What camo do you prefer

[NoCams]

Shedrock,
I am trying to get some Asbell Shadow Plaid now too. I think it is very close to Predator Fall Grey concept with a good blend of light / dark contrast. As Uncle Ron said before too.... wool diffuses and absorbs light where as the man made stuff reflects light, especially when it is new !  

[Night Wing]

Since I bowhunt in Texas, we have different regions. In east Texas, the evergreen of the piney woods to the arid regions of west Texas.

This is why I prefer Predator camo. My favorite patterns are Spring Green, Fall Gray and the discontinued Fall Brown.

I have enough of all three patterns to last me the rest of my life. I consider myself "smart" when I stocked up on Fall Brown before Predator discontinued the pattern and color.

[cahaba]

I use Mossy Oak Obsession some. The turkeys don't shy away from it and they got some of the best eyes in the woods. I also have some Realtree APG that is more open and lighter than many of the other commercial camo. I think fleece helps soften the patterns some too. It don't ever get cold enuff in Alabama to wear wool with the exception of a few days each year. For that senerio I wear ECWS polar weight longjohns with 2 or 3 layers on top of it.

[NBK]

Predator, simply because it's worked so well for me that when I put it on, I feel partly invisible.  Camo is SERIOUSLY overrated, and movement is the key, but every once in awhile you may find yourself caught with your pants down out in the open, or find a tree with less than ideal backcover and that's when Predator shines.
I'll add that I consider ASAT and Kuiu's Vias to essentially be the same and just as effective.  5x5 bull last year had me out in the open at 30 yards and he essentially looked through me wearing Vias camo.

[Robhood23]

ASAT, Predator, KUIU. In that order if you wanna get away with any movement! The rest will work just find as long as you move slow or don't move at all!

[tarponnut]

I like plaids with a strong contrasting pattern when it's cool weather.
I generally wear cotton Predator or ASAT when I wear camo(for turkeys).

Like dragonheart said, the fabric really matters, cotton and wool absorb the light, a lot of synthetics reflect/shine in the field.

[Jeff Roark]

Everytime I go in the woods I see lots of "dark blobs". They're everywhere you look. When I am moving through the woods, I do like Ron LaClair is talking about, I stand in front of a tree regardless of what I have on. I use a big tall black blob to hide me.

Deer are basically 2 solids, brown and white and they will disappear right before your eyes. I had one the other evening bust me moving along through a tree line above a big grass field. I had looked and looked, and simply missed her until she busted me and took off. I simply never saw her standing in the tall grass.

[Kyle Lancaster]

Predator and ASAT

[Danny Rowan]

ASAT or plaid

[nampook93]

I like just using a red flanal jacket and some old army camo pants.

[kennym]

This started as Columbia wool snow camo. With a little walnut juice , I'm happy with it.







The texture and pockets are real important to me.

I hate slick camo that shines in low light...

[Slasher]

I like ASAT alot!!!

Another one for a big proponent of cloth... soft cloth that doesn't reflect light!!! Cotton and Wool if I could afford them all...

The best is actually my my ghille suit!!!

[LBshooter2]

ASAT does it all.

[Arkansaslongbow]

Army issued Ghillie suit; nothing else comes close; I can wear whatever is necessary underneath;

 

[Mongo]

Since I hunt in alot of thick ground cover and rainforest areas, my favorite is the old Tiger Stripe pattern.

[Thumper Dunker]

What ever is clean.Lately it been olive green carpenter pants and a cheap camo T shirts all diferant. Walmart stuff. Or just a faded green,brown,or black t shirt.Black is good for being right up aganst a tree trunk on the shaded side. But I do have a face mask on and a camo boony hat on desert storm colors . Sons stuff. It all works. Movement is what gets you busted.

[T Folts]

ASAT,KUIU and fall Preditor is what I wear now.
I also have a ghillie top and bottoms and wear both but some times just the top.

[Hoofhearted]

never thought about the wool and plaids.  i do use a solid black goose down bibbs when it gets cold down here and never seem to have a problem with them, however i only put them on once i get up in the tree.  do like the looks of the predator camo!!

[amar911]

ASAT, Predator (most patterns), Kuiu (Vias and Verdes), Cabela's Outfitter, Sitka (Open Country, Mothwing and Forest), Mossy Oak Treestand, Realtree Max 1, Cabela's Open Country, Skyline Horizon.

All of the above are fairly open patterns, which I think are the most effective. This selection will effectively cover just about any bowhunting situation, but the pattern should be chosen to blend into the dominant surroundings, just like "matching the hatch" in the flyfishing world. For instance, the Skyline Horizon is perfect for late-season treestand hunting in hardwoods and for hunting on the ground in snowy conditions, but it is far too light in color for most other conditions. The Max 1 and Cabela's Open Country are ideal for hunting the open grass flats and creek bottoms in the Northern Territory of Australia for buffalo and boar. And so it goes for the other patterns.

Wool solids and plaids are good too, but when the weather is warm, only the light Merino shirts are comfortable, and wool has its own disadvantages (along with many advantages). The biggest problem for the traveling hunter is wool's bulk and weight, which is why the clothing companies like Kuiu and Sitka do not use wool in their mountain clothing except for the thin base layers, where Merino wool excels above any other material. But this thread is about camo patterns, not materials, and there are wool products that incorporate some of the patterns I have listed (and other good patterns).

The main things are getting out to the places where the animals live, staying downwind, and keeping noise and movement at a minimum. Do remember that turkeys see color and have fantastic vision, so picking colors that blend into the surroundings is vital when turkey hunting, although it is not so important when hunting ungulates that do not have much color vision.

Allan

[woodchucker]

It think plaid is the worlds first "Didgital Camo".....