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Post by MK-M-GOBL on Feb 23, 2006 13:55:31 GMT
www.ghillie-suit.net/Suit.htmlI thought someone on here might be interested in this link ;D At these prices might have to look into one for myself. I'd have to be extra careful walking around in it! I don't want someone thinking they just saw "Big Foot" and try to shot me with a gun or drug me with a dart ;D
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Post by b4rifle on Feb 23, 2006 16:46:05 GMT
It's not a real ghillie unless you make it yourself and little creatures live in it. Most commercially made suits do not work out. They either do not match your use for them or they are an off color for the terrain.
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Post by browning204 on Feb 23, 2006 17:07:00 GMT
b4rifle: Do you think that if it is an off color of the terrain that it really matters much? I thought it was really to break up the human outline? As far as hunting animals I would think that it is OK but If I was hunting people or they were hunting me, then I would say it matters. I dunno just asking
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Post by b4rifle on Feb 23, 2006 17:39:49 GMT
Have you ever seen a black bug on a white wall? A little exaggerated but the same concept. Animals that can not see colors can see tones and texture. The whole idea behind a ghillie is to melt into your surroundings. It is the same reason why there are 101 different camo patterns. Each one is designed for a particular area and vegetation type. You would stand out wearing mossy oak breakup on the prairies of the Midwest, just too muck dark colors for grassland.
Truthfully, the majority of the time you will be fine with "normal" camo patterns that are commercially made. As long as you match these patterns to the area you are in. I usually wear a top that is a different pattern than the bottom. That way there is less of a defined silhouette.
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Post by browning204 on Feb 23, 2006 17:45:49 GMT
ok, I see what your saying! Thanks
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Post by b4rifle on Feb 23, 2006 18:06:55 GMT
oh yeah, I forgott to mentioin that ghillies are hot, smell bad, and the little critters that live in them like to chew on you. ;D
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Post by MK-M-GOBL on Feb 23, 2006 18:47:55 GMT
oh yeah, I forgott to mentioin that ghillies are hot, smell bad, and the little critters that live in them like to chew on you. ;D My minds in the gutter on this one ;D I started to respond to this but thought it would be better if I just ;D ;D
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Post by b4rifle on Feb 23, 2006 19:28:53 GMT
I guess I could have used some words that were a little less provocative. ;D ;D
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Post by regnar on Feb 24, 2006 1:20:58 GMT
B4rifle is dead on!!!! HOT AND THEY SMELL REAL REAL BAD. I have made several but I would not use one hunting. They are incredable on concelment. One corectley made and using the proper materials can not be dectected even at very close ranges. Problem is that sometimes a human can smell ya at 50 paces never mind a deer or a yote!!!!!!!
But I will say this. If you play paint ball with the kids they work awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by b4rifle on Feb 24, 2006 3:49:04 GMT
They sure can do their job. Once had an OPFOR park the quad he was on and take a wiz right next to what he thought was brush. Little did he know, it was my partner and I in a hide. Lucky for us, he was just far enough away so we did not get any splash.
-ghillie fact- the first ghillie suit was used by Scottish Game Keepers to help them catch poachers.
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Post by browning204 on Feb 24, 2006 13:35:45 GMT
B4: interesting stuff, but why are they so smelly? because we will sweat in them?
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Post by b4rifle on Feb 24, 2006 16:44:06 GMT
yes, just like crawling into an oven. Plus all of the mud and crud you are crawling through. They take days to dry out. I have one made out of a nomex flight suit, it is so hot I can only wear it during the colder months. I have tried every way to vent them. Cutting out the back of the top and replacing it with mesh, venting the armpits..... It all help a little, but still miserable. We usually are crawling about 800-1000 meters dragging a rifle, spotting scope, binos, tripod, water, food, ammo.... I think you get the point. I only stalk with what I need, but it is still a lot of stuff. All of that burlap is a real good insulator.
-ghillie tip- Do not try and dry them in a laundry drier. the burlap/jute will combust from the heat. Friend of mine found out the hard way and the dude that owned the coin-op laundry was not all that happy. Neither was the fire dept. If you are a smoker, you will be a fireball if you spark one up when wearing your suit.
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Post by browning204 on Feb 24, 2006 17:12:45 GMT
DAMN! and I was gonna buy one as a smoking jacket!!!
just kidding, but thanks alot for the info!
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Post by regnar on Feb 24, 2006 22:10:06 GMT
b4, what do you think is the most weight you ever lost on a stalk? I swear I lost 10#'s on time at Ft benning doing a long stalk in an overgrowen field in the middle of august!!!! We made ours with old cammies and put leather rub patches on them so we did not wear out the pressure points. Did make one with the Flight suit and I could have baked a ham inside them!!!
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Post by thogamecalls on Feb 27, 2006 1:44:31 GMT
There are a number of new materials available for making a Ghillie suit. They are flame resistant, they are light, and they have no scent at all. Check out Bushrag.Com There are other sites out there. One thing some folks may be missing here is that when wearing a ghillie in the woods, you only wear it on stand. You are not stalking about the woods in the thing. Hunting applications are completely different from military applications. I have one made from netting and jute. It is cut in the front, slips on like a jacket but no sleeves, just a strap to put your wrist in. It is not hot, it doesn't smell like anything other than jute and some fox pee, and if I have it on, you will walk right by me as long as I don't move I was on a trail a couple of years ago, calling. Out of no where come the spandex bike gang. They looked and looked and looked for what ever it was that was in dire distress. When they decided to leave, I stood up about 20 feet off the trail. The lead bad biker ran into a tree, and the others behind him looked like a freeway pile up. I think they would have kicked my butt if it had not been for the 12 gauge. A ghillie is a great tool to add to your calling kit, but like every tool, it must be used in the most effective manner. Al@THO THO Game Calls www.THOGameCalls.com
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