Green Beret Sniper Ghillie Suit Construction 

Thanks, Tackleberry! I appreciate that!

Tackleberry0921 you are right, this is SF instructor grade level education. Reminds of the course that was given to me back in 2002. A little old I know. But this is high grade doctor level education. Be safe out there. Chip...

Real snipers do not take forseeable locations. What's in your mind as Good, is in your target mind "he is there". Just remember, your best taget point is the best enemy refference. Just think beyond. It's your life...

@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret , what is your stance on using a flight suit..... I want to build it to where the back has some way to make the netting flex with movement. I know folks use fatigues to build the suits, but I heard some folks used flight suits......

@@Darkhorseman72 I don't personally like the flight suit base. I like the suit to be modular so I can choose how much of it I want to wear rather than all or nothing.

@dth stk A long time. Stripping the burlap takes forever. My wife helped me with the first one I ever made while attending the sniper course.

Yeah.. I have never made one. And just based off of this tutorial, it looks like a VERY lengthy process

Using a heavy-duty sewing machine helps out for the base, bartack machine for gutted 550 and net. You can also just use a TOG with gear mesh, and tie into the mesh and random spots.

Yup jutting all night on cq .

Best part is when they help you condition your new ghilie.

Right, Savage?

Classic!

Thanks for the chuckle!

@SavageSurvival how do you mistake a dirt bike rider riding a bike as a deer

270. Lol

There is a guy on here somewhere I seen the other day, he took his boonie hat and cut the center of the top off and added the netting there for cooling when he was making his. Guy lives here in the pnw. Pretty cool idea

That's awesome! Similar thing happened to me once with a squirrel, we stared at each other for ages, eventually the little critter trusted me enough that I could feed it some of my lunch.

@Alan Fitzgerald A practice among the Navajo was (and is, perhaps) to build a hide in the ground, bait it with a hunk of meat, and wait for an Eagle to alight and grab it. They you grab the eagle. Wrestling ensues. . Don't do this except on consultation with your spirit animal.

@@nmarbletoe8210 then there must be a lot of one eyed, eight-ish fingered Navajo, lol

Bob...👍🏻🇺🇸

Hey my buddy tim ramirez was\is a Rakkasan. Haven’t came across another one until now. Hope all is well with you and thank you for your service.

@@xringkiller Right back at you.

Ne desit virtus.

What about smell

@@NightmareFuelsYou Hey mate, use deodorant if you have a personal issue ;-). In all seriousness: There are simple, commonsense techniques for reducing odor - 1. The biggie is don't smoke when out in the ulu, and for a couple of days before; 2. Do not eat spicy food, before and during a job. Take along baggies of local fruit, pre-cooked rice and pre-cooked chicken - NO BEEF JERKY; 3. Do not go out into the ulu freshly washed, and scented with talc & aftershave; 4. If military then when not in use your gear should live somewhere secure outdoors - away from gasoline, and oils, ie. no lawnmowers, machinery, or power tools in the shed as the scent will invade the fabric of clothing and gear; 5. Guys I knew who wore a ghillie for work would wash their base materials in water, no soap. Make the ghillie then lay it on a heap of rotting vegetation for a few days. Then finally hang it up under a tree until needed. It may sound silly, or exaggerated but, the prospect of even being on exercise and having a landshark (dog) go after your ball bag when you are trying to be an inconspicuous pile of leaves is not nice. Smelling a little like vegetation might just give you a few extra seconds when dealing with unexpected, or unwelcome company. You can actually smell many human locations before you physically bump into them out in the wild. Someone smoking you can pick up hundreds of yards away, along with the evenings waft of quality MRE mixed with tabasco, and the morning waft of coffee on the breeze is a delight. Lumpy human waste goes directly into a ziploc, and liquid waste into a bottle, waste is then taken with you along with all litter evidence of your presence (leave no trace) - just make sure you don't root around in the wrong side pocket of your rucksack in the dark. If a dog will sniff out waste more or less instantly, incredible to watch a good team dog at work and play. I had this chat with a couple of blokes who wondered why they were not getting any wild hogs during their night time forays. Freshly washed hunting cammies, oiled rifles, stuff rattling in every pocket, and the gentle smell of campfire, Bud and beef jerky emanating from them ......... they might as well have had a marching band going out in front of them. They started leaving their gear outside under a tree, stopped eating smelly food and their hunting ability magically increased. Its not rocket science.

@@Alex-jf1og Damn dude. Invaluable information.

@@Alex-jf1og Spot on my good man. Field kit is FIELD kit. It always pissed me off when we weren’t hard routine from day one on ex- fight the way you train and all that. I guess some head sheds want to keep morale up with hot scoff and a brew, but it defeats the object. Got your dossbag for luxury and gat for fun! Fantastic post my good man, have a wonderful day and God bless.

Nice! Welcome, Commenter Five. I hope you stick around so I can hear your stories.

