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Hey all

I'm looking to buy new camo for this hunting season and am not 100% sold on the "real tree" type camo quite yet. I have been wearing british style camo for ever and it has worked so far....


What do you think of the Canadian Military style digital camo or plain old Olive Drab?.

or should I just cave in and buy some real tree or mossy oak camo?

thanks in advance!
 
Here is mine,
It is insulated and I find it works real well. I also had to break down and get it. I use to just wear olive green everything, but these are ahead of that what I had
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Military surplus camo will be fine, and so will most "name-brand" hunting camo.
Assuming you're hunting deer, here are a few things to take into consideration.

Deer are not actually colour blind, but because their eyes are different than ours, they see different colours better. Blaze orange blends in with the forest to a deer, it looks grey, but BLUE stands out to them like blaze orange does to us. So don't wear blue. :p

When choosing a camo, remember it's not so much the colour that will hide you from a deer, but the pattern. Imagine you're looking at a piece of paper, covered in vertical green & brown lines, with a green blob in the middle. If you wear all one colour, you are that blob. Deer can see that because it stands out.

Probably the most important, is don't buy the really cheap stuff. Deer's eyes are very attuned to ultra violet radiation, much more so than us. Most clothing companys AND LAUNDRY SOAPS use UV brighteners to make their colours look brighter. So while in our eyes, that brand new or just washed with Tide bright camo jacket disappears when you lay it on the ground, to a deer, you might as well be glowing.
Most of the brand-name camo companys avoid UV brighteners, I'm not sure about military camo, but I'd be fine wearing a brit para-smock out hunting.
Hope this helps.

Cheers.
Tim
 
No one knows for sure how a deer sees things, but this is pretty much the popular oppinion

As for the brightners used to make clothes look good. I bought a light jacket once that was moderately expensive and stated this same information and had washing instructions that used a detergent that was made for camo clothes. I bought the detergent and used it for the fall.

In the woods one day, thinking I'm invisible, a guy I don't know said he could see me from the other hill about 1/2 a mile away.
There was a shinly silver snap on the collar for attactching a hood, and he said he thought I was talking code to someone, and laughed his ass off. I laughed at myself too.


Tim H said:
Military surplus camo will be fine, and so will most "name-brand" hunting camo.
Assuming you're hunting deer, here are a few things to take into consideration.

Deer are not actually colour blind, but because their eyes are different than ours, they see different colours better. Blaze orange blends in with the forest to a deer, it looks grey, but BLUE stands out to them like blaze orange does to us. So don't wear blue. :p

When choosing a camo, remember it's not so much the colour that will hide you from a deer, but the pattern. Imagine you're looking at a piece of paper, covered in vertical green & brown lines, with a green blob in the middle. If you wear all one colour, you are that blob. Deer can see that because it stands out.

Probably the most important, is don't buy the really cheap stuff. Deer's eyes are very attuned to ultra violet radiation, much more so than us. Most clothing companys AND LAUNDRY SOAPS use UV brighteners to make their colours look brighter. So while in our eyes, that brand new or just washed with Tide bright camo jacket disappears when you lay it on the ground, to a deer, you might as well be glowing.
Most of the brand-name camo companys avoid UV brighteners, I'm not sure about military camo, but I'd be fine wearing a brit para-smock out hunting.
Hope this helps.

Cheers.
Tim
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I'd be more weary of deer seeing movement and silhouettes. Also I have heard that wearing two different patterns works well too
 
Not a Turkey hunter or archer, so my camo is pretty much all late-season waterfowl oriented ... Max 4HD. For the rifle deer/moose season here, it's
mandatory to wear 400 sq.in. of Hunter Orange, including a "head-cover" of the same.
 
No one has yet asked where and what conditions?

I have been wearing Max-4 HD for everything... why because living on PEI , I am mainly a duck hunter but when I do get out for a deer or bear hunt, I find Max-4 to be excellent in fall foliage and early spring.

I really don't know if it makes a huge difference in the woods, but when duck hunting I find it really helps.
 
sealhunter said:
No one knows for sure how a deer sees things, but this is pretty much the popular oppinion

As for the brightners used to make clothes look good. I bought a light jacket once that was moderately expensive and stated this same information and had washing instructions that used a detergent that was made for camo clothes. I bought the detergent and used it for the fall.

In the woods one day, thinking I'm invisible, a guy I don't know said he could see me from the other hill about 1/2 a mile away.
There was a shinly silver snap on the collar for attactching a hood, and he said he thought I was talking code to someone, and laughed his ass off. I laughed at myself too.
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You're right. Nobody knows for sure how deer see, and we'll probably never know for sure. The information I posted is all based on scientific studies involving reactions of tame & captive deer to different colours, and by dissecting deer's eyes & examining them.
It's all speculative, but it's scientific enough for me.

Of course, people have been shooting deer every fall for the last century or so, wearing plaid jackets & blue jeans. But when I go out I like to work every possible advantage I can. If you can justify spending money on good camo, then do it.
If you'd rather save your money for something important, all the power to you.

Cheers.

Tim
 
nice thanks for all the info guys.

I hunt mixed bush, hardwood, ceder and field lines either on the ground or in stands. I like to walk and stalk when possible.

I hunt: Deer/Bear/Moose/Yotes and all small game. Bow and Rifle seasons as well.

Is the canadian mitlitary parka warm?

should I maybe buy something light/cheap to wear over my winter jacket? this way I can shed layers as teh day warms up and still have camo.....
 
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come to alberta no hunters orange required haha which i find a bit unnerving walking around at dusk...i like 3D camo..like gillie type stuff as long as it's not too constrictive...i've used the Military camo and i think it needs to be worn in a bit as i think it kind of glows (UV spectrum) to a deer..i've had deer pick me right out wearing it and i was fully cammed up..so not too sure..i just use an old cam net used to cover vehicles and sewed it onto my jacket and pants and voila cheap gillie suit that doesn't snag on branches and seems to really work...the Canadian parka well the newer one is definitely warm..it's meant to be worn with layers but on it's own is a very warm jacket..and gore-tex too.
 
For turkey I used CadPat. For deer bow hunting- Predator - Raven Wear. For deer rifle... an orange vest over my bow hunting clothes.
 
As being one of Canada's only Realtree Staffers I can give you a little idea and advice to check out.

When it comes to camo patterns you need a match and what I mean by this is where ever you hunt the pattern you have should fit in. The average hunter can not afford a whole lot of different patterns so you need to take this to a smaller scale. Find a Camo pattern that will fit into most situations.

Hunters don't always sit in the shade of a setup. Patterns that are to dark will stick out in the well lighted setups. Some of the best patterns that fit in to both shaded and lighted areas are the AP and APG pattern by Realtree. The pattern is both light and dark shades and that allows a hunter to fit in better.

Max 4 like said above is a great pattern also and a pattern I also use for all hunting from Turkey in the spring woods to deer hunting and other large or big game.

Another pattern that is becoming a favorite is the Max 1 and it is a light shade with green bush pattern in it.

The HD pattern is still a favorite of mine for tree stand hunting.

Sadowear a company out of Beleville Ontario is going to have that pattern out for this fall. They make great clothing and garmits for all type of hunting. Check them out www.shadowear.ca

The best way to understand camo and how it works is to look at it from different levels at 40,50 yards and see how it blends in. Now if you have your friend dress up and take an area of 50 yards in the woods and have him setup with out you seeing where he is going to sit and then see how fast you can find him. By adding some cover infront of you while in a setup will only make you fit in even more to the place your hunting...
 
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