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<blockquote data-quote="mnoland30" data-source="post: 2683191" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>The most important thing to camoflauge is your rifle barrel. I've seen deer and aoudad spook from 1/2 a mile from a slung rifle barrel shining in the sun. I've also spooked deer with my binos by looking east during early morning. I hunt open country, and when I want camo is when I'm in an open meadow. I try to get lighter colors. I never wear colors close to the game's color. I spot people wearing dark camo in the open from a mile away, and they might as well wear black. My theory is that your jacket and pants should not be the same pattern. Makes it more diffucult to tell you're a human. I buy military surplus camo at Savers or Goodwill. I can usually get away with cotton here in NM. It holds up, and most importantly for me, it has cargo pockets to hold my mittens, neck warmer, watch cap, etc. Once game is spotted, it is often a race to get there before they bed down. I won't wear anything that doesn't have a full zip front, so I can unzip, take off mittens, neck warmer, and watch cap while moving. I have some old coolmax tee shirts and henleys as a base layer, and fleece over that. Cabela's used to sell microfleece shirts, and I have several. If it is wet, quick drying clothes are important.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mnoland30, post: 2683191, member: 29323"] The most important thing to camoflauge is your rifle barrel. I've seen deer and aoudad spook from 1/2 a mile from a slung rifle barrel shining in the sun. I've also spooked deer with my binos by looking east during early morning. I hunt open country, and when I want camo is when I'm in an open meadow. I try to get lighter colors. I never wear colors close to the game's color. I spot people wearing dark camo in the open from a mile away, and they might as well wear black. My theory is that your jacket and pants should not be the same pattern. Makes it more diffucult to tell you're a human. I buy military surplus camo at Savers or Goodwill. I can usually get away with cotton here in NM. It holds up, and most importantly for me, it has cargo pockets to hold my mittens, neck warmer, watch cap, etc. Once game is spotted, it is often a race to get there before they bed down. I won't wear anything that doesn't have a full zip front, so I can unzip, take off mittens, neck warmer, and watch cap while moving. I have some old coolmax tee shirts and henleys as a base layer, and fleece over that. Cabela's used to sell microfleece shirts, and I have several. If it is wet, quick drying clothes are important. [/QUOTE]
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