blaze orange ghillie suit?
 

Does anyone make a solid blaze orange ghillie type suit? If so is it legal where "solid" blaze orange is required?

So you know, they have this thing called the internet now.

http://www.hiddensuccesstactical.com/ghillie-blaze.html

Really?? LOL, yes I saw that one, but doesn't really appeal to me and the fabric sounds like it would hold lots of moisture. Seems too bulky to me and doesn't really cover the chest area. Was hoping they had something more like this:

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabel...h-All+Products

Or even better maybe just a vest and ballcap hat

And it still doesn't tell me for sure if they are legal in Colorado. Example, the seeallsight says on their website that they are legal in all states where open/fiberoptic sights are legal. But they are not legal in Colorado. I sent a question to Colorado DOW and asked if they would be legal.

I own this one from Cabela's and I love it !

http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/produ...AL%3BIK-933887

Most states only require "X" amount of square inches of blaze orange (strange enough California does not require any !?!?).

Check the state regulations in the state you plan to hunt.

You could just make one.

But a jacket, and some bulk fabric from a sewing supply store, and have at it. That way, you get one as heavy as you want it to be, made with the fabrics that you want it made with.

Just purchased that very suit recently and that is what got me to thinking.

However Colorado requires 500 sq inches of solid blaze orange, so don't know if this meets the requirements or not. I have asked the DOW in an email

That is what I am thinking. I have lots of extra blaze vests and shirts that I don't wear to get material.

yeah exept that thing you like from cabelas isn't a ghillie suit. Its a leaf suit, ghillie suits are thick and bulky unless you make it thin. But they are way better than a leaf suit, I have people try to find me with a pair of bino's all the time in the woods just for fun. We make our own in the army all the time they are easy to make

I need to ask why blaze orange......in a Guillie suit?

JW

Because Colorado makes you wear SOLID blaze orange (a vest and a hat). However if you add a 3-D effect which makes shadows and flutters, it might help.

Okay thanks - but to me body movement at the wrong time, being caught silhouetted, and /or scent control keeping in mind wind direction would be far more critical.

You are just a different shade of gray to deer.

I have had far too many deer not even know I am there only feet away from them in total 100% blaze orange.

Was just curious - luck to you.

JW

100% blaze orange? That can't be a good look JW?

Thank God that MI and WY where I do almost all my big game hunting and ND where I pheasant hunt only require an orange hat! I would hate to think about having to wear all the orange that CO and some other states require. The reason CA probably doesn't require any is that the antis figure that we'll shoot each other and they'll get rid of a few of the hunters each season, LOL!

I don't mind wearing the vest to here. I'd rather do that than get shot.

What I can't figure out is why bow hunters don't have to wear any orange? The DOW will tell you that the critters can't see orange. I agree. So, why can't bow hunters wear it?

I still shoot deer......rather be seen by other hunters than not. I hunt a lot of public.

And as I said - movement at the wrong time and sitting with the wrong wind direction.....

JW

I think it's because hunting with a bow is a very close range proposition and they figure it's a lot easier for people to see what the object is. Back here in the east most of the bow hunting is also done up in treestands for whitetails, so the safety factor is more for the person to get up and down without falling and doing major damage to themselves, rather than shooting somebody.

I don't see the point? There's muzzy and rifle hunters hunting at the same time.

What does close have to do with it. The other hunters aren't close, and could mistake a bow hunter sneaking around. Then when they get a kill they haul out the antlers on their back while in full camo.

If that's the case and there are gun hunters out at the same time, I would agree 100% with you that it sounds pretty goofy!

Yes, the muzzy season is right in the middle of the bow season. You also have bear hunting for the whole month the same as bow season. It's a rifle hunt. Then you have some deer above timber rifle hunts the same time as bow season.

So, plenty of gun hunters are mixed in with bow hunters.

Yes, I have had deer and elk walk right by me at less than 10 yards with a solid blaze orange vest and hat on. But it is the solid color not broken up by anything that gets their attention if you move just a little. Without a pattern to break up your outline they can zone in on you when you move just slightly. So a solid orange ghillie suit that has shadows and flutters like a bush might hide some movement and gain you some seconds.

And like Muley said, he and I will be hunting in mid September with a muzzleloader in our blaze orange vests/hats, while bowhunters are hunting at the same time in full camo. So the bowhunters shouldn't shoot us, but not so sure about the opposite....

I also think Colorado should allow camo blaze orange. It will show up fine for other hunters, but break up our profile some.

Mixing peas and corn
 

I've worn blaze orange for decades. There is a real difference between military and hunting needs. But the lines seem to get blurred; especially for newbies.
Bayonets are military; it takes a little pocket knife to gut a deer.(done it)
Gillie suits are for military snipers; blaze orange is for recreational hunters. They are not the same people. A hunter is not a military sniper. Need not be. Nor dressed like one.
People just mix peas with corn.

Do you hunt with any short range weapons (bow or muzzleloader)? There would be no real reason to use a ghillie suit with a 30-06, but when your max range is 40 yards (bow) or 120 yards (my max with a muzzleloader) it might have its place. And I am sure not a newbie. At 56 having hunted since I was 10 and hunted in Colorado almost every year since my mid 20s, I have seen lots of things come and go. But I do know that you are good with solid blaze orange as long as you don't move, but when you do, an animal can zone in on you in a second.

Doesn't matter that it is blaze orange, any solid color can be picked up. I would just as well hunt in a black and red plaid shirt as any of the expensive camo patterns because it breaks up your outline. And a blaze camo pattern is just as good as my true camo patterns because game can't tell the difference. But blaze camo patterns are not legal in Colorado.

SO, since we HAVE to use SOLID blaze orange I was simply wondering if adding a 3D affect with shadows and something that waves in the wind like leaves might help you conceal from animals.

Well, I got an email back from the DOW and the law enforcement division said a solid blaze orange ghille suit would NOT be legal. Oh well.

Just curious. What was the reason?

You'll look like a neon sign to other hunters. Isn't that the point of wearing BO?

He said that a solid blaze orange ghillie suit didn't meet the requirements of being "solid" blaze orange.

Typical answer from them. In other words he doesn't know.

Check out this new suit:
https://see3dcamo.com/products/blaze...eafy-camo-suit

It is legal in most states:
https://see3dcamo.com/blogs/hunting-...-you-use-see3d

But not Colorado..........

What do tripods have to do with this thread?

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blaze camo.... similar idea... if legal I'd go blaze camo over solid blaze orange.

I would too. I wish it was legal in Colorado.