What type ghillie suit?

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justshoot

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I am planning on buying a ghillie suit. Two types are available, the jacket and pants set or the one piece poncho type. Anyone using these that can help me out? Most of my hunting is here in Perry Co. Pa., woodland and brush.
 
I own both.

I purchased a Rancho Safari ghillie suit. They cost a bit more but the quality is top notch. All the seams are sewn well and the under material is a thick quality. The zippers and velcro that are sewn into the suit are done very well. The suit comes with fasteners that allow you to roll it up for easy transport. 1 drawback- It's weight and thickness. Here in Arizona it's too much with our temperatures.

The poncho style is quick and easy. I wad it up and walk to my stand and then toss it on. It's also thinner material so it's not so hot.
 
I've been shooting coyotes for a long time and unless the coyotes begin shooting back I'll not opt for a ghillie suit. Every ghillie suit I tried was hot and uncomfortable and a pain to get around in the woods with and coyotes drop just as dead wearing camo or even blue jeans.

I've just never understood the need for one or for that matter a rifle painted to look like a brush pile. I guess I've just never seen the reason behind it, but if it turns your crank go for it.

I'll stick to a nice tree or brush pile to lean against or a small folding chair and my sitdown shooting sticks. I hunt fairly open country and often can watch a coyote come in from several hundred yards so perhaps there's a use in close in brush country like PA, but usually folks dressed like a Viet Nam sniper only brings a few chuckles out in this country.
 
No ghillie suit for me. Half the time I don't even have camo on. I always wear something dull colored, like Carhartt pants, a drab wool short, ect. I do have a couple of 3D "leafy wear" type parka's which aren't too bad. Ghillie's are heavy, hot, snag on brush, I had one and sold it to a bowhunter that wanted it more than me. I can't imagine how he planned on shooting a bow with that bulky thing on, but he just had to have it. Sitting still for 20 - 60 minutes isn't that hard for me.
 
Justshoot,
I use a suit called UnderBrush, it is sold as a bug suit. This suit is a pant and jacket set made of a very fine camo mesh with a 3-d leaf pattern sewn on it. I especially love this suit this time of year because i can wear only shorts and a tank-top uder it. I picked mine up at a dicks sporting goods store for 49.99.
 
If you go with the poncho in the woods your gonna get hung on all the brush. If you get the set the pants will get caught on everything. You'll just wind up using the coat unless its warm. Would work better out west in the wide open... Food for thought.
 
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I've been shooting coyotes for a long time and unless the coyotes begin shooting back I'll not opt for a ghillie suit.



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I bought one a couple of years ago. Used it one season. Didn't kill any more coyotes with it than without it. But if your convinced you want one, the Rancho Sarari seems to be the best that I've seen.
 
I am thinking about the ghillie suit for those thick cover area where you can only shoot about 20 or so yards. I have found out in my training class of "I saw you first at 60 yards", these critters can spot a hunter through brush peep holes. I have giving up on the idea of a $600, $700 ecall for a $2 coyote, but to own a couple good mouth calls.One of the super thick cover spots I hunt in, I watched a fox slipping around hunting and spotted me. There is no shot gun made that could have taken him, the only movement I made was breathing and moving my eyeballs, wind was cross ways.
 
How ya gonna get into brush that thick with a ghillie on? That would be a pain in the rear end, make a lot of noise, and I don't know about you, but I'd be wound up tight into such a huge brush ball I'd probably need a chainsaw to cut myself out... LOL! If the brush is THAT thick I'd choose a different set-up. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif
 
I have a couple spots that I've cleared last fall, these cleared spots are about 5 ft square.There are green biars as big as pine trees in there. I will get in then quickly suit up. This is the type of place you don't spot hop every 10 minutes. Right after rains, I got in and there were more tracks then in a kennel run.It is the kind of place that bigfoot would live if he were 4 ft. tall and owned a chain saw.There is a spot deeper in , 20 yds maybe, that opens into a nice lawn, it doese look like a lawn, paths everywhere and funnel to my thick stand. You may be right, but I need to know by doing. The last I've called or be there was March. GC, I may even look cool in it!!
 
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GC, I may even look cool in it!!



There ya go, what else matters? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif

Except... if the ghillie works like it is supposed to... who is gonna see how cool you look? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
GC, you are too much. Do you know with a ghillie suit you can hide close to home and the wife can't find you when she has that honey do list? That along is worth it cost.I did buy one from ebay, it is exact like Cabelas $200 +.
 
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Do you know with a ghillie suit you can hide close to home and the wife can't find you when she has that honey do list? That along is worth it cost.



LOL... I need to try that. The last three weeks I have been playing catch-up on a bunch of little chores around the house, update the landscaping, paint the deck, clean out the garage, clean the gutters, power wash the house, blah, blah,... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif I really don't mind, it is all little stuff that needs done yearly and I like to get it done early so I can prepare for the fall hunting season. It isn't as much fun as fishing though... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-006.gif
 


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