Foot prints dont worry me. When i lived up north i had deer follow my footsteps in the snow when i was wearing rubberboots and scentlok with out spooking. I certainly dont believe they can look into the mud and discern a boot print. I would also worry about leaving more scent behind by trying to cover your tracks.
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Camo or earth tone clothes??
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Good Camo Would Have One Arm One Color and the Other Another and The Body a Couple Colors, Not That Small Pattern that Blends Together as One. Fred Bear Said the Best Camo is Sit Still and Be Quiet,, How True. I Saw a Pic of Someone in a Pilgrim Outfit w/His Turkey Just to Prove a Point.
Hiding foot prints is to hide from other hunters, not deer.
Oh, duh, That makes alot more sense.
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The footprints aren’t a problem if the deer see them... I don’t want other hunters to see them.
All of my setups are meticulously crafted to be unnoticeable from other hunters, so I leave no trace in/out as well.
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ThePennsylvanian
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I thought about his too, but I figured movement is movement, even with a broken up outline, un-natural movement will spoke deer camo or not
I like some of the modern patterns like First Like fusion. To me, what is often overlooked is the reflectivity of some garments. Most natural things just do not reflect a lot of light then tend to absorb more than reflect. however, with so many cam clothes , especially synthetics, I think we glow or stand out. I am not speaking just about UV - just the overall tone and reflectivity of synthetics is IMO Unnatural. Wool in any earth/camo colors is the best IMO.... but dang that stuff is hot down south. All my leafy suits (ASAT) and my ghillie suits get a good drag through dirt and mud and seldom get washed (I put these on at location )
I will agree to the "glow". Couple years ago I went to check a camera one morning on the way to a stand. The ir light on the video made me look really bright and stand out. After that I started wearing the od green instead of the camo I had been wearing and it made a big difference on the camera at least. Cant say that it helped me do any better hunting lol. I'll have to check and see if I still have that video, if so I'll post it
Nothing glows like that Sitka treestand pattern. That stuff sticks out like a sore thumb to me. I know it's meant to blend against the sky but dang! I saw a guy walking through the woods with it last year on an overcast day, he might as well have been wearing a pumpkin suit. To me it even has a blueish hue to it which supposedly is the part of the color spectrum ungulates can see color the best.
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Spot on. I had a bunch of it and sold it all. Got picked off more wearing it than anything else I’ve ever worn.
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Have you ever seen the movie "The Shining" where the little kid walks backward in his tracks in the snow to hide from "Jack" (Here's Johhny, Nicholson)? I've done similar type stuff. Hey, if I notice and pay attention to other hunter's boot tracks, I have to assume they are doing the same with my tracks.I thought I was the only one who purposely walks down the center strip of a two track. It's so ingrained in me now I find myself doing it even when I'm not in an area I hunt.
Like @Nutterbuster says... I hide more from the other humans than I hide from deer. Damn, the woods are crowded.
Mine too. When I cut shooting lanes or make access routes, I try to prune in such a way so cuts are not easily seen. Same with tacks. I seldom use them. I can't tell you how many stands over the years that I followed tack to it while scouting in the off season. The last thing I want is for someone to follow me to my set-up. Even if they aren't a threat to stealing or using my stuff, I still don't like the disturbance and residual odor they leave behind.
They can't see what you pruned if ya leave them clippers at the house.
If I do trim, I rub dirt on the cutting. I'll also drag limbs well away and tuck them in thick brush, or "plant" small trees and big limbs in soft dirt. Was doing it before I read about it in the Eberhart books.
Probably poor behavior on my part, but I've also increased my squirrel hunting efforts on parcels that I noticed increased pressure on. Who wants to hunt around them pesky squack-whackers? Before y'all chide me, I don't hunt up on folks, and I squirrel hunt a lot anyway when deer aren't moving well. Gotta do it somewhere, and why mess up pristine locations?
They can't see what you pruned if ya leave them clippers at the house.
Yeah, as I was typing that, I was thinking I would hear such a response from you. LOL
Used to care about camo, now wear any garment that is temperature appropriate in any brown/tan/gray/green. Just no blue or black. By the time he sees me, he is already dead!
I also used to hide my trail and spots, but don't care now. I only hunt a spot 1 or 2x per season, so if someone finds it after I hunt it, doesn't affect me anyway. If I hunted does, I might hunt a spot more, but only take a doe now if non hunting friends request some meat. This is why I got into saddle hunting in the first place. Needed an ultralight, efficient, quiet way to hunt within 75 yds of a bedded buck without presets.
John H.
I also used to hide my trail and spots, but don't care now. I only hunt a spot 1 or 2x per season, so if someone finds it after I hunt it, doesn't affect me anyway. If I hunted does, I might hunt a spot more, but only take a doe now if non hunting friends request some meat. This is why I got into saddle hunting in the first place. Needed an ultralight, efficient, quiet way to hunt within 75 yds of a bedded buck without presets.
John H.
I found this pic earlier, see the od green pants and coat. 17 yard quartering away shot, November 6th while chasing a doe. Had pics of him for 4 years and he was 6.5+ and never had eye guards or was any bigger horn wise
With respect, that's stupid.
I prefer to err on the side of caution and overestimate my competition. Assuming everybody but me is an incompetent, out of shape neophyte just seems arrogant and a recipe for being quietly out hunted.
I always assume that there's at least one hunter in the area that is at least my equal, if not my better. Playing against this potentially imaginary competitor keeps me sharp and focused.
The guys that hunt my woods aren't watching Mike Waddel videos and shooting at deer on corn feeders out of ladderstands. A lot of them are quite competent, and some are downright lethal.
2 years ago I came around the bend in my kayak and saw a canoe parked at "my" spot. 2 mile paddle down a crappy little moccasin hole of a creek to a small sliver of high ground. I was walking in as he was walking out with a doe slung over his shoulder, covered in deer flies, skeeters, sweat, and dirt.
That's the type guy I'm hiding from. "Mr. Shoots-yo-deer." Never know when a @WHW or @John Eberhart is sharing your neck of the woods.
Reviving this thread as to avoid redundancy.
I am actually in the process of letting a fellow cohort dig through all my camo and take what he likes and what fits. I would like to start replacing most, if not all, of my hunting duds with earthtones. Preferably in wool fabric. Preferably affordable. I know wool and affordable do not always intersect. And I am not opposed to synthetics. I want comfortable to wear, warm to sit in during my cold Ohio winter sits, and durable. Oh, and as quiet as can be for a durable material.
Does anybody have a go to for brand or store that they purchase this kind of stuff from? I've picked up a few nice merino wool sweaters from the Goodwill shops in my area in the past. They aren't always neutral tones, but I just wear them under my outer layer.
I am actually in the process of letting a fellow cohort dig through all my camo and take what he likes and what fits. I would like to start replacing most, if not all, of my hunting duds with earthtones. Preferably in wool fabric. Preferably affordable. I know wool and affordable do not always intersect. And I am not opposed to synthetics. I want comfortable to wear, warm to sit in during my cold Ohio winter sits, and durable. Oh, and as quiet as can be for a durable material.
Does anybody have a go to for brand or store that they purchase this kind of stuff from? I've picked up a few nice merino wool sweaters from the Goodwill shops in my area in the past. They aren't always neutral tones, but I just wear them under my outer layer.