What camo patern would you use for this environment?

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I am giving up on the Ghillie suit idea. This is what most of the areas I coyote hunt look like:

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I typically find one of the larger creosote bushes half way up the hill to try to use it to break up my outline. As you can see, they are not always large.

I currently wear Woodland camo BDUs. My theory is that since the bushes are green, I should be green. Does this make sense? Or would camo this dark stand out as a big dark blob.

Would a more brown open camo be better like Mossy Oak Brush?
 
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Look into some natural gear.

MO brush would be something to consider as well. If you can buy a cheap tee shirt of both and hang them on a bush and see what you think.

Mike
 
Nat Gear, old style army issue desert BDUs, or texas brush country camo. Texas brush country camo might be the best, then Nat Gear
 
Mossy Oak brush would be my first choice and Natgear as a very close second. I say the lighter colors are better and often take a pic then view it in both color and black & white. Breaking up the color and outline are important but movement is the worst giveaway of all.
 
I'd use a camo with the major color scheme being tan or very light brown. Forest BDU's tend to turn your profile black at a very short distance. My very favorite camo for cover like yours was the old style ASAT. The newer ASAT usde a darker redish brown that didn't seem to blend in well. Remember, your likely not going to fool much of anything other than another hman being with camo. Sit relatively still in about anything and you will be fine. I'm beginning to doubt that will work well with blue clothing though. There's something about blue......
 
River Ghost, military desert camo (chocolate chip type), Everywhere camo, or ASAT brown would be my choices

Dark camo's might be OK while you still, but when your walking into your area the dark stuff makes you look like a 2 legged black angus cow IMO.
 
Price wise, MO Brush. I have been pricing it of late and Cabelas has what I need at a decent price.

Otherwise, I agree with sorelooser. I just finished up with the Johnson boys latest video. That Kings Desert Shadow blends in very well with the type of real estate you pictured. Bad thing is it is a little pricy. Could be worth the difference in construction though. I would like to see some up close to determine that.
 
Military desert camo or Natural Gear would be my picks for this terrain. Brush is too tight a pattern and will turn into a blob. I often wear Seclusion Open Country in terrain similar to this.
 
I hunt a lot of the same general area as you (socal) and through the years I've accumulated quite an assortment of camo. I bet I’ve called up as much stuff wearing a tan Carhart jacket as I have when wearing camo. You could get by just fine with some cheaper military BDU's and a $5.00 facemask. Being that own a collection of camo I'm really not one to talk lol, but personally I don’t think camo makes a whole lot of difference when hunting socal desert terrain, I usually only wear a jacket and sometimes a facemask anymore. Camo most definitely don’t hurt a thing though so if I had to pick one set for around here I’d go with Nat gear .
 
I spent a lot of years hunting in blue jeans and a tan shirt and though I now have camo I'm not getting any better kill numbers per year. From my perspective finding something to break your outline and being still seem to overshadow any kind of camo I've worn.

There are certainly some pretty patterns on the market now, but I firmly believe that there more something to sell than really does a caller a lot of good.
 
Max 1 is very good, Kings Dersert shadow rocks! Natural Gear works. I'm just a camo nut case i have 5 full sets and one mix-n-match.The one i go to most often is Advantage Max1. I think because it's very light & comfortable. Here is some of my turf.
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Here are a few pics of Mossy Oak brush camo also demonstrated in Sepia(like B&W) to show how many animals see it. My model was unhappy because it was over 100 degrees out. I also have a friend that is color blind that I use for testing. He is a really successful hunter. If he can't pick me out then we think it is great camo. I have other pics of camo testing but was unable to find them. Our kill record in this area at least proves that we smell good. I am also a firm believer in UV clothes wash and scent free soap(shower too). Tide or Gain drifting in the wind can't be much help. Even further we use permethrin(oderless) treatment as a tick repellant successfully. These are all personal opinions and do not give you any legal rights. Good Luck [image] [/image] [image] [/image] [image] [/image] [image] [/image]
 
I hunt mainly eastern Washington in the sage brush and I've found Prairie Ghost to be a great match. It has some light blue/gray in it which is a perfect match for the sage in our part of the country. Look at sage brush real close and you will see a lot of blue in it. Just look at tripod's pictures. If you're hunting sage a lot, check out Prairie Ghost.
 
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