ghuilly suit
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furface,
I made my own this year and use it all the time when I am out calling. I even use it when Im hunting deer from the ground.
I sewed a bunch of strips of camo burlap onto a 3/4 length army surplus jacket. Then I went to Wal Mart, to the craft section(oohhh, that was the worst part!) and got some raffia (looks like strands of dead grass) and put a bunch of that stuff in it too.
It looks great! And I have had the critters right on top of me a few times and never knew I was there.
Oh yea, I forgot to mention what a pain in the keester they are to make, but it's well worth it!
Bake.
I made my own this year and use it all the time when I am out calling. I even use it when Im hunting deer from the ground.
I sewed a bunch of strips of camo burlap onto a 3/4 length army surplus jacket. Then I went to Wal Mart, to the craft section(oohhh, that was the worst part!) and got some raffia (looks like strands of dead grass) and put a bunch of that stuff in it too.
It looks great! And I have had the critters right on top of me a few times and never knew I was there.
Oh yea, I forgot to mention what a pain in the keester they are to make, but it's well worth it!
Bake.
Bald Eagle
New member
Do an internet search for the word ghillie. There are several great sites dedicated to homebrew ghellie suits.
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Vic Carlson
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Always thought the rag suits looked great, and probably work too. Here iin Arizona, it's just to warm for their use I think. Besides, we have so much brush and trees that have barbs,hooks and thorns that even the use of 3-D type suits turns me off, to prone to snag and turn a 100 suit of camo into rag dolls in a short season. I imagine back east their use is stellar though, out west, just give me a set of natural gear and Im a happy camper!
Vic
Vic
Bake has the right idea. I've been using one for 10 years for turkey and varmit hunting-great success. I made my own and the best trick I've found is to let it get nasty. The more sticks, grass, leaves and mud the better. Stay away from any uniformity and you won't want to hunt in anything else. On the down side they are rather warm.
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If it looks easy, it's because they know what they are doing.
in reply to making a ghuily suit, i went to arts and craft store and bought large fish net that at one time was used for fishing little smelly but not bad, the size is about
4x6 piece for about $8.00 x 2 but take some old material that the wife has laying around and cut them into foot long or longer strips
then tide them to the netting the holes are the right size for it
4x6 piece for about $8.00 x 2 but take some old material that the wife has laying around and cut them into foot long or longer strips
then tide them to the netting the holes are the right size for it
Use 1/2" to 1" nylon netting avaiable from fisherman supply, garden supply, or used from golf driving range.
Make a long sleeve shirt jacket out of net large enough to cover your hunting clothing. Lay out the netting and lay your hunting coat on it with the sleeves stretched out. Tie the meshes together with twine along the outline of the coat. Make it just short of knee length so that you can cover yourself to your ankles when sitting. Cut off excess outside of the outline of the coat. Tie on a rectangular piece of net to make a hood.
Leave coat inside the net jacket and hangup with a strong hanger.
Get a couple of balls of sisal twine and a couple of hanks of rafia from craft shop.
Separate into different groups of twine and rafia and dye with clothing dye or just use natural color.
Cut off a length of sisal twine 10 to 18 inches long. Double the twine, now double it again and pass the two doubled strands through a net mesh and around one of the cords that define the net mesh. You now have two loops of twine sticking out of the net. Put the ends of the twine through the doubled loops and pull tight around the net cord. Repeat and repeat as
required to fill in large areas on the net jacket.
Do the same with the rafia strands. USe three or four rafia stands at a time. If rafia is still damp from dying it ties better than if dry.
you do not have to fill every mesh on the suit to be effective. Placing rafia and twine patches side by side will allow variations in texture as well as colour on the finished product.
Result is light weight and cool to wear. It is also a pain to walk through bush in. I carry mine in a pack and put on at the calling site.
Dave
Make a long sleeve shirt jacket out of net large enough to cover your hunting clothing. Lay out the netting and lay your hunting coat on it with the sleeves stretched out. Tie the meshes together with twine along the outline of the coat. Make it just short of knee length so that you can cover yourself to your ankles when sitting. Cut off excess outside of the outline of the coat. Tie on a rectangular piece of net to make a hood.
Leave coat inside the net jacket and hangup with a strong hanger.
Get a couple of balls of sisal twine and a couple of hanks of rafia from craft shop.
Separate into different groups of twine and rafia and dye with clothing dye or just use natural color.
Cut off a length of sisal twine 10 to 18 inches long. Double the twine, now double it again and pass the two doubled strands through a net mesh and around one of the cords that define the net mesh. You now have two loops of twine sticking out of the net. Put the ends of the twine through the doubled loops and pull tight around the net cord. Repeat and repeat as
required to fill in large areas on the net jacket.
Do the same with the rafia strands. USe three or four rafia stands at a time. If rafia is still damp from dying it ties better than if dry.
you do not have to fill every mesh on the suit to be effective. Placing rafia and twine patches side by side will allow variations in texture as well as colour on the finished product.
Result is light weight and cool to wear. It is also a pain to walk through bush in. I carry mine in a pack and put on at the calling site.
Dave
Furface
try www.ghilliesuit.com. They have a "Build your own" instructions and most of the stuff to customize the suit to your terrain colors. They have a suit called the "Stalker" which is cut up and glued to a set of camo BDU's (Battle Dress Uniform). Check it out. Also try www.airgunmod.homestead.com/Ghillie~ns4.html. Another one is www.sniperparadise.com/ghillie1.htm. All these sites can get you started on your ghillie suit.
Good luck and keep the board posted on your suit and success from using it.
