Uhh, that would be me............still haven't kicked the bad habit and I do have some camo but as was said before, it's hard to buy good outdoor clothing that isn't camo nowadays. I really only use camo when bowhunting, rifle hunting, I have just learned to stalk sheep from out of sight, until I'm close enough for the shot, so no camo required.
Old school hunting, or Why did I waste my money? Thread
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Uhh, that would be me............still haven't kicked the bad habit and I do have some camo but as was said before, it's hard to buy good outdoor clothing that isn't camo nowadays. I really only use camo when bowhunting, rifle hunting, I have just learned to stalk sheep from out of sight, until I'm close enough for the shot, so no camo required.
blasted_saber
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- Location
- A blue part of Ontario
If I could find a water resistant, silent jacket in blaze orange I'd buy it in an instant. They only come in camo though
- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
Calls work, I have even had deer answer me. But the timing has to be just right, and how to determine that eludes me.
A everyone else has said, wind, lack of movement, and silence are key.
Story on calls:
I was hunting in green coveralls with a face mask, when I walked out on a rise.
Below me I spotted a doe, I ducked right away, but she saw me without question. I tipped my can call, as she might have a buck with her. She answered, exactly like the can call! Then proceeded into the fence row. I did the same and knelt down, with the crossbow up in front of me. She appeared fairly quickly and walked up to within 20 feet or so. I had no doe tag. She stomped her feet, and looked at me tilting her head this way and that, and eventually left, going up my tack where I had entered the fence row. I thought, I'd trip the call again, and see if there was a buck, so i did. ... The same doe came charging back the way she left, and we went through the same dance again.
As to camo, I have another story.
I was dressed in solid green work coveralls, with a face mask. I was moving from one spot to another, to get warm, when I spotted a good buck moving on an intersect path along a fence row.
There was nowhere I could find cover.
I was downwind, but just barely.
I knelt down out in the open, just up the drive a bit from where the fencerow met the road. The buck eventually came out, spotted me immediately, and, I think because I was green, and had the crossbow up in front of me, mistook me for some sort of weird deer. He cautiously came towards me!
At 20 yards or so, I fired. Found him 300yards away stone dead.
Another time, I was out in December, and just returned from lunch, I was using Fogduckers doghouse blind that day. I had no more than got in the blind, when I see this huge buck, at least a twelve point, at 300 yards out. He was eating, and grunting regular as clockwork. I tipped the can call that had worked so well on the doe in the story above, and he totally ignored it.
So, after a few seconds, I used my true talker, to imitate his grunt. His head shot up like I'd smacked him one, and he trotted into the fence row. Here, I had a problem, I was in a tent blind, and he was coming up the row behind me. He came out to where he could see the blind in thick cover, showed me his big white ass and was gone.
i have to date never had any luck rattling at all, and usually, I stay completely quiet. I think the motions you go through using calls etc, can give you away, so you best be well screened.
The best advice I can give, is to use all the techniques you can, but use them sparingly, use cover, use the wind, control your scent, and be so motionless you freeze your ass off. Then you will see deer.
A everyone else has said, wind, lack of movement, and silence are key.
Story on calls:
I was hunting in green coveralls with a face mask, when I walked out on a rise.
Below me I spotted a doe, I ducked right away, but she saw me without question. I tipped my can call, as she might have a buck with her. She answered, exactly like the can call! Then proceeded into the fence row. I did the same and knelt down, with the crossbow up in front of me. She appeared fairly quickly and walked up to within 20 feet or so. I had no doe tag. She stomped her feet, and looked at me tilting her head this way and that, and eventually left, going up my tack where I had entered the fence row. I thought, I'd trip the call again, and see if there was a buck, so i did. ... The same doe came charging back the way she left, and we went through the same dance again.
As to camo, I have another story.
I was dressed in solid green work coveralls, with a face mask. I was moving from one spot to another, to get warm, when I spotted a good buck moving on an intersect path along a fence row.
There was nowhere I could find cover.
I was downwind, but just barely.
I knelt down out in the open, just up the drive a bit from where the fencerow met the road. The buck eventually came out, spotted me immediately, and, I think because I was green, and had the crossbow up in front of me, mistook me for some sort of weird deer. He cautiously came towards me!
At 20 yards or so, I fired. Found him 300yards away stone dead.
Another time, I was out in December, and just returned from lunch, I was using Fogduckers doghouse blind that day. I had no more than got in the blind, when I see this huge buck, at least a twelve point, at 300 yards out. He was eating, and grunting regular as clockwork. I tipped the can call that had worked so well on the doe in the story above, and he totally ignored it.
