Face paint
10-06-2005, 08:19 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Face paint
Do you guys use this stuff. I never have covered my face with anything and have been up close to lots of deer, heck I never even wore camo tell just last year, green rain coat and green wool pants. Now I have a cammo coat and hat.
Just wondering if this stuf was worth it or if it is just one of those things people do.
Just wondering if this stuf was worth it or if it is just one of those things people do.
10-06-2005, 08:44 PM
#2
Join Date: Aug 2005
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RE: Face paint
Never use it, if you do make sure it's not scented. In stalking situations I've rubbed some charcoal from some burnt trees on my face to knock down on the shine, but that's it. I don't wear a facemask either. Don't think it's cost me anything yet. I just grow some scruff during season.
10-07-2005, 07:23 AM
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: Face paint
I used the face paint once anddidn't like it at all. I'd forget, scratch my nose, and wind up with paint on my shootin' glove. Had that crap all over me by the end of the day.
Ever after,I begin growing my face camo about mid-August. Grow out the beard, a little charcoal dust on the bridge of my nose and pull the cap down low over the forehead. Works like a charm.
Well, it always had.... As years go by tho.... Grecian Formula amyone?[&o]
[8D]
Ever after,I begin growing my face camo about mid-August. Grow out the beard, a little charcoal dust on the bridge of my nose and pull the cap down low over the forehead. Works like a charm.
Well, it always had.... As years go by tho.... Grecian Formula amyone?[&o]
[8D]
10-09-2005, 06:16 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: west central wi USA
Posts: 2,242
RE: Face paint
Around here the deer are pretty well educated. There are two types of guys out there. There are hunters and then there are guys out in trees educating deer. If your deer aren't educated yet, they will be. If you don't cover up your face with something, they'll pick you out in a tree in a heartbeat.
10-09-2005, 03:13 PM
#5
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Mississippi USA
Posts: 15,296
RE: Face paint
I think it has it's uses, and I think it depends on where you hunt. I've talked to guys that have spots where they actually get bored hunting deer because they see so many from their standthat it's just not much of a challenge (sure wish I had that problem). Then you have places like here, where the deer come in looking up in the trees and bugger when a mouse breaks wind. Pressure will educate a deer, as will uneducated hunters. I'm not a big believer in factory camo, but I do make sure I have something on my hands and face--either camo paint or a mesh headnet and gloves--those two things are what move the most, and seem to stand out the most.
I've heard about places where guys see 60 deer a day from their stands, and places where you can get 12 feet up a tree and the deer will never spot you, but that's just not the case here.
Chad
I've heard about places where guys see 60 deer a day from their stands, and places where you can get 12 feet up a tree and the deer will never spot you, but that's just not the case here.
Chad
10-11-2005, 03:20 PM
#6
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Posts: 801
RE: Face paint
Six or seven years ago it became legal to hunt with a rifle out of a tree stand and I have noteced the past few years that deer do look up more. I have deer look me right in the eyes and not see me, unless I move.
I may try some sort of paint on my face just to see how it works. The only thing is I hate having stuff on my face, bad experiance as a kid trick or treating.
I may try some sort of paint on my face just to see how it works. The only thing is I hate having stuff on my face, bad experiance as a kid trick or treating.
