| A brief description of how a ghillie suit benefits | | | | would be entirely to cumbersome, but a head and |
| hunters. I hear too many hunters arguing that a | | | | shoulders suit or a poncho would definitely be of |
| Ghillie suit is of no use to a hunter. No tool is of | | | | value. In either case, a hunter could no more |
| use to any craftsman unless he knows how to | | | | jump into a Ghillie suit and get the full value of it |
| use it. A hunters gun would be of no use if the | | | | than He could rush in and buy his first gun and |
| hunter didn't know how to use it. One of the | | | | expect to be able to do anything worth bragging |
| most common arguments I hear concerns the | | | | about. In fact, without instruction, he would |
| use of "hunters orange". The argument says that | | | | probably shoot anything except wild game. That's |
| if one has to wear the orange it defeats the | | | | why they wear "hunter's orange". |
| advantage of a Ghillie suit. Not true. Game animals | | | | To use a Ghillie suit successfully, one should spend |
| are for the most part color blind. The wearing of | | | | some time in the woods with it, observing effects |
| orange, with or without camouflage is of no | | | | on wildlife while sitting still, and also while making |
| consequence. The wearing of a ghillie is to break | | | | slow, controlled movements. Besides learning how |
| up the shape that strikes fear into the heart of | | | | to use your suit, this time has the added benefit |
| every animal in the forest; The shape of a human | | | | of giving insight into the behaviour of different |
| being. Ghillie suit manufacturers could make a | | | | species of wildlife. |
| hunters suit with the orange already built in. The | | | | Most hunters have no objection to using a blind. A |
| hunter only needs to be concerned with the | | | | Ghillie suit is a blind being worn. It has the added |
| shape and what it looks like with motion. Wild | | | | advantage of keeping the wearer warm on |
| animals are acutely tuned to movement. If that | | | | cold,hunting season, days. The newer models |
| movement has the shape of man, its panic time. | | | | even give protection from aggravating insects. |
| If the shape is that of a bush just being moved | | | | Shape and motion give your prescence away. So |
| by the wind, all is calm. In still hunting, a Ghillie suit | | | | does your scent, and there are plenty of chemical |
| could be a real asset. On a stalk, full body suits | | | | products out there to handle that problem. |