The right camo...

[byf43]

This could go so wrong for you... but I have to ask... was this during the rut by any chance ? ( yes we knew that was coming )

For me.... the rut is year-round!

 

[SOMDSHOOT]

For me.... the rut is year-round!

You must not be married...

Nevermind... I just remembered this, "Back in the mid-'80s, when I was going through a divorce.."

 

[byf43]

You must not be married...

Nevermind... I just remembered this, "Back in the mid-'80s, when I was going through a divorce.."

I'm married, again. For 25+ years, to a GREAT woman!

I'm 59+ years old, and STILL 'in rut' year round!

 

[SOMDSHOOT]

I'm married, again. For 25+ years, to a GREAT woman!

I'm 59+ years old, and STILL 'in rut' year round!

Hey man if your 59+ years and can rut at all cudos to you my friend

 

[byf43]

Hey man if your 59+ years and can rut at all cudos to you my friend

Heck...... I said that I was in rut........ didn't say anything about doing something about it!!!!!!!!
(After all, I am married!!!)

 

[SOMDSHOOT]

Heck...... I said that I was in rut........ didn't say anything about doing something about it!!!!!!!!
(After all, I am married!!!)

OOH that rut....

 

[wilcam47]

you guys are funny...

 

[byf43]

OOH that rut....

Not 'in a rut'.

I've been 'in rut' since I was 13 or 14 years old. I don't think I'll get it out of my system, until 10 days after the last shove-full of dirt is thrown on my ashes!!!

 

[TTMD]

you guys are funny...

It's totally turned into Abbott & Costello.

 

[byf43]

It's totally turned into Abbott & Costello.

"Who's on first?!?!?!?!?!?"

 

[SOMDSHOOT]

It's totally turned into Abbott & Costello.

You can always tell when a thread topic has died.

 

[TTMD]

You can always tell when a thread topic has died.

Unless its in camo, then only if it moves or smells.

 

[byf43]

If you were starting today, what gear (camo/clothes, equipment, etc.) would you buy first, to get yourself started on the right foot for deer, upland, and waterfowl hunting?

You can always tell when a thread topic has died.

Unless its in camo, then only if it moves or smells.

My youngest son likes Mossy Oak 'Break-up'.

I like Realtree.

 

[wilcam47]

what about snow camo?

 

[0nesh0t]

Wool! It doesn't hold a smell as bad as polyester or cotton.

My first hunting gear came from goodwill. Green wool sweater, grey wool dress pants, and a wool button up plaid shirt. I had an old M65 OD field jacket too.

I've added a Filson upland vest, Woolrich cap, some home-made briar pants out of double front carharts. Also a couple "new" sweaters of different thickness for layers. Asolo Gore-tex hiking boots and/or some generic closeout hunting boots from Cabellas.

 

[SOMDSHOOT]

My youngest son likes Mossy Oak 'Break-up'.

I like Realtree.

I like anything that makes me look like I know what I am doing.

I don't like camo patterns that continue to make people ask me, "Did you catch anything ?" I have to assume that more fisherman are wearing Real Tree or Break Up these days...

HOWEVER I have created a nice reply to that stupidly worded question. I always reply with, "No, and I even bought some new Buck Tails and they just don't seem to be working well" The blank stare on the persons face is worth a million laughs to me. They have no idea what a buck tail is. They just assume it is a deer lure of some sort.

 

[SOMDSHOOT]

what about snow camo?

Painters white coveralls... It ain't Rocket Surgery...

 

[SOMDSHOOT]

Wool! It doesn't hold a smell as bad as polyester or cotton.

My first hunting gear came from goodwill. Green wool sweater, grey wool dress pants, and a wool button up plaid shirt. I had an old M65 OD field jacket too.

I've added a Filson upland vest, Woolrich cap, some home-made briar pants out of double front carharts. Also a couple "new" sweaters of different thickness for layers. Asolo Gore-tex hiking boots and/or some generic closeout hunting boots from Cabellas.

I can only assume you only hunted in the months of December and January.

 

[0nesh0t]

Wool is very breathable if layered properly. It also doesn't stick when you sweat. I have a couple lightweight merino sweaters that are great for early season. They also make wool base layers (ibex, smartwool, etc...) that are awesome.

I leave the hi-tech stretch synthetic polyester under-armor stuff for running and aerobic activity.

 

[TTMD]

When I think of wool, I think of that very itchy green wool blanket I had to sleep on in basic training in South Carolina in the summer. Of course they also make summer weight wool, just not that the Army buys!

I always wondered about the camo with the different color backgrounds like orange and blue. I guess it's a fashion world sorta thing.