So, after a few seconds, I used my true talker, to imitate his grunt. His head shot up like I'd smacked him one, and he trotted into the fence row. Here, I had a problem, I was in a tent blind, and he was coming up the row behind me. He came out to where he could see the blind in thick cover, showed me his big white ass and was gone.
i have to date never had any luck rattling at all, and usually, I stay completely quiet. I think the motions you go through using calls etc, can give you away, so you best be well screened.
The best advice I can give, is to use all the techniques you can, but use them sparingly, use cover, use the wind, control your scent, and be so motionless you freeze your ass off. Then you will see deer.
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When #1 son arrowed his big dall ram we were caught right out in the open at about 400 mtrs on an open slide slope. We were cammo'd right up so we just stopped and sat down until they settled down then slowly picked our way down the slope angling away from them. We had to stop twice more before we got into the buckbrush in the saddle floor. We then ran to them, out of sight, until we were about 50 mtrs and stopped and sneaked around the bush and the boy arrowed the rear most, and closest ram at about 50 mtrs. Unfortunately we couldn't get a shot at the best ram, which would have been a new P&Y world record, but his sheep went #4 all time P&Y and he got a big award for it..........all at 16 years old. In this case camo definitely was an asset as we seemed to disappear from their conciseness when we stopped and sat for a few minutes.
If you don't wear camo How are the CO's to know who to stop on the highway??
The camo seat covers and camo coffee cup
If you don't wear camo How are the CO's to know who to stop on the highway??
I think that's 99% of why our COs resisted changes to our colour laws.
- Location
- AB foothills
If you don't wear camo How are the CO's to know who to stop on the highway??
The big Browning buck sticker in the back window, LOL!
- Location
- Prince Albert, Sk
I don't put on my gear until I am about to enter the bush and as soon as I get back to the truck I remove any signs of me wearing hunting attire.I feel why draw attention from whomever doesn't need to know.(hippies and do-gooders mainly)
Mind you it is 90% of the time with a bow or BP and regular clothes.
Not supposed to be hunting from a vehicle(especially inside) so in my opinion which certainly isn't law means that you can wear your birthday suit if you want.
I do believe that these rules will differ from people with disabilities and have modified rules for hunting and transport.
No , driving nekid is not a disability that allows you to have a loaded firearm while driving!
Mind you it is 90% of the time with a bow or BP and regular clothes.
Not supposed to be hunting from a vehicle(especially inside) so in my opinion which certainly isn't law means that you can wear your birthday suit if you want.
I do believe that these rules will differ from people with disabilities and have modified rules for hunting and transport.
No , driving nekid is not a disability that allows you to have a loaded firearm while driving!
I take them off when driving, why attract attention to yourself? No good can come out a roadside conversation with a warden. His job is to sift through every word I say looking to find something to charge me with, which doesn't seem very friendly to me.
No blaze orange restrictions here thankfully. Are you allowed to just wear a cruiser vest? Lots of places have iron on or sew on hi-vis strips.
I am not sure about how "quiet" any of the clothing is but high quality outdoor gear that is not camo can be found at foresty supply stores like Deakin in Vancouver, better to walk into those places with an expense account though. I think my carhartt surrey (no not that surrey) style raincoat may be "quiet" and it is cheap and very water resistant.
I am not sure about how "quiet" any of the clothing is but high quality outdoor gear that is not camo can be found at foresty supply stores like Deakin in Vancouver, better to walk into those places with an expense account though. I think my carhartt surrey (no not that surrey) style raincoat may be "quiet" and it is cheap and very water resistant.
We can wear a vest and hat now, but that is a new thing for this year. Colours don't mean much to me, except that there are a pile of high tech clothes that didn't come in legal colours. Now we can just throw a safety vest on top and wear what we want.
Donny Fenn1
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- East Kootenays
I like the dudes in the airport with all the camo on as they wait for their luggage or change planes.
the fabled "Bella Coola business suit"
There was a great thread about the Stanfields wool under shirts on this site a few years back. Tough. warm, quiet, and a nice light grey old school camo pattern.
the spank
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Planet Earth Wearing My Tinfoil Hat
I am not a big game hunter but in the past couple seasons of waterfowling I have started to kick it old school more again. Of course I started this season off with going old school on my firearm of choice. An SX1 2 3/4" 12ga with 1 1/8 oz loads. Killed em dead!!
Boy, that sounds like a challenge.