Doggoner
try www.ghilliesuit.com. They have a "Build your own" instructions and most of the stuff to customize the suit to your terrain colors. They have a suit called the "Stalker" which is cut up and glued to a set of camo BDU's (Battle Dress Uniform). Check it out. Also try www.airgunmod.homestead.com/Ghillie~ns4.html. Another one is www.sniperparadise.com/ghillie1.htm. All these sites can get you started on your ghillie suit.
Good luck and keep the board posted on your suit and success from using it.
Doggoner
coyotehunter 1
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Guys,
A word of warning: I read somewhere, there have been several people badly burnt while wearing homemade brush suits. The guy I read about was wearing a homemade suit while paint balling. On break, while still wearing the suit, he went to light a cigarette and the flame from the lighter caught the burlap on fire causing major burns. The burlap, gummy rags, ect. have a tendency to fray and unravel making them catch fire easily. The material used needs to be treated with a chemical fire retardant or else the suit made of fire resistant material to begin with. I would hate to see anyone go up in smoke. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
A word of warning: I read somewhere, there have been several people badly burnt while wearing homemade brush suits. The guy I read about was wearing a homemade suit while paint balling. On break, while still wearing the suit, he went to light a cigarette and the flame from the lighter caught the burlap on fire causing major burns. The burlap, gummy rags, ect. have a tendency to fray and unravel making them catch fire easily. The material used needs to be treated with a chemical fire retardant or else the suit made of fire resistant material to begin with. I would hate to see anyone go up in smoke. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
I have made I dont know how many ghille suits and was pleased with them all. About two years ago I was in an army surplus store and found some nylon webbing matterial with 1/8 inch holes in it with a dessert como pattern. My wife sewed a suit for me that had sleves, a back section that went to my waist and the front hangs to my knees. when I set down it drapes out in front of me to cover everything. I tied on a little bit of burlap but I honestly dont think it's necessary. I have had the same great results as I have had with my full blown ghille suits. the neat thing is you can wad it up in a ball about the size of you fist and it might weigh 3 ounces. something else too, it doesnt matter what you wear under it as the pattern hides you that well. needless to say its cool too, perfect for summer hunting and the holes are small enough to keep bugs out. I dont know if all surplus storescarry this stuff but if you can find it it is more than worth it. it comes in three feet wide rolls. I think I paid about four dollars a yard for it.
Skinny Shooter
New member
Furface,
You may want to look at this style also. Shaggie Suits Link
This is a photo I took in the Studio of my Dad wearing my first Shaggie which is All Season Camo. The burlap is shredded and is intermixed with solid cotton strips. When Rancho Safari scanned the image from the Chrome, they didn't get the color quite right. Dad is not wearing the facemask that comes with the suit but is wearing the leg gaiters which are great when sitting. Rifle is a Rem VS in 22-250 with 4-16x50 Elite 4000.
Cabela's also sells the same thing.
I have both the Bushrag and Ghilliesuits.com kit. If you are building your own, the advantage to theirs is that the burlap comes in string form. That way you don't have to spend hours shredding the horizontal fibers by hand if you use burlap strips. My signature photo is all-season camo.
Good Luck,
Allen
You may want to look at this style also. Shaggie Suits Link
This is a photo I took in the Studio of my Dad wearing my first Shaggie which is All Season Camo. The burlap is shredded and is intermixed with solid cotton strips. When Rancho Safari scanned the image from the Chrome, they didn't get the color quite right. Dad is not wearing the facemask that comes with the suit but is wearing the leg gaiters which are great when sitting. Rifle is a Rem VS in 22-250 with 4-16x50 Elite 4000.
Cabela's also sells the same thing.
I have both the Bushrag and Ghilliesuits.com kit. If you are building your own, the advantage to theirs is that the burlap comes in string form. That way you don't have to spend hours shredding the horizontal fibers by hand if you use burlap strips. My signature photo is all-season camo.
Good Luck,
Allen
James Lindley
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Skinny is that your Web Site? >>>>James L.
Curt Barrett
New member
I have to agree with Vic, those ghillies look like very effective camo but I can't imagine how hot I would get wearing one. And I live up north. I took one of my boonie hats and fixed it up with shoulder length burlap to break up my head and shoulders and that retained too much heat for my taste. Guess packing it to the stand would solve that though. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Skinny Shooter
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James,
It's not mine. I gave them some of the images I took in our studio and have only seen that one on-line so far.
This camo can get warm /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif and the Shaggie Suits are built on a nylon mesh shell. You really appreciate the small breezes when they come thru. I usually only wear the camo when I am on stand. Besides, someone might think I'm Bigfoot or something (and take a potshot) if I wore it all the time.
LOL
It's not mine. I gave them some of the images I took in our studio and have only seen that one on-line so far.
This camo can get warm /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif and the Shaggie Suits are built on a nylon mesh shell. You really appreciate the small breezes when they come thru. I usually only wear the camo when I am on stand. Besides, someone might think I'm Bigfoot or something (and take a potshot) if I wore it all the time.
LOL
James Lindley
New member
Skinny; good photography. I take it that you are a proffessional(photgrapher that is) Had to straighten that out before Encore saw it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif ? lol. I like the suit but I don't think the suit would like me in this Texas weather..... James L.
Skinny Shooter
New member
James, you are correct. Am thinking about getting some live photos this year of a few groundhogs. Picked up a new digicam, with the multiplier effect and a 300mm, I should be able to nique up on them. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Was also thinking about a "thru the scope" shot, before and after.
Allen
Allen