Hunting clothing: who here wears camo NOT?
04-14-2014, 09:26 PM
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Sacramento County, CA
Posts: 71
Hunting clothing: who here wears camo NOT?
Who here does NOT wear camo for:
1. deer
2. KIE-yotes
3. groun skwirlz
4. bunneez
5. dux
6. geese
7. fezzuntz
8. duvz
9. huntin' bar
10 bobkatz
11. moose
12. elk
13. sheep
14. gobblerz
15. mowntun lie-unz
My hunter safety instructor back in the 1990's says animals cannot see colors and that blaze orange was sufficient. Camo was not necessary for hunting. My aim is to avoid camo wear as much as possible. it might even be challenging to find non-camo hunting wear these days.
When I hunted canned deer and ground squirrels back in one northern California Trinity County October mid 90's, I wore a blaze orange ball hat, a red plaid Pendleton, a solid blaze orange shooting vest, a small backpack, hiking boots and some dark work pants and bagged game just fine.
1. deer
2. KIE-yotes
3. groun skwirlz
4. bunneez
5. dux
6. geese
7. fezzuntz
8. duvz
9. huntin' bar
10 bobkatz
11. moose
12. elk
13. sheep
14. gobblerz
15. mowntun lie-unz
My hunter safety instructor back in the 1990's says animals cannot see colors and that blaze orange was sufficient. Camo was not necessary for hunting. My aim is to avoid camo wear as much as possible. it might even be challenging to find non-camo hunting wear these days.
When I hunted canned deer and ground squirrels back in one northern California Trinity County October mid 90's, I wore a blaze orange ball hat, a red plaid Pendleton, a solid blaze orange shooting vest, a small backpack, hiking boots and some dark work pants and bagged game just fine.
Last edited by JonMBailey; 04-14-2014 at 09:33 PM.
04-14-2014, 09:34 PM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
Posts: 188
camo isn't all about concealing your color from colorblind animals. the more important feature of camo is to obscure shapes.
if i can remember correctly cervidae (deer, moose, elk) see with a colorblindness that operates with more of a reddish tinge to everything but i personally believe the more you look like your surroundings the better off you'll be... assuming you can beat their noses!
edit: to answer your queston, i wear camo for every kind of hunting i do, usually put it on when i arrive at my destination and never wear it around as casual clothing. it unbelievable to me people smoke in their hunting gear.
if i can remember correctly cervidae (deer, moose, elk) see with a colorblindness that operates with more of a reddish tinge to everything but i personally believe the more you look like your surroundings the better off you'll be... assuming you can beat their noses!
edit: to answer your queston, i wear camo for every kind of hunting i do, usually put it on when i arrive at my destination and never wear it around as casual clothing. it unbelievable to me people smoke in their hunting gear.
Last edited by JohnnyHildo; 04-14-2014 at 09:37 PM.
04-14-2014, 09:47 PM
#3
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Sacramento County, CA
Posts: 71
camo isn't all about concealing your color from colorblind animals. the more important feature of camo is to obscure shapes.
if i can remember correctly cervidae (deer, moose, elk) see with a colorblindness that operates with more of a reddish tinge to everything but i personally believe the more you look like your surroundings the better off you'll be... assuming you can beat their noses!
edit: to answer your question, I wear camo for every kind of hunting i do, usually put it on when i arrive at my destination and never wear it around as casual clothing. it unbelievable to me people smoke in their hunting gear.
if i can remember correctly cervidae (deer, moose, elk) see with a colorblindness that operates with more of a reddish tinge to everything but i personally believe the more you look like your surroundings the better off you'll be... assuming you can beat their noses!
edit: to answer your question, I wear camo for every kind of hunting i do, usually put it on when i arrive at my destination and never wear it around as casual clothing. it unbelievable to me people smoke in their hunting gear.
My grandfather said you beat animal's noses by being downwind.
04-15-2014, 07:22 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Onslow County, NC
Posts: 1,856
I wear camo, whether the deer or elk your hunting can see you or not I would be more concerned with the animals that become alert and can see you. The deer and other animals can pick up on alert animals and go into hiding for safety alone. Let some turkeys spot you and you will never know you missed a deer.
04-15-2014, 10:01 AM
#8
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: North Central Illinois
Posts: 848
I wear camo for just about everything that I don't have to wear blaze orange for. Might not matter that much for deer and their cousins, but turkey and waterfowl are another story. I would be you'd have a tough time with predators without camo as well.
04-15-2014, 04:35 PM
#10
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Sacramento County, CA
Posts: 71
Again, as a guy having the fever to get back into the field again with a dog and a gun after many years not hunting, I want to be as frugal as possible for all my gear and clothes are no exception.
I might consider orange breakup jackets, vests, tee shirts and hats for all game where solid orange is not required.
