Camouflage

Austin Laughlin

Austin Laughlin

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I made a post a good while ago now about camo, but I’m just curious to see everyone’s “go-to” or favorite. A lot of people don’t believe it’s necessary, and I have killed a good pile in a camo top or weathered carhartt and blue jeans, but I still believe camo to be a good advantage.

It’d be cool to see guys post here and show your setups. I still think ASAT and that old Prairie Ghost is my favorite, just always seemed to blend in well to my terrain.
 

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I got most of my stuff at crazy good discounts or as gifts a while back or I would never have bought it. But I have a decent assortment of Sitka optifade camo and I think it blends in great in the Dakotas. I wear the Mountain pants in the cold weather and some
Of the layers topped with a jetstream jacket. It’s great wind protection and the layers help regulate heat a ton.

I’ve got a mix of Kuiu and Kryptek that I wear with the Sitka pieces too. So I’m not a total Sitka fanboy.

When it’s warm, I just wear solid colored clothes.
 
For turkey/deer I wanted something that would keep me warm/dry/cool depending on where and when I’m hunting.
I also wanted something made in America and with a serious warranty.
I wanted something I could walk for miles in and not get hot and then freeze when it’s cold.
I wanted something I could walk miles in and stay cool during the warm months.
I found FORLOH and never looked back. I’ve hunted everywhere from South Florida to Washington and a lot of places in between and even though it’s expensive, I’d buy it all over again. Best choice of camo I’ve ever made.
Granted I was a little skeptical of the actual camo pattern, but what it looks like to human eyes isn’t how game sees it. Really want to see how your camo looks, walk in front of a game camera at night under IR flash. If you’re still dark and don’t shine then you have nothing to worry about. Even during the day it’s crazy how well you blend in on the pics. My son called it Walmart Pajamas camo pattern until he saw me on one of his cell cams, lol. He actually called when the pic came in and asked what new camo I had because whatever I was wearing looked good. I sent him a pic and he couldn’t believe the “PJ’s” looked that good on camera, lol.
 
Spurchaser said:
I don’t worry about camo at night, it’s just dress to stay cool or warm.
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I agree with spurchaser, but when its cold like it has been here lately I really enjoy the warmth from my first lite sanctuary bibs and jacket with first lite furnace base layers underneath.. I don't typically have to walk no more than 2-3 hundred yards from my truck or else I prolly wouldn't beable to wear them without over heating
 
Kahki pants and Kings Camo Desert Shadow are my go to hunting wear.
Mostly hunt in areas with sagebrush, so the pants blend in with the dry grasses and the Desert Shadow camo is sagebrush.
For really cold days Kryptex insulated coveralls.
 
No pics, I night hunt alone and it's just not worth waking up the wife in the middle of the night :LOL:

I've always wore snow camo (MO Winter Brush is the best I've seen) when there's snow and regular MO Break-up when there's not. I don't know if there's any real advantage to snow camo when hunting at night. My opinion is with regular camo in the snow, if I'm set up in a tree/brush line I'm going to blend in just fine in the dark. Maybe there's some advantage to snow camo when walking in at night, IDK. This year I just keep wearing the same regular camo pants/coat and haven't seen any issues with it in the snow.

Just for clarification, I'm hunting ag ground in MI.
 
I always have two different colors of uninsulated camo coveralls in my truck. I use a darker green camo for sitting in front of junipers or in the shade and a lighter colored tan or brownish color for laying in the grass. Carhartt Duck or Khaki colors blend in great in the light colored grass. If the shade of the camo doesn't match the color shade of the brush or grass it will be easier to spot.


Darker colored camo that works great in the shade will stick out like a sore thumb in the lighter colored grass.
I always wear a camo face mask and gloves so I have a better chance of getting the coyotes to run right up to my caller that is only 10 to 20 yards away from me. In the shade your hands and face look bright pink and are very easy to spot.
IMG_9138 by Robert Morris, on Flickr
The young man in the above picture would be much easier to spot if he didn't have his face and hands covered with camo.

IMG_4078 by Robert Morris, on Flickr
The color of the camo in the above picture is too light to blend in with the dark brush or the dark shade from the brush.

I have two shotguns with factory camo jobs on them. They look great in the shade but when the sun shines on them they shine like a chrome bumper.
 
When it comes to bow hunting deer I am a big believer in open patterns such as ASAT, Predator, ASIO, etc. Predator is probably my favorite. For ground hunting coyotes I wear whatever I grab. For night hunting, usually in the warmest or coolest thing I have depending on weather.
 
The book Understanding Coyotes by Michael Huff has some great information on coyote vision and camouflage. Bottomline, Huff recommends matching your clothing to the color/pattern of your background, during the day or night, in or out of the shade/shadows, etc., to minimize a coyote's ability to detect your figure. The book explains everything in great detail and is very interesting.

Amazon: Understanding Coyotes

When everything is more green I wear Bass Pro True Timber Strata. When everything turns brown I wear True Timber Prairie. I truly look like I jumped out of the Bass Pro catalog to quote a Jon Collins saying on one of his podcasts.
 
Bob already said what I was going to say - cover your face and hands. Once that's done, I don't think the camo pattern matters all that much, as long it's relatively close in overall tone to your surroundings. I like a couple of the Kryptek patterns and Mossy Oak Brush for a lot of what I hunt, but have killed plenty of coyotes wearing basic solid earth tones.
 
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