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Offline osage outlaw

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Home made Camo
« on: September 23, 2015, 09:07:21 pm »
Making my own camo has been on my to-do list for a few years now.  I think modern camo is designed for the human eye instead of an animals.  Its very detailed and looks great in the store.  When you see someone wearing that same camo outfit in the woods from a short distance away they look like a dark green blob.  I checked out several patterns and styles and the ASAT camo was a style that broke up a hunters outline better than realtree or the other brands.  Its just brown and black curving stripes on a light background.  I thought I could do something like that myself.  I bought some cheap clothes off of ebay.  I got the shirt and pants for $20 including shipping.  I already had some dye but I did buy 2 bottles for a couple of bucks each.  So my total investment was around $25.  Bow season is pretty warm for the first month.  I got the clothes big enough that I can ad some layers on underneath.  If it works good I might try it on some insulated clothes for colder weather. 





I used some cheap paint brushes with a couple of the colors.  They worked better than the foam brushes.




The front




I ran thin on dye for the back.  It isn't as dark as the front. 




The shirt was lighter than the pants.  I might try to find a darker shirt. 




Most of our stands are in trees like this with limbs breaking up our outline.  I think it will work out OK.  These pictures are from 15 yards away.




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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Home made Camo
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2015, 09:12:29 pm »
Dude! Extra points for you!

Test the clothing under a black light, too.  Not likely the Rit in those colors has UV enhancers, but if so, you will just be a neon sign sitting in a tree!
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Re: Home made Camo
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2015, 09:16:47 pm »
I don't have a black light JW.  I think I saw some hunting laundry detergent that has UV inhibitors or something like that. 
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Re: Home made Camo
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2015, 09:22:04 pm »
I like the Outfit, but I'd leave the Ruby Sleepers at home.
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Re: Home made Camo
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2015, 09:22:59 pm »
I don't have a black light JW.  I think I saw some hunting laundry detergent that has UV inhibitors or something like that.

Well, do what you can to hang out with crime scene investigators. They got all kinds of cool stuff like that.
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Re: Home made Camo
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2015, 09:24:11 pm »
Looking good!  I agree that many of the newer patterns start looking like a blob the further away you get.  I think breaking up your outline is the most effective thing you can do for camouflage, and it looks like you've done a good job of that.

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Re: Home made Camo
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2015, 09:27:05 pm »
Great job Clint ! Just play the wind right and everything will work just fine ;) haven't used camo bow hunting for many years and the freezer gets full.

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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Home made Camo
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2015, 09:34:14 pm »
I like the Outfit, but I'd leave the Ruby Sleepers at home.


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Re: Home made Camo
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2015, 09:38:32 pm »
The darker background shade of pants along with pattern of paint ya did makes ya disappear into that tree.
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Re: Home made Camo
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2015, 09:41:23 pm »
I wish the shirt was the same shade as the pants.


Both pieces are cotton.  Does that glow in the UV light?
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Re: Home made Camo
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2015, 10:44:08 pm »
Looks awesome!!

Offline Pat B

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Re: Home made Camo
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2015, 10:51:01 pm »
Looks good Clint. Just dye the shirt darker.
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Re: Home made Camo
« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2015, 11:05:08 pm »
Looking good Clint, still waiting to see your buckskin cargo shorts

Offline bubby

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Re: Home made Camo
« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2015, 11:39:17 pm »
Camo came out great, hope its buckskin cargo shorts and not a breech clout
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Re: Home made Camo
« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2015, 06:16:38 am »
Man that looks good, I also like the ASAT camo pattern and you done a nice job matching it, one question ? What you going to do with that big shinny head. ;) ;D ;D
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