I hunt the NE and I use realtree Xtra. But I don't think there is a real difference. Back cover and not getting skylined. And being still is the most important imo

 

I like stuff that's on sale. Honestly any camo pattern will work. I hunt in NJ and killed stuff wearing Max-1 camo to a grey and blue Micky mouse hoodie. My buddies would break my balls about the hoodie but after killing a ton of deer they tried to find one for themselves. It's all about playing the wind and watching your movement that more important then any camo pattern. Just find something that will keep you warm and go for it

 

Yep

 

If I could only pick one it would be realtree as it works well in earlier bow seasons in October through later season. However, in the later seasons where all the leaves have dropped, mossy oak becomes my favorite.

 

One is just as good as another with those photo realistic patterns. Buy what will keep you warm and dry. If you want to be invisible to deer, get a 3D leafy suit. I have one from ASAT and one from Gander Mountain, they both work equally well. Unless it's snowy and I'm in my winter whites, I won't hunt without a 3D suit on. You can get away with a little more movement because you're pretty much invisible to the deer. If you play the wind, you're deadly. They really work well.

 

The two arguments that make the most sense to me regarding camo are that 1) it's unnecessary and being still is all that matters -or- 2) an open pattern like ASAT or Predator will help fool a deer's eyes while the majority of the others just make you look like a blob. I mostly wear ASAT just to be on the safe side.

 

I wear camo almost never now. Brown cargo pants lots of pockets and quiet. Old brown browning long sleeve T when it's cold I do put on a fleece camo top....all washed in water not detergent. Step in cow poop on the way to stand and I'm done. I really don't think it matters where I am, but deer are funny what bothers them in some places may not phase in another. They are used to people we are on a cattle ranch with tons of people working all the time people, trucks etc are just 'pffft whatever' to them.

 

The ASAT 3D leafy suit is a great starter that works over everything. Warning: it is the gateway to buying everything First Lite in ASAT☠

 

Most the MO and RT types can really blob out at a short distance. Forget the nice magazine adds that show them perfectly Photoshopped in a tree!

Doesn't mean they can't work if you are still. Plenty of guys tag a great buck every year wearing them or red pajamas.


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When you say NE are you talking Nebraska? Hard to beat Natural Gear and Predator. The ones you mentioned are not very good.

 

I'd go with an open pattern like predator or asat. Or use a leafy suit.

 

Predator Fall Gray, Deception Brown and ASAT, Use all three and seems the deer aren't noticing me in my Ladder Stands.

LFM

 

To be honest, I wear camo to fool the neighbors...

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None of the poll camo.....ASAT

 

Any kind that breaks up your outline.....unless your dressing for the guys at camp.

 

It doesn't matter

 

Interesting. I'm in FL and it matters not here as well, but we are always up in a tree/shooting house. Are you on the ground much? As long as I stay relatively still I'm good to go. I will admit to winding a bunch of doe on the last day of the season last Feb when I was about to get down. Ripped 2 of the biggest air biscuits of the year that were so bad they made me laugh....downwind and maybe 30 seconds later she raised her nose up and then was blowing at me as she took off. Must have been thinking 'oh no something died in here I'm next!'.

 

Gray or beige pants and a beige-based plaid flannel shirt.

 

I've switched to G-Force Evolved camo...It is awesome for in a treestand or on the ground, and the price beats anything else I've found.

 

Deer don't see in color. So all those woodsy dark patterns turn into a dark blob to a deer. ASAT will break you up better because of the openness in the pattern. You can buy all that woodsy camp to wear in camp and look good then just buy an ASAT leafy suit to wear over it in the stand and you will have your looks and huntability covered.

 

I hunt NH bow season from a tree stand; Sept 15-Dec 15. Personally I wouldn’t choose any of those. Some considerations I guess would be what type of trees are you sitting in and how much cover is there. I wear an ASAT leafy suit, have been for about 10 years now, and have not been busted due to being seen (by deer, moose, bears, turkeys, or people) as long as I do my job and not move or move very slowly when whatever is on the ground has line of sight to me. I also make sure I always have cover of some sort; like setting up my tree stand in a hemlock or some such softwood tree with lots of cover or at a minimum in a tree that is up close to a soft wood that offers cover behind me from the anticipated direction that the deer may approach. Before I wore the ASAT leafy suit I wore a Realtree leafy suit; which worked as well but I felt if there wasn’t much cover around me I “blobbed” out and was easily seen. I am a firm believer in cover and the 3D camo that a leafy suit offers. I also subscribe to the notion that camo need not be detailed, especially for 4 legged animals, but just break up your outline and that the more open pattern camos work best in all situations and even better if you up in the air in a tree stand and possibly have sky as a background with some naked branches at most to help you blend in. My experience with ASAT is that it works as advertised in all terrain here in NE and through the whole season. If you’re not into leafy suit camo, which is great also because you can wear whatever you want under it, then I like ASAT and Predator the most for patterns. Good Luck this season

 

Pretty much been using Realtree Xtra for my entire hunting career as that's the pattern that seems to go on clearance the most...

Animals don't care what camo pattern you wear, but the hunters sure do.

 

Kuiu!!!

 

I voted for mossy oak, but my personal choice would be predator fall grey.

 

save your money and get Sitka Elevated II, best on the market

 

It is?

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There is a lot of camo out there that is way to dark colored. A lighter shade camo is always best.

 

How come? I thought I read the more reflective the worse it is.

 

I wear what looks good in trophy pics. The dead deer have never voiced an opinion!

 

Lol...I'm with ya'.....that was kinda' my reference to "dressing for the guy's at camp".......the deer don't care what color it is because they can't see color. What they care about is movement and camo that blobs out and becomes too solid.

Any open patterns work great for tree stand hunting as far as the deer are concerned......now for that Trophy photo shot that is a whole different thing.

Remember to get as far behind the animal as you can when you take it stretch that arm out as far as it will go to........

 

I'm using First Lite Fusion this year with a bit of Sitka. I also love Kuiu and while it's not designed with stand hunting in mind, vias blends is amazingly in the late season/snow/bare trees.

That being said I've had just as many close deer using hardware store camo so I'd mostly say whatever you prefer