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Offline osage outlaw

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Expensive camo
« on: October 18, 2013, 10:19:40 pm »
Somehow some of my camo hunting clothes shrunk a little since last season.  I stopped in a Dick's Sporting goods store today to see if I could find a cheap long sleeve shirt and a light jacket.  I had a coupon in my pocket for $10 off my purchase so I was sure I could find something.  I walked into the large camo section and was shocked.  The prices were outrageous.  Its all high tech scent control material.  $40 for a long sleeve shirt.  $120 for a light jacket.  Just a simple face mask was $25.  I asked a worker if they had any plain material clothing.  All he could find was a couple of cotton shirts.  I decided to hang on to my coupon and left.    I couldn't believe that all they carried was the high tech stuff.  I wondered how I was able to kill so many deer over the years wearing old fashioned camo that didn't destroy every scent molecule on my body.  On the way home I stopped at the local wal-mart and found some plain camo.  I got a shirt and jacket for less than the price of the fancy material shirt.  I hope the deer don't mind. 
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Expensive camo
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2013, 11:24:18 pm »
It's just that the deer have evolved so very very fast, Clint.  Once upon a time you could shoot a deer with a .243, but nowadays those little bullets bounce off and the deer flicks their tail like a skeeter landed on 'em.  Gotta use a super magnum belted laserguided depleted uranium tracer-every-third-round kinda gun. 

Same goes for camo.  Deer now see in infra-red with photoreceptors in their eyes that can distinguish color down to half-angstroms. 

Gosh, and to think people used to hunt wearing  red and green plaid wool jackets that weren't even digitally 3-D printed.   I heard some of 'em carried a baked potatoe in each pocket to keep their hands warm. 
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Expensive camo
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2013, 12:01:59 am »
Clint, I just bought a nice gray plaid flannel shirt from a local thrift store for $3. That and a pair of jeans will do the trick for you.  ;) A Woolrich wool plaid over shirt will work good when the temps drop. I stopped buying camo years ago. I still use what I have but am thinking more traditional these days. Camo used to be my favorite color but the marketing crap has turned me away. 
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Expensive camo
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2013, 12:07:59 am »
Quote from: Pat B on October 19, 2013, 12:01:59 am
Clint, I just bought a nice gray plaid flannel shirt from a local thrift store for $3. That and a pair of jeans will do the trick for you.  ;) A Woolrich wool plaid over shirt will work good when the temps drop. I stopped buying camo years ago. I still use what I have but am thinking more traditional these days. Camo used to be my favorite color but the marketing crap has turned me away.

You gotta take what Pat says with a grain of salt.  He carries a hunters blind with him everywhere he goes so it don't matter what he wears.  He just sits down on a stump and spreads his beard out. 
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Expensive camo
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2013, 12:11:13 am »
Its getting pretty white John. I'm gonna have to start hunting snow country.  ;D
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Offline BowEd

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Re: Expensive camo
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2013, 12:14:42 am »
Yea it's crazy how the price of those camo clothes has ramped up.Really if a person just sits still and pays attention to the wind direction that's all it takes.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Expensive camo
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2013, 12:14:58 am »
PAT B'S COMING TO SOUTH DAKOTA!

Ed brings up a great point, too.  Best bloody high tech camo in the world is worthless if you can't sit still. 
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Expensive camo
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2013, 12:20:25 am »
Wish I was John. One of these days!  ;)
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Re: Expensive camo
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2013, 12:21:15 am »
Yeah, as someone who is just getting in to hunting, it is ridiculous. My buddy is fully sold on spending hundreds of dollars on the latest hi-tech camo, and I just bought a used wool Columbia camo jacket for 25 on craigslist.  It doesn't fit me very well, hopefully the deer don't mind.
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Offline bowsandroses

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Re: Expensive camo
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2013, 01:47:32 am »
Osage JW is right I been be'n stubborn about the high tech get up sent blocker, heat seeker arra's with 38 cal bang bang ends and all. I'm sure that is why I have not filled a tag in a few years. Guess our old school stuff just don't work no more. :'(
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Offline wildman

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Re: Expensive camo
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2013, 02:15:17 am »
X10 to what Pat said. I wear mostly earthtones very lil camo. I also have gotton some vintage Woolrich on Ebay cant beat it.
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Offline wildman

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Re: Expensive camo
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2013, 02:17:42 am »
Oh yeah, killed a yodel dog on the ground  7yds with recurve gray Kroomer plaid shirt no headnet BDU pants. Wind dead in my mug!
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Re: Expensive camo
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2013, 05:42:46 am »
Quote from: Pat B on October 19, 2013, 12:11:13 am
Its getting pretty white John. I'm gonna have to start hunting snow country.  ;D

Pat you can still hunt down here, just sit in the oaks with all of the Spanish Moss ;D. I wear BDU pants and any camo shirts I have, but most of the time I just slip a leafy net suit on and go. You sweat so much down here I challenge them to prove to me those charcoal suits work here.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Expensive camo
« Reply #13 on: October 19, 2013, 08:32:20 am »
This is my favorite camo outfit ever.  It has a few holes in it, missing a couple of buttons, and has a nice patch on the knee.  It was my Dad's.  I was wearing it when I took my first deer in the 6th grade.  I wore it for years and was pretty successful in it.  Unfortunately once I got married, it shrunk to and doesn't fit anymore  :'(    I want to find a light brown shirt and pants and try to make my own camo with RIT dye and maybe some walnuts.   

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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Expensive camo
« Reply #14 on: October 19, 2013, 09:23:05 am »
If I didnt wear some form of camo up here, Id never kill a deer. These guys get hunted like no other state and muted, earth tones wont take you far, heck camo barely conceals you. I pretend Im hunting turkeys and cover every inch of solid color and skin up. Stupid deer........;)

Clint you just a tight wad. 
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