a small air purifier for the car and it works great on hunting clothes.

Ken