kuiu Verde or vias

[blackveltbowhunter]

 I agree.... My favorite pattern of all time is still MMM. I wish I had stockpiled the stuff! Dont know why no one is using it in anything functional.

   I will say I was impressed with the performance of the sitka I used this year though, Several stalks and being tolerated in alot of open terrain including several red zone setups, and getting away with drawing in the wide open on a cow at under thirty yards, didn't make me a believer per se, but less skeptical for sure.

[ROCKWHEELER]

Thanks for the comments guys. Sounds like verde is a good choice I will get that in their guide series pant and jacket. I still like the old school look of the vias and with probably order a guide jacket in it as well for winter steelhead and snow hunting coyote/bobcat. Jackelope i 90% agree with what u said about clothing/color I think tinpants and a hickory shirt is the best for hunting, critters just think your a logger. I don't think deer/elk can see red or green in the light spectrum so blaze orange is just a shade of gray to them.

[_TONY_]

I just order the guide jacket on Sunday... Should be here tomorrow!

I really dig how fast Kuiu turns order around!

[JBar]

During my elk hunt this year I did have a cow at 8 yards and a calf at around 5ft neither one knew I was there the cow kept feeding by me until she got my wind. Effectiveness of Verde was proven to me right then and there

Rad- you're kinda scaring me about the Vias, I may turn around and sell that but then again I'm a Kuiu freak so probably not  

[jackelope]

I agree.... My favorite pattern of all time is still MMM. I wish I had stockpiled the stuff! Dont know why no one is using it in anything functional.

 

I've got a full setup of old school Sitka MM stuff. Love it.

[RadSav]

I've got a full setup of old school Sitka MM stuff. Love it.

Sure wish I did.  The newer Sitka pants are much better than the old, but I guard those old pants with my life!  Wish I had the tops to match.

I agree.... My favorite pattern of all time is still MMM... Dont know why no one is using it in anything functional.

What I have been told is that Mothwing has one of the highest licensing fees ever for a camo pattern.  Daggum shame if that is the case!!  If true, that would be a primary reason clothing designers are acting as if it is infected with Ebola.

You would sure think someone could develop a pattern that avoids the copyright but looks and functions very much the same as MMM.  Instead we get these awful digital patterns that don't do anything the military pattern does.  I expect because they are easy to design and get around the licensing issues.  I keep hoping Sitka will get a clue and design their own version of MMM.  I wouldn't even think of trying another piece of hunting clothing if they did it right!

I started using Sitka because of the Mothwing camo.  Now I am using Sitka despite the camo pattern   I hate nearly everything about the camo, but the clothes fit and perform so dang good I wear them even though the patterns suck dead donkey doo.

[jjhunter]

I bought a bunch of vias to try out this year.   Snuck up on a herd of 18 elk in the middle of a stubble field and arrowed one.  My favorite pattern for the country that I hunt. 

[RadSav]

Kuiu makes some nice solid colrs as well......

Here is a picture of my last sheep.  You have Vias, Forest Optifade, Open Country Optifade and solid olive drab. 

I don't know about you, but I'd rather have the solid olive drab than the Vias or either of the Optifade's.  I've asked for solid Olive Drab as an option since Stika seems hell bent on forcing people to use the Opticrap.  Unfortunately in the styles I wear the most there is no solid even close in tone to the olive.  Kuiu's solids are a bit better!  Too bad they aren't cut for old, fat and out of shape guys

[huntinluva]

All verde for me, has worked good thus far on eastside and westside terrains.

[WoodlandShooter]

I am still lookinf for some decent gear.

for the wet side I am really liking PenCott Greenzone.

Greenzone on the left, A-TACS FG on the right

[RadSav]

Great picture!  Where do you find British camo over here?

[WoodlandShooter]

picked up my set directly from them

http://www.hydedefinition.com/bdu.html

here is some more sources

http://www.hydedefinition.com/clothing.html

[RadSav]

I might need to send some of those photos to Sitka!  I think if we approach it as a need for spring turkey colors we might get further than just telling them Optifade stinks!

[WoodlandShooter]

The Optifade Ground Forrest pattern already exists. It is available in Europe.

Scroll down to see
http://www.hyperstealth.com/

http://www.gore-tex.co.uk/remote/Satellite?c=fabrics_cont_land_c&childpagename=goretex_en_GB/fabrics_cont_land_c/OptifadeMicrosite&cid=1278177790916&pagename=SessionWrapper&

[WoodlandShooter]

I might need to send some of those photos to Sitka!  I think if we approach it as a need for spring turkey colors we might get further than just telling them Optifade stinks!

Don't Bother. The guy at Hyperstealth is a prick (actually tried to sue the people that developed A-TACS over some BS pattent crap), and is a direct competitor of the PenCott people

Hyperstealth designed Optifade