Anyone spray paint their sticks?

[House75]

Wanting to camo my sticks to blend in better…I am weird about blending in - no bright colors or anything that sticks out. Anyone use camo spray paint and have any reactions from deer? I figure if I let them dry for a week should be good regarding smell.


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[Hunter260]

Nah you’re good, you stink worse than paint

 

[House75]

Nah you’re good, you stink worse than paint

Lol - I do shower and roll around in the leaves before I hunt.


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[Hunter260]

Lol - I do shower and roll around in the leaves before I hunt.


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This one time I took a guy from California who had never hunted before and he asked if he should paint his face, I said yea you can if you want sometimes I do. I show up and he has completely caked every exposed area of his skin in about a half inch of clay mud.

 

[House75]

This one time I took a guy from California who had never hunted before and he asked if he should paint his face, I said yea you can if you want sometimes I do. I show up and he has completely caked every exposed area of his skin in about a half inch of clay mud.

Yeah well - that’s CA.


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[LoadedLimbs]

This one time I took a guy from California who had never hunted before and he asked if he should paint his face, I said yea you can if you want sometimes I do. I show up and he has completely caked every exposed area of his skin in about a half inch of clay mud.

@Hunter260 - Reminds me of a Seinfeld episode - being from NJ, maybe @redsquirrel can relate

 

[redsquirrel]

@Hunter260 - Reminds me of a Seinfeld episode - being from NJ, maybe @redsquirrel can relate

I'm a flyers fan but I really appreciated that throwback

 

[raisins]

This one time I took a guy from California who had never hunted before and he asked if he should paint his face, I said yea you can if you want sometimes I do. I show up and he has completely caked every exposed area of his skin in about a half inch of clay mud.

i thought you were going to say he had eye shadow and lipstick on.....

 

[jcassell207]

Wanting to camo my sticks to blend in better…I am weird about blending in - no bright colors or anything that sticks out. Anyone use camo spray paint and have any reactions from deer? I figure if I let them dry for a week should be good regarding smell.


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I personally did paint mine. I used a sponge, cut it into smaller squares and dabbed green, black, and tan. i think they turned out decent.

Did i need to, probably not
Was i bored and wanted something to do, absolutely

 

[Fgirtyman]

Wanting to camo my sticks to blend in better…I am weird about blending in - no bright colors or anything that sticks out. Anyone use camo spray paint and have any reactions from deer? I figure if I let them dry for a week should be good regarding smell.


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Camo Gorilla tape them.

 

[Maverick1]

I use camo vet wrap or black heat-shrink-tubing, but that is mostly just to quiet them down so they don't make so much noise. Takes a bit of the factory glare off, too. Sticks are "only" 20" long - and strapped to the tree they blend in pretty well with all the other sticks in the woods and in with the tree. I don't think it's important to paint climbing sticks so they blend in any better.

 

[Benny8]

Rob Eberhardt does and he's the Godfather of saddle hunting. Just watched a video of his on YouTube doing just this.

 

[House75]

I personally did paint mine. I used a sponge, cut it into smaller squares and dabbed green, black, and tan. i think they turned out decent.

Did i need to, probably not
Was i bored and wanted something to do, absolutely

Kind of the same - I tend to do stuff in garage to do stuff. I bought a camo tree bark stencil and painted using brown, grey and green. However, I am liking the tape idea now to quiet them.


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[woodsdog2]

I always spray paint my stuff with camo paint to dull it down I think it works and gives me confidence. I’m primarily a one sticker but I traded for some nice sticks this year and rather then vet wrapping four whole sticks or stealth stripping them, I sprayed truck bed liner on them, four coats over the course of several hours and let that completely cure for a day or so. Then I did a top coat of OD green, tan and brown regular camo dull spray paint. The bed liner paint has a urethane base that is almost somewhat rubbery and it really, surprisingly quiets them down considerably. You still have to be careful but the clanging is now a dull thud much like a fully stealth stripped piece.

 

[Beacher]

Since deer see blue/green exceptionally well, should the paint job be camo in shades of red/orange?

 

[Just_Hangin_N_GA]

I painted my Sticks about a month ago, mainly because I took all the hardware off them to inspect for any wear or rust on the hardware and I disliked the original LoneWolf color.
I painted them dark gray first, then added black stripes. Then I used a sponge cut into different sizes to apply tan, brown and green colors.

 

[Beacher]

I painted my Sticks about a month ago, mainly because I took all the hardware off them to inspect for any wear or rust on the hardware and I disliked the original LoneWolf color.
I painted them dark gray first, then added black stripes. Then I used a sponge cut into different sizes to apply tan, brown and green colors.

Looks good. What do the sponge pieces look like? Does their shape matter?

 

[7mmremmag]

If your wind is bad... it's bad and they'll smell everything you do, touch, or even think about touching. Let them dry good. I 3d printed some Kryptek stencils and gave all my sticks a multi color kryptek pattern. Likely does nothing, but it looks awesome

 

[elk yinzer]

I paint a bunch of stuff, why not sure I don't really much believe in camo, just because I guess the pain gray stuff is a little boring.

This stuff is really good for platforms to add a bit of texture.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Rust-Oleum...Spray-Paint-Actual-Net-Contents-12-oz/3728827

 

[Just_Hangin_N_GA]

Looks good. What do the sponge pieces look like? Does their shape matter?

I bought some sea sponge from the craft department of Walmart. I just cut a couple different sizes nothing special. The main thing is just different patterns.... and remember the camouflage is mainly for us and not the deer. But it is pretty