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mooseslayer
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Re: Camoflauge versus technique
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July 10, 2013, 11:53:08 AM »
Awesome pics Manny. You obviously know what you are doing and what works...well done. I wish there were hogs up here. Unfortunately where I do most of my hunting you would freeze to death with what you wearing. For bear in August ...not so bad, but deer and moose I am often wearing insulated camo, gloves, warm boots, facemask...just to stay warm. I could post some pics but I don't want to try and one-up anyone. There is only one way to get good at hunting and that is to get out and do it.
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Quote from: mooseslayer on July 10, 2013, 11:53:08 AM
There is only one way to get good at hunting and that is to get out and do it.
That is right on the mark sir!!
Some more S's to consider for hunting, expounding on the sight aspect mentioned earlier-
Shape
Shine
Silhouette
Movement draws the eye, every eye, animal or other wise, and if you look like a human, you get critters going Houdini on you.
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Shape Size Silhouette Shine Shadow Sound. All must be in balance with your surroundings.
Manny. When I was a tot. My Dad was a trapshooter connected somehow to Winchester, and my Ma was a longbow shooter, and they made some longbows. Lost art.
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John, post pictures please, we like pictures
, plus is educational
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Technique > All.
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ok...here is my 2nd biggest moose. I called him in to 20 yds and snuck out and was hiding behind a 6 foot pine tree in a marsh. I had told my hunting partner earlier to shoot first because I already had a few moose but he was shaking so bad he told me to shoot.
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Re: Camoflauge versus technique
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July 11, 2013, 10:04:54 AM »
I never much believed in camo until I saw this picture...
This pic was taken of me in southern Oklahoma (Davis) in early December, last year. It was a candid shot, and we couldn't replicate it when we tried to set it up after we saw the first one. I think for sitting and waiting for a deer, or any other critter a "realtree" type pattern would be effective, as shown in the above photo. However, for stalk hunting, one must rely more on his skills than his camo. Colors that blend in with the surrounding environment can't hurt, but neither can technique.
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The funny thing about that moose is we decided to give him time as he walked into the woods, so we went back to camp to meet up with the other 8 guys as is our tradition. A couple guys got back early and one wanted to drive back and make sure the moose was down. I told him I smoked it and it wouldn't be far but we went for a drive back. On the way we saw a calf moose off a ways from the side of the road so we went past it and stopped. I was still in camo so I threw on facemask and gloves and snuck back to get a shot. It was almost wide open so I had to crouch and freeze every time its' head came up but I got to about 28 yards and whacked it. It only went about 40 yards and piled up.
That one needed camo and technique to get close. We went and found my big moose and it was stone dead just inside the woods. It had a big hole thru the heart from the broadhead. Needless to say we had some work that day getting 2 moose back to camp and hung up. That was a good day.
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Re: Camoflauge versus technique
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July 11, 2013, 04:13:55 PM »
I get people that use camo. I get the "flannel-natural" argument as well. What I don't get is the "camo with a deer in the pattern". It sounds like a good way to get shot. Some one looking through a scope and saying WOW look at the points on that one.
I went varmint hunting with a guy once that wore a shirt like this. I told him not to set anywhere near me. LOL
I have know great hunters that never wore camo. I have know great hunters that always wore camo. I think the best system is to be a great hunter.
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July 11, 2013, 04:35:52 PM »
While there wasn't a lot of camera work back then, but plain old olive drab or cachi was what serious hunters used. No patterns. Upland guys used Flannels and such, so everyone knew where they are in the field. But that's how we went hunting in prairie and cropfields with hunting parties. Today, the law requires orange.
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