I do most of my hunting in my own timber, about 80 acres. And I am in this timber nearly 365 days a year, in jeans, t-shirt etc. I sometimes think when I wear camo, the deer get suspicious of me. I've had fawns walk right up to me in the summer. Grunted a 6 point to within 6 feet of me in May. (That rack looked real big in velvet.)He was on the other side of a pasture and I wanted to see how big his rack was.

Last year I killed the biggest deer of my life wearing bluejeans and a jacket that was part of my work uniform. I say movement is the key also.

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I wear a 3-D Leafywear suit for bowhunting. I had plenty of deer come within 10-15 yards of me without noticing me at all. I've always used camo for both gun and bow but I think it is more important for bowhunting. Camo does help mask movement and you really do have to move while drawing back a bow and preparing for a shot. As far as gun hunting goes I think it depends on what range you are shooting and what your surroundings are like. If you are in super thick brush and your wearing a solid color suit I would think you stick out like a sore thumb. This is just my opinion though.

My question is where the heck do you guys hunt that you can get away with wearing a brown Carhardt jacket? Man, in my zone you would be shot as soon as you moved with some of the yahoo's out here.

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Hunting or Harvesting? Give me a break!

I've taken 4 deer this year.

Bow, 18 yards
Muzzleloader, 20 yards
Rifle, 35 yards
Rifle, 8 yards

Which ones were hunted and which ones were harvested? I can't shoot reliably at 35 yards with my bow, so maybe that one is a harvest, like picking one off the deer tree.

This Bow vs Gun debate is not productive.

I too have ben working on a NEW CAMOUFLAGE/PATTERNS.. Movement will no longer be an issue, & stalking will be made much easier. You will throw your current camo in the trash! It'll be as close to invisible as you can get in the outdoors both to game & human's.. this stuff will FREAK YOU OUT when you don't see it!! lol It will improve any current pattern available today by 100%...
Good luck on yours JRED..

The way I test my camo is with an old black and white movie camera,well it's black and white through the view finder.I lay it on my carpet and if I see a "man"shape it's no good to me.I use the leafy type camo,when the wind blows the leaves move and I've watched as deer relax.

Hunting is not a sport,it's a lifestyle.

It was mentioned that clothes should be washed in a detergent that does not contain UV brighteners. Does anyone know what products do not contain the brighteners? I don't think laundry detergents generally list ingredients.

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