Does certain camo really matter

[Special T]

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.

Nothing beats a good pair of DRY boots!

[follow maggie]

Camo is 100% marketing. A couple years ago I shot a deer with my bow wearing carhartt pants, a t-shirt and a red ball cap

[steeleywhopper]

I kill lots of deer inside of 50 yards wearing bright hunter orange.

[Taco280AI]

It doesn't matter as long as it can help break up your outline in some way or help you blend in. All marketing

I just happened to buy Kuiu because I love their pants. Shirts not so much, but the pants are great.

[Tinmaniac]

If you hunt with a rifle,not so much.If you hunt with a bow and need to get close it matters.Try it,have a buddy wear head to toe orange and you wear camo that actually matches the terrain.See who spots who first.

[brew]

i don't believe that game animals have both rods and cones to see camo colors like humans do---military is using the digital camo because we see in color--i think that animals would be more affected (effectived ? i never know which one is which) by ultra violet (UV) light therefore my belief is camo pattern is irrelevant

[Magnum_Willys]

Kuiu Verde seems to work much better than vias.  Its like fishing lures - they arent made to attract fish just fishermen. 

[follow maggie]

What brew said. Deer have way more rods than cones, so they see in the dark well, but don't see colors nearly as well. Colors like reds & oranges are shades of gray to them. They also see in the violet end of the spectrum, possibly even some ultraviolet. So if you're wearing clothes with us brighteners or use soap with us brighteners, they'll see you easily. They also only have binocular vision in a very small part of their field of view because their eyes are set on the sides of their heads. The bottom line is if you sit still, you can wear whatever you want.

[MtnMuley]

Wow

[Taco280AI]

Kuiu Verde seems to work much better than vias....

I'll disagree on that one. I was maybe 30 feet from my phone in this pic... if I didn't have the orange, would you even notice me if you didn't know I was there?

[blackveltbowhunter]

For me camo isn't about concealment when im close, its meant to minimize the impact of movement or intrusion from a distance.

[Bofire]

  I have read that deer ands elk see Blue really well, otherwise I think most any drab colors, sit in the bush.
Carl

[BigGoonTuna]

For me camo isn't about concealment when im close, its meant to minimize the impact of movement or intrusion from a distance.

i think that's a good way to look at it.  most of the time i've found that it doesn't matter what you're wearing, when you're close, animals will either hear or smell you first.

of course, there's few things more frustrating than trying to put the sneak on a mulie from across a draw, putting up your binoculars and he's already staring at you

[Sitka_Blacktail]

Nobody ever shot game animals before camo was invented.

[bracer40]

When I used to hunt modern firearm I had numerous encounters with elk as close as 10 yards and none of them detected me.....blaze orange vest and hat fully in place. In one case I counted 90 some elk walking nose to butt out of a dark timber trail (hoping for just one spike!) while I knelt in the open about 60 yards away. Before they all walked away I had animals to my left/right and in front of me as close as 20 yards.
That encounter convinced me that camo just doesn't matter as far as the color or breakup of color goes.