Predator Camo- which pattern to buy?
09-16-2008, 03:22 PM
#32
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Calgary
Posts: 194
RE: Predator Camo- which pattern to buy?
2 more cents
Out of all of the manufacturers of open patterns, Predator by far has the most convincing ‘test photos’…. The rest don’t seem to do such a good job.. Not saying other competitors’ patterns don’t work, they just don’t convince me with their ‘test photos’.
Basically any camo works and looks convincing when your taking a picture of somebody behind foliage or 300 feet away..
At least Predator takes photos of their product in front of the foliage and branches and from a close distance.. All other ‘open pattern’ competitors have test photos with lots of foliage in front or take it at a distance where Carhartt’s would work just as fine.
Out of all of the manufacturers of open patterns, Predator by far has the most convincing ‘test photos’…. The rest don’t seem to do such a good job.. Not saying other competitors’ patterns don’t work, they just don’t convince me with their ‘test photos’.
Basically any camo works and looks convincing when your taking a picture of somebody behind foliage or 300 feet away..
At least Predator takes photos of their product in front of the foliage and branches and from a close distance.. All other ‘open pattern’ competitors have test photos with lots of foliage in front or take it at a distance where Carhartt’s would work just as fine.
09-18-2008, 10:14 AM
#34
Join Date: May 2006
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Posts: 41
RE: Predator Camo- which pattern to buy?
FYI, there is no "white" in Predator Fall Gray. take a piece of white paper and hold it next to your camo and you will see a tremendous color difference.
Fall gray works extremely well on the ground as well as in the trees. these pictures show why. We all know that big game animals don't see color like we do. in their vision they greens in shades of gray just like the colors in fall gray. You can see in the pics that many of the leaves and trees actually look "brighter/lighter" than the lightest color on the fall gray pattern.
IMO fall brown may be a better pattern all around because of turkey vision, but for big game they both perform equally well.
One thing I've noticed in watching others wearing Predator or taking photos of it over the years, is that the lighter colors of the pattern will change color as the sunlight filters through the leaves. Iv'e seen fall gray and fall brown actually look like it has a green background. The natural lighting can play a huge roll in what animals see when they look at your camo. The dark blobby patterns just don't work as well.
Fall gray works extremely well on the ground as well as in the trees. these pictures show why. We all know that big game animals don't see color like we do. in their vision they greens in shades of gray just like the colors in fall gray. You can see in the pics that many of the leaves and trees actually look "brighter/lighter" than the lightest color on the fall gray pattern.
IMO fall brown may be a better pattern all around because of turkey vision, but for big game they both perform equally well.
One thing I've noticed in watching others wearing Predator or taking photos of it over the years, is that the lighter colors of the pattern will change color as the sunlight filters through the leaves. Iv'e seen fall gray and fall brown actually look like it has a green background. The natural lighting can play a huge roll in what animals see when they look at your camo. The dark blobby patterns just don't work as well.
09-18-2008, 11:44 AM
#38
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jun 2008
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Posts: 268
RE: Predator Camo- which pattern to buy?
ORIGINAL: Whitehorn
2 more cents
Out of all of the manufacturers of open patterns, Predator by far has the most convincing ‘test photos’…. The rest don’t seem to do such a good job.. Not saying other competitors’ patterns don’t work, they just don’t convince me with their ‘test photos’.
Basically any camo works and looks convincing when your taking a picture of somebody behind foliage or 300 feet away..
At least Predator takes photos of their product in front of the foliage and branches and from a close distance.. All other ‘open pattern’ competitors have test photos with lots of foliage in front or take it at a distance where Carhartt’s would work just as fine.
2 more cents
Out of all of the manufacturers of open patterns, Predator by far has the most convincing ‘test photos’…. The rest don’t seem to do such a good job.. Not saying other competitors’ patterns don’t work, they just don’t convince me with their ‘test photos’.
Basically any camo works and looks convincing when your taking a picture of somebody behind foliage or 300 feet away..
At least Predator takes photos of their product in front of the foliage and branches and from a close distance.. All other ‘open pattern’ competitors have test photos with lots of foliage in front or take it at a distance where Carhartt’s would work just as fine.
In front of a rock faceout in the wide open
In direct sunlight next to a tree in a conifer stand
In scrub Alders / Dogwoods once leaves are down
Against a tree in the shade during early season
Can you even "see" the hunteramongst the birch/aspen & conifers in this photo?
On the ground in early season in the shade but out in the open
Rob
09-18-2008, 11:49 AM
#39
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 1,933
RE: Predator Camo- which pattern to buy?
Ok Jeff, enough with these "lies". I heard Bill Jordan say that Realtree "AP" was the most effective camo pattern ever created? Would the same man who sponsors a Nascar team, who currently makes MILLIONS by selling this "idea",and has HUNDREDS of licensing deals possibly lie to us like this?.
If any hunter can look at that last picture and honestly believe that this crap they are being sold by all these big names is true; well, then I guess keep using the blob stuff that all the "pros" use. I'm just a bowhunter who know's what works based 100% on in-the-field use, not expensive marketing campaigns!
If any hunter can look at that last picture and honestly believe that this crap they are being sold by all these big names is true; well, then I guess keep using the blob stuff that all the "pros" use. I'm just a bowhunter who know's what works based 100% on in-the-field use, not expensive marketing campaigns!
09-18-2008, 02:29 PM
#40
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Calgary
Posts: 194
RE: Predator Camo- which pattern to buy?
G-Dawg..
I like ASAT and I am not knocking the pattern, the only point I am making is that the Predator 'test shots' on their website has hunters in the photos that are much closer to the camera than ASAT or any other competitor and they are all standing in front of foliage, not behind it.. Forme that kind of marketing is more 'up front' (excuse the pun)and effective..
I am not commenting of the effectiveness of the other patterns, just the photos seem to hide more of the pattern and it should be the other way around...
I like ASAT and I am not knocking the pattern, the only point I am making is that the Predator 'test shots' on their website has hunters in the photos that are much closer to the camera than ASAT or any other competitor and they are all standing in front of foliage, not behind it.. Forme that kind of marketing is more 'up front' (excuse the pun)and effective..
I am not commenting of the effectiveness of the other patterns, just the photos seem to hide more of the pattern and it should be the other way around...
