How good is camo?

Buzzgun · Oct 7, 2010

When I was hunting in western OK and many of our stands were in cottonwood trees with little cover, I think good camo really helped. We also had quite a few stands in large cedars with great cover and I think I could have worn a Santa suit with flashing lights and still have gone undetected!

I don't worry about it as much before the leaves fall, after that, I think it helps. I also stay away from dark colored camo as I think it "blobs" worse than lighter stuff.

Copper01 · Oct 7, 2010

My experience seems to be what everyone else is saying. I've shot deer in camo and out of camo. The first deer I shot with a bow I didn't have a lick of camo on, i was in blue jeans and a t-shirt, and was just in my stand to get out of the house for 30 minutes.

Now I will look at the cold weather camo clothing when it goes on sale after the season is over. I've gotten great deals on coveralls and heavy shirts this way. Though I don't just save them for hunting, they are used as regular outside clothes.

JPrusik · Oct 7, 2010

Oklahomabassin said:
I wear it, but I don't want to stand out, so somebody will see where my stand is and steal it.

Yeah, that orange hunting vest doesn't make you stand out at all.

JPrusik · Oct 7, 2010

The purpose of camouflage is not to "blend in" with the foilage so much, but instead to break the outline of hunter and his gear... effectively "blending in".

r00s7a · Oct 7, 2010

Bout half the camo out seems to be a gimmick. I went to BPS the other day and all I wanted was a camo sweatshirt for cool mornings. Does not exist there. They have all these high dollar fancy fabrics, Underarmor, blah blah blah. Gezzzz, I just left. I will go to Wal-Mart and spend $20 for what I really wanted in the first place, just a plain basic camo sweatshirt. The hunting "industry" kinda makes me ill. I don't even like to watch the hunting channels anymore because of all the advertising, plugs for gimmick products, etc. Even Uncle Ted goes overboard. I understand that is where they get the majority of their funding, but they take it over the top. Do I really need a holder for a bleat can (which is gimmicky anyway) that turns the can over for me?

Kingmarine · Oct 7, 2010

I think some of the perception is more based upon how the hunter feels while he is dressed in his cammies. I always have worn camo, but usually old stuff that I have left over from the Marine Corps. I have had deer withing 10 ft of me in that so it seems to be working ok. But I do look at the 3D stuff from time to time thinking that would hide my silhouette much better than standard cammies, but what I have is working for now.

Wormydog1724 · Oct 7, 2010

Last year while hunting in a coyote hunting contest, my two hunting partners were wearing this:

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/s..._103640_175003000_175000000_175003000_175-3-0

Against dead winter grass, they were very hard to see. 15 yard shots with a shotgun on a coyote proved it. So I went out and bought some and will try it out this year.

I think any camo is better than no camo, if its even remotely close to the color/background you are hunting in.

EFsDad · Oct 7, 2010

I think it all depends on how much you paid for it. If it was $5 at a thrift store, the deer will know. But if you buy something at Cabelas and pay over $200 you are invisible at that point.

An earlier post mentioned that the old hunting uniform was something akin to this and they almost decimated the entire population so you decide:

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Oklahomabassin · Oct 7, 2010

JPrusik said:
Yeah, that orange hunting vest doesn't make you stand out at all.

Archery season in Oklahoma doesn't require wearing orange. Thank you.

Droberts · Oct 7, 2010

i have a little writeup that overlaps with this topic a bit, kinda worth a read if ya'll are interested. its written more for hunting people than animals though. (paintball)

for the last 7 years i've spent about 40 hours a month stalking folks in a ghillie suit on weekends.

http://dproberts.wordpress.com/paintball/

its about halfway down, starts when you see the line:

- Stealth & use of the Ghillie Suit -

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