for Deer do you use a Face Mask

[thump]

I was duck hunting one day, and noticed a  bright light shining every time a flock of ducks would approach the blind on the other side of the lake. After awhile I took my binoculars out, and found it was another hunter without a face mask on.

[halfseminole]

Had to shave for medical reasons, will be rocking a face mask since the deer here know faces.

[JD Page 1965]

No, being a ninja is not likely gonna help you kill a deer, but it might kill your positive anchor point..

[indianalongbowshooter]

wore one for yrs. but have had them keep me from getting to anchor before, so quit wearing one 5-6 yrs. ago.. just have to watch moving your head quickly if deer are in close as they can pick you off easier but other then that enjoy not wearing it anymore.I do usually have a partial or full beard though..

[kevsuperg]

Originally posted by COMPOUNDLESS IN CONCRETE:
I use the natural camo full beard that God gave me with a little face paint on the areas the beard doesn't cover.

this^^

[Tom]

Same as above, a face really sticks out when on the ground, which is where I now do 90% of my hunting-darn knees.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Around here, the deer really do not like me. I wear a mask so they cannot tell who I am.      :p  

I hate breathing into a mask in colder weather, It tends to get wet and sometimes freezes.  Often I will leave it pulled up until I see/hear a  deer or paint the face. Also, I have cut out the mouth area so I have less chance of getting it soggy.

[sagebrush]

I use paint. Never did like wearing a mask. But yes on the ground it definitely makes a difference. In a tree I tend to go without because I don't like the cleanup.

With my white beard, I use a face mask when the muzzle season is over lapping. I don't want them to think that I am a deer's tail, maybe I should color it blaze orange. Do they make that 'Just For Men' stuff in blaze orange? Other times I do not, I just smile nice and the deer will think that I am friendly.

[Hummer3T]

I did, I have moved more to a beanies and neck gaiter combo, eyes are free, can pull up and down when you want or have to.

[LB243]

Carbomask for me. Used to wear a mesh mask but have switched to paint only. And this stuff cleans up with a wet wipe back at the truck.

[kennym]

"A very experienced hunter can get by without it but if you are relatively new at this you can use all the edge you can muster."


Yep , I use one....   :D

[black velvet]

Don't want to scare the animals to death with a puss like mine. Wouldn't be fair. So I wear a mask at all times when hunting. The locals will just have to put up with my looks.

[Steve Jr]

Face paint for me, I don't care for the masks.

[tracker12]

I always wear a light weight net face mask.

[K.S.TRAPPER]

Used to but realized 20+ years ago after getting glasses and getting tired of fogged up lenses I started leaving the head net in the truck. Guess what, my hunting never lacked a bit and the deer and elk and tons of other critters really didn't care even on the ground at point blank range.

I will wear one the silk type to keep warm or when misquotes are bad but I really, really try not to and it gets slide down when I plan on taking a shot. I sure enjoy not having to use one that's for sure and can kill plenty of animals with out it. IMO.

Tracy

[Stickbow]

I would like to tell a little story on how ones face can give you away;

A few years ago I was guiding a Bear hunter in Alaska, we were in a tree stand on a river at a likely fishing spot for Brown Bears. A nice Bear comes out and catches a fish and climbs the cutbank below us putting his head angled right at us as he climbs. He absolutely blows up and lights out. We were in a leafy cottonwood, good cover. I never understood what went wrong.

Two years later I put a stand in the same tree. Another guide had a bowhunter and himself in it. I was drifting down the river in a boat looking for spot and stalk opportunities. I stopped a couple hundred yards away to glass and ensure we would not drift past them and spook a Bear. I knew where they were at but couldn't see them until someone turned their head and the sun hit their face.......WOW. A freakn spotlight!

I knew then what had happened and how important covering your face is.

[K.S.TRAPPER]

Sounds like someone needs to get out and get a tan        

Location, location, location why would you set your self up to look into the sun, that's what you want the deer to be looking into if possible. There's a whole lot to be said about woodsmanship skills and reading the land, scouting and paterning animals before ever placing a stand or blind and brushing them in.IMHO

Tracy

[Russ Clagett]

I like having setups that provide very close shots...and nothing sticks out in the woods like a persons face....

I can't stand having a net on so I use paint, just enough to break my outline up.

With some face paint and a leafy suit deer can stand there feeding 8 yards away and not know you are there. Sometimes they look around and seem to look right through you...

[woodchucker]

NO, nuff said.....