Does certain camo really matter

[CAMPMEAT]

How come nobody buy the HECS secret effective, undercover camo that you can get to within a foot of any animal, like they advertise ?

[Stein]

For animals, the best camo is a person that can sit still without moving when they are looking.  If you can crawl and hide behind stuff while not moving, even better.

Wear the best camo and move around and any animal can pick you out instantly.

We got under 40 yards from numerous goats with $6 clearance camo shirts from Cabelas and $30 pants.

[davk]

Of course it matters!  Why do you think people sell hundreds of dollars of last years camo for pennies on the dollar to buy this years set of all matching gear right down to the undies and socks?

You laugh until a deer jumps you going #2.  Camo undies are worth their weight in gold!   

The important thing is to get behind one camo pattern and dig in deep!  The most effective camo is the camo that you think is the most effective ... PERIOD!  Scent, movement are probably the most important.  Earth tones work fine ... although I do mostly wear camo  As also mentioned, much of the higher end gear I like ends up in camo.  And Id rather support hunting companies than backpacking/mountaineering companies.  Id stick with lighter camos over dark.  As someone earlier mentioned you just turn into a dark blob.  I also prefer covering as much skin as possible.

[WaltAlpine]

I've seen pics of my grandfather with countless deer and bear in various colors of wool. No camo to be seen.

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[WaltAlpine]

I mean my grandfather was in wool...oh nevermind

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[Stickerbush]

Comfort>camo IMO

[lokidog]

I had an interesting experience with black this week, I had a mesh oyster bag full of crushed apples left over from cider making sitting in front of me.  A doe and a fawn and a lone doe came in from different directions with their noses in the air smelling the apples, all three stiffened up immediately upon seeing the black mesh bag.  The doe and fawn took off quickly and the other doe moved off as well.  I'm pretty sure it was the black bag freaking them out and not me since the two had come in less than ten yards away down wind of me.

[Old Man Yager]

It doesn't matter, I am the guy that still hunts in his red plaid jacket :chuckle:scent and wind mean the most, that and DO NOT make eye to eye contact, sounds dumb but never look them in the eye, if you do, your busted..

Maybe that's why I don't always get a buck? I look em right in the eye and scream You gonna die!!!!😝😝

[jackmaster]

It doesn't matter, I am the guy that still hunts in his red plaid jacket :chuckle:scent and wind mean the most, that and DO NOT make eye to eye contact, sounds dumb but never look them in the eye, if you do, your busted..

Maybe that's why I don't always get a buck? I look em right in the eye and scream You gonna die!!!!😝😝

yeah, that or you just flat miss do to buck fever.. you should know never to look an animal in the eye old dog.. You should hunt you n a loin cloth and beads rob, maybe a head dress too.. Or dress up like Elmer Fudd with the big baggy bloomers and stove pipe hat with a bill.. I would also pay to see that get up, make Trent wear it or tell him he has to stay home

[Pathfinder101]

It doesn't matter, I am the guy that still hunts in his red plaid jacket :chuckle:scent and wind mean the most, that and DO NOT make eye to eye contact, sounds dumb but never look them in the eye, if you do, your busted..

Maybe that's why I don't always get a buck? I look em right in the eye and scream You gonna die!!!!😝😝

Funny, my stepdad taught me the same thing.  Never make eye contact.  He told me "You ever 'feel' someone looking at you?  Deer can feel it too..."

[Thumper81]

Honestly my winter kit is a sheepskin jacket, a slouch hat and a packet of cartriges. Better off spending money on a good pair of boots than designer camo.

[Magnum_Willys]

Camo is just a hyped up sales gimmick that was made up in the south. I have never used, or own any. I don't believe in it. Movement and smell is what gets you and nothing else. I don't wear camo. Solid black is probably alot better than any camo out there.

Maybe not so much during bear season...... ?

[BULLBLASTER]

I had an interesting experience with black this week, I had a mesh oyster bag full of crushed apples left over from cider making sitting in front of me.  A doe and a fawn and a lone doe came in from different directions with their noses in the air smelling the apples, all three stiffened up immediately upon seeing the black mesh bag.  The doe and fawn took off quickly and the other doe moved off as well.  I'm pretty sure it was the black bag freaking them out and not me since the two had come in less than ten yards away down wind of me.

On one of the farms I hunt whitetail on there are certain times of the year I dress in all black. It's amazing how when the field is home to dozens or more black angus cattle the deer don't seem to mind an oddly shaped loner cow.  but if the cows are gone the deer run away from the black.

[Special T]

Your much bigger concern should be the detergent you are using.  Lots of commercial detergents have brightening agents added to them that make you a UV beacon to deer and elk.

Use something with no UV brighteners in it.

This is my main concern. I normally hunt in solid color earth tones that make it difficult to peg me as a hunter. My go to is a fleece shirt/vest/jacket and either my wool pants or fleece sweats over shorts.

[MADMAX]

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