camo pissing me off

[CasseyM.]

I agree, the King's Camo is pretty durable. That is what I rely on when I'm in the woods.

[gonehuntin68]

Predator camo, I love that stuff.

[6.8mmARHunter]

This thread is worthless without pictures.

[Old Man Yager]

  I wear my open contry camo in the forest all the time.  My hunting partner has a hard time finding me when I am still and in the shadows.  I personally could care less if my camo matches the terrain as long as it works.

I got a pair in Outfitters camo, like you said, I don't think it matters too much, being quiet and trying not to stink are more important that the pattern, I think.

[coastalyeti]

Predator is my favorite, the brown Deception pattern. If they still had Fall Brown though, I would prefer that. Outfitter camo is good too, and so is the old Amoeba pattern if you can find any. What they a have in common is breaking up your outline. ASAT was my dads favorite, and this year I'm gonna buy some and see if it fools animals as well as the Predator has. Sitka and Kuiu look good, but the price tag doesn't. (Not yet!)

[Pathfinder101]

This thread is worthless without pictures.

You are absolutely correct.  Shame on me. 

Here you go.

See what I mean....

[WoodlandShooter]

Old Topic, but thought I would add my experience/opinion.

For Western Washington, the seasonal changes make it dificult to pick a camo pattern for everything...

This is what I have found to work...

Early Spring to mid summer, Pencott Greenzone or CADPAT (if you can find it)

Mid summer to Early fall, ATACs FG

Late Fall/Winter (with no snow) Woodland MARPAT

With Snow, well, any sort of overwhite would work...just make sure you give it a little dirt.

Seems none of the Sitka stuff is Pacific Northwest specific for the ground huner...

However, the European Optifade Pattern would be a better fit for the gound hunter (and is eerily similar to the US4CES pattern Hyperstealth submitted to the Army for the camo pattern  selection.

[Broken Arrow]

How in the world did any of these old timers ever make it with out designer camo? I guess those flannel shirt wearing, 30/30 toting... dinosaurs, must have relied on wind, sent control, stealth and short shots. Weird...lol.

[Skyvalhunter]

Yea and not a one of them shot any decent sized bucks!!

[WoodlandShooter]

good point

Camo for hunting purposes...well, it's not needed.

IMHO Camo gives the everyday Hunter that "Walter Mitty" Feeling 

[Heredoggydoggy]

good point

Camo for hunting purposes...well, it's not needed.

IMHO Camo gives the everyday Hunter that "Walter Mitty" Feeling 

Just remember--camo is made to impress other humans.  Animals don't see colors like we do.  Most camo patterns are worse than none at all to an animal's eyes! 

[snowpack]

   Probably the best big game hunter in the forest is a cougar, and they are tan.

[ghosthunter]

I wear camo but do not give it a lot of thought except for ducks. Big game will walk right up to you if you stay still most the time.

[Broken Arrow]

I know i have bought into the "newest is better" trend like many others. The reason i posted earlier, is several encounters with a really old bow hunter who crushed it every year and could care less what he was wearing. I know for me personally, its always kind of fun to "keep it secret" but show up for elk camp with a kind of show and tell mentality....like you wait till day one and walk out of the tent with the newest camo, bow, sight, etc...stuff you know your buddies don't have YET but looks really cool to the hunters eye. I know i have have my favorite camo...kind of like your lucky underwear in college...lol, and when i where it i feel like i have a better chance...i know that's really screwed up thinking, but the bottom line is it makes you feel good and to be honest, i have had some really successful hunts when i feel like i am on my A game and am INVISIBLE. I still pay high attention to all the other factors be it wind, etc....but i think the marketing aspect of todays society, would have you believe...it has more to do with what you look like. Kind of like some of the college football uniforms out there today....look good, feel good...play good.

 Just for the record...I prefer multicam...lol.

[Heredoggydoggy]

I wear camo but do not give it a lot of thought except for ducks. Big game will walk right up to you if you stay still most the time.

Birds see color.  Animal's eyes are geared towards motion.  Deer and Coyotes have a bit of infrared vision, too, for nocturnal vision.  That's why clothing wash detergent for hunting clothes has UV Blockers in it now.