Honestly, almost all of my scout skills and tips served me well. Only thing I'm vehemently against was "dont use a TQ, youll make them lose a leg". They stopped teaching that, but definitely taught it when I was a scout. Now, I use my scout sewing skills more than anything else. And fell back into preferred scout knives (swiss army knives, for one) over everything else. So many useful skills and so much useful suggested gear. 100% wish I hadnt looked down on it when I was in the middle east. A victorinox hunstman would have saved me so much time and hassle on deployment.

Maybe save it for fall when the leaves turn orange and yellow 😂

Movement is the biggest give away without question, ghillie and camo don’t change that

Had a dude almost pee on me before. I almost pissed too.

@@shootmovecommunicate3322 Depending on what environment you were in, that could have been particularly bad even if he didn't notice you.

a man has his needs.

DOL, Pastor Joe!

I was wondering if anyone thought to use a jumpsuit it seems like it would eliminate a lot of the issues with it hiking up on you when moving. I'm a caver and have found moving in general to be easier in a one piece suit.

@@maximilianlee5249 That's what I used when I made mine.

I only wear desert tan or coyote boots, not black. They blend better everywhere.

but isn't the outline of the sole and shadow pretty distinctive?

Shane K yes, if the shoes are not in grass or shrubs. If your feet will be exposed, you can make booties for them or extend the pant legs to cover them.

iPhone front camera so I can make sure I’m in frame. It was done live

Valhalla is my Heaven Is it worth the weight? especially without a heli to lift you around?

Me too HAHAHAAHA

There was a guy I used to work with that bow hunted. And all he had on was face paint and camp clothing. And he told how he was laying down near some ferns when a black bear with two cubs came and he watched them play. And left and never knew he was there. He said they were like 15 feet away. I said wow had you spooked them or got between that wouldn’t have been very good. He was totally indifferent. Ah I wasn’t worried he said.

Haha I learned to sew Pre-SF. I started out in Bco. 1/75th and Ranger Class 10-96. Threaded plenty of needles for both those. Thanks for your service as well

18T 😂

Thats exactly what Im using. What color did ya go with? I found a nice used desert brown suit from the surplus store for $25. I think I paid more for the net and burlap than I did the suit.

I remember that being suggested. Not that I currently have a need for a ghillie suit, but if I made one to use here in Florida, it would have to be very light or I'd probably dehydrate and/or overheat. A jumpsuit seems like a damn good idea.

@@angrypatriot5392 hey, I use the OD green military issue flight suit, it works great

@@frankvazquez4050 cut large pockets out and cover with thin fabric before you construct the suit, it will keep you cool while it's hot out

@@Zak18777 Right on. Thats awesome man. Is it finished yet?

That's very difficult to move around when leaf and small braches rubbing against you.

You could treat it with that for sure

You might want to consider this instead: www.healthrangerstore.com/products/bugs-away-spray-8-oz Permethrin is considered a neurotoxin by many.

Plain and simple. Replace as needed

That is good enough, anything that breaks up the outline. For urban I would just go with a grayish hooded cloak most likely.

I'm definitely not an expert, but I feel like the term 'urban ghillie', could be considered an oxymoron. Structures form clean angles and shapes to the point where anything is going to stand out against them. Silhouettes are a major issue. The color pallet is unpredictable depending on the common architecture. (ie. gray masonry vs. tan stucco) However, my application would be as a civilian escaping and evading. I would not opt for anything remotely ghillie in an urban setting, but that's my choice and absolutely not what works for everybody. Definitely an excellent question. You got my thought cogs turning.

Jacob Konkel this is correct, the goal isn’t to be shaggy in the urban areas as much as it is to break up the human silhouette. What’s nice about urban is that it does have straight lines and angles unlike the forest which is of course highly irregular, so I am less worried about the straight lines and angles I would get from a simple cloak so long as it broke up the human shape. I would also agree with the color choice depending on the environment. In the east I would choose the simple gray hooded cloak, looking at all the buildings here in the west, tan might be a better choice.

Christopher Kavanaugh 💯

Peter Peterson for urban environment, search "Grey man".

Man that's what I was on about 😍😁💋🥺😊😃🙂💖💖😃😃💋💋💋

You will also have environmental issues. Wind direction and thermals can cancel all of the camo you have on. I know I crawled to within 25 ft of a nice buck a few years back. I was close enough to smell him. Then the wind changed i felt it on the back of my neck. Surprised wasn't the word . He jumped up looked my direction and trotted off . He never positively identified me. But he knew I was there and I was close.

Stalking deer is the worst. Background noise like a light rain will get you close without worrying about sound.

That’s when you know your camo is on point

Daryl Sarbaugh Wash it???? Never wash it lol & keep it in the shed

@@13CRAZYDAVE13 I worked with a guy that owned a bow shop and hunted he kept his suit in a bag with leaves and dirt to help cover the smell.