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berrywood

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Why is it that many hunters wear camouflage shirt and pants, only to don a blaze orange vest or hat? I know the purpose of the orange clothing is so other hunters can identify them, but wouldn't it just nullify the camouflage clothing? Why not just wear non-camouflage clothing?
 
Camouflage hunting clothing is not for the field. It is a real turn-on for coffee-shop waitresses, female gas station cashiers, and female cops. They won't be able to resist your advances while you are decked out in camo. Any woman will absolutely fall all over themselves to get a chance to talk to you when you wear camo, especially if they smell that manly musky smell you have after a few days in the field without a shower. Wearing camo clothing says to the world "I'm a man who knows what he likes and GOES FOR IT!" Oh, yeah! Really! It drives the women wild, and the tough guys out at the logging areas will look at you and say to themselves "better leave that one alone". Really!! Oh, oh, I almost forgot, camo clothing will totally hide you if you wear any tiny scrap anywhere on your body. Ooh, ooh, and especially if you have camo underwear!

:rolleyes:
 
I like having dedicated clothes for the occasion. I wear the same stuff for a lot of different seasons. Turkey is all camo, deer is camo with a vest, waterfowl is camo with waders. And a torso of unbroken color is still smaller than an entire body of unbroken color, and is not as recognizable as the full shape of a human body. Don't really have to worry about blood stains on camo patterns either. And even besides the practical, I just think it's a fun way to gear up for the season, the more stuff you have to get in order the less antsy you are waiting. Not for everyone but just part of the experience for me :P
 
Blaze orange is required by law in many areas. Hunting accidents began a dramatic decline with the advent of the requirement.

Camo definitely improves one's chances when turkey hunting. Otherwise, dull, earth-tone clothes do just as well. However, I've never noticed that wearing Levis hurt my deer hunting, although I generally wear khakis that Goodwill would reject.

Art
 
Camo clothing is the most overrated aspect of whitetail deer hunting. The less expensive army fatigue camo pattern is just as effective as the pricey Mossy Oak and RealTree versions--I have tested it myself.
 
my father and i wear the older woodland pattern bdus for hunting. they were cheaper and work just as good in my opinion as the other camo. just something to break up the fact that your a human. deer are color blind as well. i have thought about just getting a brown carhartt or walls jacket and trousers for small game hunting. i don't think mr. rabbit or squirrel would mind me doing that.

we are required by law to wear blaze orange here for hunting with firearm except waterfowl,turkey,crow,woodchuck and coyote. bow hunting no orange required. my father-in-law hunts wearing a blaze orange coat and trousers.

i don't think camo will call the ladies in like i could try to call to a turkey. they get annoyed if you sit in a bar wearing camo calling away with a mouthpiece :).
 
I really screw with the deer's head! i camo my self in old jeans and faded flannel jacket. They think I am a farmer lookin' for my tractor... they just stand there or walk up offering to show me where it is parked...:D Than BOOM.... freezer is filled again...
Brent
 
I live in TX. We can wear, or not wear, whatever we want. Color-wise.

I do have a large patch of blaze orange cloth I take with me on every hunt. Just in case other hunters are nearby, and I make a kill.
I do not want to take the chance of them shooting a animal that I am carying or dragging.
I may be just as dumb, by being mad, and shoot back.

Heck, even my deer drag is blaze orange.
They just sit in my pack's pockets until needed.
 
OK, this begs another question...
For most of my life I've heard critters such as deer and dogs and chickens are color blind. Just HOW do they know this? I've asked countless dogs and if they have any insight in this matter- they're keeping it to themselves because they ain't told me squat as of yet!

(Yes, I know better than to ask a chicken- they're not very smart and will likely lie to ya at the drop of a hat.)
 
I too, have asked my dogs if they see color... they give me the deer in the headlights stare... but if I ask them if they prefer the brown dog kibble or the whitish chicken leg quarters or RED deer parts they always chose the red or white over brown...:D
I have also heard that humans ONLY dream in black and white...
I know for sure that the mid 60's T-bird in a weird dream was less than polished and waxed metallic green with a white interior.:eek: i think it is no more than a guess. If i can dream in full color after being "trained" it is only black and white with shades of gray than animals likely see more color than we realize.
Brent
 
I had a dreem!

i dont know if its just me there is somthing wrong with, but i had a dreem about brown-chees tonight an the chees was, well, brown!:D
 
Chickens see color.
They actually see more colors of light than we do.

The easiest way to tell if an animal has a higher probabilty to see color, is if they have color on thier body.
ie, birds feathers, fish scales, etc.

Or their diet utilizes color, like flowers for nectar, and fruit.
 
I think some sort of camo like the old BDUs would work great if they substituted bright orange in place of the sand color. That way you still get the camo break up pattern, but the visibility for other hunters to see. Anyone know if it is made? If not, I call dibs on the patent.
 
they do make what called "blaze camo". i haven't seen it in a 2 piece form (shirt and trousers). i only saw it a few times on insulated coveralls. its close to the woodland bdu. i think it had black,green and brown. the rest of it was blaze orange.
 
they do make what called "blaze camo". i haven't seen it in a 2 piece form (shirt and trousers). i only saw it a few times on insulated coveralls. its close to the woodland bdu. i think it had black,green and brown. the rest of it was blaze orange.
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Blaze camo doesn't meet the orange requirements in some states. CO requires the orange to be solid. I don't mind the orange requirement and if you have ever hunted public land during elk and deer season you know why.:eek: Anything that breaks up your outline works on big game, but I rarely wear any kind of camouflage when hunting.
 
I have a blaze orange vest and hat that I wear during rifle season. I might start wearing it during archery season as well. For some unknown reason, bear season is open for firearms during archery season. I get scoped a few times a year by "bear hunters" sitting on a landing and I am still hunting in the canyon.

I am sure they will change the regs once some bowhunter gets shot...
 
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