Wise wordsI've teal hunted the last 6 days in various camo or non-camo clothes.
Duck hunting puts you in front of more and better eyes than deer hunting. They also have a good vantage point.
Increasingly, I find that the best way to remain unseen is to not get looked at. Don't be where they look, and you're invisible.
I call it the "mustard sitting in plain sight on the fridge shelf" technique. It's well lit and brightly colored, but the beer always distracts me from it and I have to holler for my wife.
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I've teal hunted the last 6 days in various camo or non-camo clothes.
Duck hunting puts you in front of more and better eyes than deer hunting. They also have a good vantage point.
Increasingly, I find that the best way to remain unseen is to not get looked at. Don't be where they look, and you're invisible.
I call it the "mustard sitting in plain sight on the fridge shelf" technique. It's well lit and brightly colored, but the beer always distracts me from it and I have to holler for my wife.
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I'm not anti-camo by any means, I just point out that in my view it is not necessary. Especially to impressionable newer hunters that sometimes get lost on the path of thinking gear purchases can compensate for woodsmanship and experience.
Black is not that unnatural. Not sure if you have black bears where you live but those things can flat out disappear in the brush.
To me white is the one color I feel like I should avoid. Deer tails are white and a danger signal so something tells me deer are probably wired to pick up white pretty well. Then again there's a self proclaimed expert in my area that advocates for snow camo year round because it's similar to the color of the skyline, and he knocks down big bucks consistently too. If you listen to enough of the influencers you'll note that what they spit out is a long of opinions and we all know what opinions are like and here I am spouting my own.
I wore black rain paints for several years because I was too cheap to buy separate camo ones. The deer don't care. Few years back shot this dude wearing them I was like 7-8 feet off the ground, he was 10 yards away. Second pic is the view from the deer's position. Platform is middle of frame. Notice the good back cover and the fact that I was in the shadows. Some of those trees to the right of it would be no bueno, skylined.
This was a next day recovery, didn't make the greatest shot. But this is also my early season outerwear most of the time. Big fan of the solid grays seems to me deer look right through it just as well as they look right through fluoro orange and various camos. I don't even know what "the human outline" is like from a deer's perspective because it's mind-boggling to me that a deer can stand 20 feet from you and not see you wearing a bright orange pumpkin suit, as long as you're standing still. That bad of vision is beyond what I can even comprehend.
Generally I would agree with the assessment that solid black/brown, can be a bad idea from a safety standpoint. Especially black when bears are being hunted.
Is that a cut down Lone Wolf Sand Cast Hang-on I see?????
2 very important points there that tie very well together. The best camo is what's around you. The main thing I'm concerned about when picking a tree is backdrop. With how their vision seems to work you can get away with a lot no matter what you're wearing as long as you've got good cover.I'm not anti-camo by any means, I just point out that in my view it is not necessary. Especially to impressionable newer hunters that sometimes get lost on the path of thinking gear purchases can compensate for woodsmanship and experience.
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Few years back shot this dude wearing them I was like 7-8 feet off the ground, he was 10 yards away. Second pic is the view from the deer's position. Platform is middle of frame. Notice the good back cover and the fact that I was in the shadows. Some of those trees to the right of it would be no bueno, skylined.
Generally I would agree with the assessment that solid black/brown, can be a bad idea from a safety standpoint. Especially black when bears are being hunted.
Did you turn the seat into a Klemz too?
OG, before there were any platforms on the market and lone wolf assassins were selling for $500+
Still have it, bought a tethrd platform, sold it and kept the better one.
Did you turn the seat into a Klemz too?
To me white is the one color I feel like I should avoid.
I carry a white hanky in my pocket. If I walk up on a deer that sees me but doesn’t bolt I take the hanky out and flip it around a few times at waist height. I can’t swear to it but it seems to relax them because it’s something close to natural that would happen if I were another deer. Probably wouldn’t do this if I were hunting in a public area with lots of other humans.
I think I’m grabbing my loin cloth a Atlatl and going hunting. Don’t shoot at me Wisco.I've never had much of a problem in plaid.
I'm not a camo snob per se, like the ASAT or bust or gotta be Predator crowds. Not to snub them either, just that's not where I'm coming from.
In fact, I actually have proprietary camo that I don't like at all, but the garments are fantastic.
Nonetheless, I only see disadvantages to all black.
An older hunter I know, fairly successful guy, told me he does this too. Flips his hand around if he walks up on one and he said they kinda stop and stare and are confused but they don’t freak out as easily.Bare hand works sometimes too!