Just to throw some more fuel in the fire....

This past Friday I took my first doe of the year. Surprisingly, at least for me, I took her while sitting on the ground without the use of pop-up or naturally occuring blind. The story is short and simple. I set up in a fencerow with some waist high bushes throughout. After setting out my scent canisters I proceeded to head back to my stand spot in the fencerow. I undid my quiver and nocked an arrow. I then placed the bow on the ground and picked up my rangefinder to click off the yardages to each of my scent canisters. Upon settling on the first canister I was surprised to see a doe staring at me from 26 yards away through the viewfinder sight window.

I then proceeded to put the rangefinder down and picked up my bow....clicked the release on the loop and drew back right on the doe. She did not move an inch but continued to stare at this " green blob" in the treeline. I then released the arrow and watched the Steelehead 100 bury itself right behind her front shoulder. She bolted and I later found her about 70 yards from where she was shot.

The spot I was sitting in did not have enough cover to mask my movement as was evident by the fact that the doe saw me as soon as she walked out of the woods despite the fact that my only movement was lifting the rangefinder to my face. The spot I was sitting in did not have a large tree right behind me to break up my outline or anything else that would have been large enough to obtain the same effect. There were only low level bushes and shrubs.

Though I am sure this will aggravate some folks my outline was not broken up nor was there a lack of physical movement. I believe that I simply blended into the environment wearing a pattern that mimicked my immediate surroundings both in terms of color and pattern.

I guess what I am trying to say is that a variety of different " camo methods" can be proven to be effective (breaking up the outline, blending in, not moving, etc...). To assume that one works " better" than the other or that one will work in all situations seems rather short-sighted in my opinion. Wear what you think will work for where you are hunting and if it does not then try something else...