I always used mine from when I served in the eighties, until it (cough)shrunk on me

 

I really like the military tiger stripe pattern. You will have no problems in hunting in either pattern just depends what you can get your hands on

 

Used Milsurp for several years when I got back into hunting back around 2003 for rifle and Muzzleloading. Only in the last few years did I upgrade to Sitka and similar brands for bowhunting.

The Milsurp patterns are fine and durability, almost bombproof, for low cost! My biggest hangup with Milsurp is its use of usually 50% or more cotton and I stink in cotton because I sweat a lot.

I have a 2XL tall Woodland camo shirt for sale in the Classifieds I don't use anymore.

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I swear that woodland is the best camo for hunting in evergreen trees. I still have BDU's in it that I use every season. They certainly last better than anything else on the market today. I would think woodland or tiger stripe would work just fine from the ground, as long as you have some cover.

 

Yeah any of it will work fine. If you can find it cheap..... Any store I've every been in wanted top dollar. I have got some real cheap on ebay with new patterns. As soon as I get the new style. I cut off all the Velcro.

Good luck on your search.

 

It definitely doesn't take $200+ jacket camo to kill deer. Get some BDU's and use them.

Those camo patterns will work perfectly fine. No camo pattern will hide movement, and most (maybe all) camo patterns will break up your outline. It's really not as difficult as the camo manufacturers would like you to believe. Hell, my grandpa shot most of his deer in a red flannel shirt...never held him back.

 

Hell, my grandpa shot most of his deer in a red flannel shirt...never held him back.

Well Flannel plaid is a great camo actually, just saying...



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When it comes to camo, it does not matter in the least. You can buy based on price point alone, Garage sale finds all all you need. The best camo in the world is sit still and be quiet so if you can find surplus camo at a real bargain, snap it up.

 

" . . . sit still and be quiet . . ." And---hunt the wind.

 

Tiger Stripe

 

Dark camo is bad in many conditions so not all camo is the same....acu or abu makes a good treestand camo. I wear surplus clothes all the time since they are made in the USA and have great features.

 

if i was gonna choose a US military pattern for hunting it would be multicam. Everything else is too bright or too dark for deer hunting IMO.

 

I like A-TACS in foliage green. Works awesome in spring turkey and early fall. Its a soft color. Check it out. I was one of the patterns the Army was looking at before they went with multicam.

 

multicam is a bit dark for treestand after the leaves drop.

 

I wear the old woodland and the tiger stripe surplus stuff during the early deer season and for spring turkey. Camo works just fine but when it gets colder, I switch to bibs and a heavy jacket.

 

I just got some earlier this year and I think it blends in great! The other nice thing is with the more durable material I get way less burrs, stick tights, and other crap to cling to me.

 

Make sure it's not ripstop nylon. It makes a lot more noise than you realize when you're trying to draw your bow.

 

camo patterns only matter to hunters, the deer don't care. Light, dark again it doesn't matter as long as it fits into your surroundings. I get to start hunting Sunday and the leaves are still green, in a couple of weeks they will be red and orange and brown and yellow, you getting my drift yet zap ?
Next month there won't be ant leaves and the month after that I will likely be covered in snow so zap explain to me again why light or dark makes a difference ? Buy and wear whatever makes you happy and feeling good OP.

 

Deer see in tones so very dark tones will stand out more to them in a light environment, you getting my drift yet? There is really no way around that but if you do not want to believe it's true its no problem for me.

Wear all black when it snows and see how that works out for ya.

 

Long ago I bought a woodland camo hooded parka that had a wool liner at a Army Surplus store - warmest damn jacket I've ever had. It fit great but I was also 155 pounds back then!

 

Used my 90s woodlands untill they were completely all toast. They were Good enough for me!!

 

I won't wear it because most of it is cotton, but I wouldn't have an issue with the patterns if they came in synthetic materials.

 

The newer US and Nato military clothing is on par with most hunting clothing that is available as far as materials goes. But costs a fraction of what hunting clothing costs. The base layers that have 3% silver coated nylon is close to light merino as far as performance goes....I have worn both and the pcu base layers wick as well as merino and do not get funky smelling at all.

 

I wear the BDU's like in my picture in Rip Stop,that's all I've ever worn...You can still order them new, in our Army Surplus..

 

I have a few pair of ACUs in my closet, but I always end up picking up my ASAT leafy suit instead lol.

 

I know that what I wear helps to blend me into the surrounding where I am hunting that's why I have options to choose from. Just wear what makes you happy since the deer don't care what you wear might not be good advice.

 

I use Marine Corps Digital Woodland camo. Works great. It has enough green for the early season and enough browns for the mid and late season.

 

I think MARPAT is very good. That said, the color palate won't matter to deer or Elk as the colors were chosen for human eyes.

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