Is camouflage necessary when stalking deer?

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Is camouflage necessary when stalking deer?

Tweed patterns blend in well to heather covered hills, so a full camouflage suit is often not really necessary.

By George Wallace

Thursday, 20 March 2008

Most folk nowadays wear camouflage clothing while stalking. Is this absolutely necessary, or is it just fashion? Does it make a stalker's job easier than, say, if he were wearing tweeds?

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GEORGE WALLACE says:
Absolutely necessary? Absolutely not! In fact on the heather-covered hill a really loud tweed just disappears.

And the louder the better. Viewed from close up I know that sounds ridiculous but it's quite true. At a distance, really loud becomes DPM.

The downside is that good tweed is expensive and gets heavier and heavier as it absorbs water.

There is some really excellent purpose-made stalker's clothing around which is warm, windproof, waterproof, anti-rustle and affordable.

Musto is one of the latest with their 'Technical Tweed' and I have for many years used Deerhunter brand clothing which comes in Realtree cammo.

It is excellent in every way and performs that most important task of concealing the wearer; not from his quarry but from interfering members of the public!

You can stalk deer in a white shirt if you move slowly enough but for nosey bloody 'antis' you can't beat a bit of Realtree.