headspace wrote:I've hunted in quite a few locations and never felt deprived due to a lack of camo gear. Most animals get more use from sensing movement and smell rather than looking at a clump of leaves and thinking "I wonder if there's a human in there with a gun?"
However, I have found that Auscam breathes very well in hot conditions and has plenty of pockets, I love pockets. Once again we are following the US with this stuff.
How many African pro hunters or European guides do you see wearing camo?
JD
Hi,
I agree with headspace, It doesn't matter if your wearing the best camo ever, , If your waving arms or making sudden movements you will get sprung EVERYTIME.
I usually wear camo shirt and trousers in conjunction with a face / head net.
I have had foxes, roos etc prop only meters away that have no idea I'm there (as long as you remain motionless)
However, if you lift a hand even slowly, they are on to you straight away.
So even with quarry that is 50 plus meters off, I habitually make any movements very slow.
My brother when he was in the army made an interesting observation one day when on a training session.
He said that he was fairly high up a hill and looking down into the valley.
He could clearly see several soldiers moving up the opposite slope, and they were wearing the current issue camo.
Apparently they stood out like the proverbial sore thumb.
After watching them for quite a while, he said he suddenly saw some movement approx. 50 meters to their right.
It was then that he observed 15 soldiers that were wearing the plain old Olive Khaki, that had been there all the time, but had blended that well that he had not noticed them till one of them had started to run.
Just goes to show that the best camo available will stand out in certain circumstances,, and even (in this case) while the khaki was working adequately, sudden movement gave it all away.
I do not fear death itself... Only its inopportune timing!
I've come to realize that,,,,, the two most loving, loyal, and trustworthy females in my entire life were both canines.