Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Shooting and Hunting => Topic started by: kinkfeather on August 09, 2010, 09:40:12 am
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well i am going to try to make gillie suit.because it is cheaper to make your own an you can make the colors you want.i know to not use black so greens an browns will be my start.now any one chime in at any time.i think i am going to layer.i have a leaf suit but it is gray.i need some colors in it to blend in the woods.i have a camo hat to use.now alot of people use different material.but i am using yearn of different colors.yearn may not be what i need to use but that is all i got.i thought i would sow in pieces maybe that will work.all help is needed.kink
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Check out some videos on you tube..I'm in the process of building one. They use jute twine from the dollar store and dye it using
Rit dye.One video I think is called the $50 ghillie suit.Good luck on your quest.
Thanks Leroy
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where i am hunting leroy it is alot of greenery.i got my hat done.i will pic it.half way done with jacket.kink
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Can't wait to see it..I hunt S.E.Alberta in the dry shortgrass prairie and river coullees Desert works for me
Thanks Leroy
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jacket 3/4 done,cap done.had to cut alot of black out of suit.i roll a 15"@15 circles cut one end an tie them in a knot in the middle .then i use black ties the small ones an space each bundle 2"apart.i over lap 71/2".to me it is looking good.i wish i could pic but having trouble with photobucket.got alot more to do pants are next.i hope to look like a bush but my wife said she liked my hula skirt.well she does not turn deer meat down.i told her pick fun at the old man but when we come to eat we have to have meat.my granddaughter said i looked like a pot belled christmas tree.my son said i looked like big foot.letam pick fun but when the back strips come.they are all mine.kink
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sounds like fun kink ,its so dang hot down here i dont think i could stand the extra material. season opens in 18 days and it'll still be in the high 90's with 100%humidity
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Sounds like my family kink ;D
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Ken, that's why I quit using one. Too Hot. I started using a leafey bug suit with shorts and a T-shirt.
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last year i used my leafey suit and just my leafey suit :)
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thats a thought eddie, LB i hope your leaves were in the right position ! >:D
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don't use black ?? there's no shadows where you hunt ???
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I bet you didn't crawl through any Sawtooth Palmetto's, Jesse. ;D
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i bought one from bushrag.com for $75. it's a net jacket with a hood already put together. i rearranged the twine on the left arm to make it bow friendly. the website really has some good deals compared to the work of cutting, measuring, and dying all the twine.
jesse, better watch out for those ticks. as you know they can ruin the "mood" :o