Virtual Test Hunting Camo Patterns: Sitka, Under Armour, Kuiu, Firstlite 

Thanks for the comment, I did a much larger scale comparison with 24 patterns in the new videos. Check out the playlist. ru-vid.com/group/PLft-QMIPuJlY750_sEuLr91FSbaLOiU8O

I have a 24 pattern video coming up that is bit higher in quality (with the new Valo from Kuiu). Trying to have it out this week. Each video will have a separate background since there are so many patterns. Should have a new background out every few days for about 6-10 different settings. Subscribe or check back soon.

I am adding more to my arsenal of clothing from higher end because of their durability, weight and retained value and reducing my heavy, cotton or poly based lower end.

Thanks. I have newer videos now with the same idea but with a much larger selection. This should be the new playlist. ru-vid.com/group/PLft-QMIPuJlY750_sEuLr91FSbaLOiU8O

I am doing another video with Natural Gear in the mix. Should be out soon. This time 24 patterns. Probably one video per landscape since there are so many. Trying to figure out the best way to present them right now.

I agree. And yes, the different brands, patterns and travel would cost a pretty penny just to learn that if you just sit still and be quiet most will do the job.

I added a bunch of other patterns and brands in these videos, different format and I am adding new backgrounds weekly. . ru-vid.com/group/PLft-QMIPuJlY750_sEuLr91FSbaLOiU8O

I plan on another addition with some other patterns.

New videos on this ru-vid.com/group/PLft-QMIPuJlY750_sEuLr91FSbaLOiU8O

I tried to address this in my newest video. YOU DECIDE - Testing 30 Hunting Camo Patterns with DEER Vision - LARGEST COMPARISON ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jMni69Xi8eE.html

I will have to go on the hunt for some army camo and video the process I go through. The material is tough and water resistant.

I totally agree. I have done a bunch more of these videos if you haven’t seen them with some better video software the new videos have 24 and 30 patterns and my next ones will have even more. From what I can tell, siting still and being quiet is the best camo.

@@CamoMatrix BTW. Thanks for doing these videos. Really appreciate your efforts.....

Got a new one out with 42. Got a special one in at the end that probably has been the most successful hunting outfit. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_sGYZrajmII.html

I am putting together a larger test group. I will include it. Thanks

Look forward to the results.

We must all keep in mind that superimposing images into photos will not depict what the camo will actually look like in real life due to the lack of actual light reflection within each environment. To our eyes, garment colors will significantly change depending on light conditions combined with the the surrounding colors in each setting. The best camouflages utilize these principles of light and reflection along with patterns that break up our human form. The only way to get a close representation of what the camo looks like in any setting is to take vids or photos of them on site like the last part of this video. Of course that would be quite the undertaking but the results would be so much more valid and useful. I don’t know anyone with that kind of time and funding, unfortunately.

Certainly agree. A true test would take some serious time, travel and money.

I was going to say the same. Their Cross Cover Axle disappears in the terrain in western Washington.

Be sure to watch the new videos with 24 patterns. I am adding new landscapes to it as fast as I can. ru-vid.com/group/PLft-QMIPuJlY750_sEuLr91FSbaLOiU8O

I have added a bunch more... check out this playlist. ru-vid.com/group/PLft-QMIPuJlY750_sEuLr91FSbaLOiU8O

New video soon with 45 patterns including OCP. I have one version of Multicam in my more recent videos if you check out my camo playlist

Thanks for watching it. Yes, I agree, the display could be better with “real” light based on the background and not the light from the catalog photo. Maybe a future edit with that in mind.

The Mountain yeah that would be cool!! Would be awesome if some of the company’s could send you some samples. I run the firstlite cipher and like it for southern to northern az but I’m planning on hunting nw pa this year I’m curious to see how it will do

In late season, cipher will do great with no leaves. If there are leaves on the trees, fusion has that added green but even with the green, I think the cipher is a good all around choice. I have taken the images from the video and put them here: easyisnotworthit.blogspot.com/p/camo.html This one is specifically for the big woods without leaves.

I have a new series on this: ru-vid.com/group/PLft-QMIPuJlY750_sEuLr91FSbaLOiU8O

I am just finishing up another video with 24 patterns. I will look into True Timber for other videos.

BTW first lite wins, Kuiu second

If you look at the playlist this is part of, there are 24 patterns in the new videos I will be adding "deer" vision in the future

ru-vid.com/group/PLft-QMIPuJlY750_sEuLr91FSbaLOiU8O

Check out the new video with 42 patterns ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_sGYZrajmII.html

I have done quiet a few new videos since that Video and have been ending it with that phrase. Check out my new videos and there are many more to take a look at.

Im trying to get them to send them all to me!

Che knout the new videos that I did that has many other patterns.

Thanks. Be sure to watch the new series I am doing with 24 patterns ru-vid.com/group/PLft-QMIPuJlY750_sEuLr91FSbaLOiU8O

Thanks for letting me know about it. I will add it to the new videos. I have new videos with many more patterns and backgrounds, 24 and 30 patterns. Check out the playlist here.

I agree, this is really mostly for our (human) own satisfaction. I am working on a 25 pattern video with many more brands now and will see what I can do about filtering for big game.

The Mountain so I was thinking about this. Many photography programs have filters that can easily change the color intensities. For example, deer see blue very well but don’t see orange. The program can easily lower those colors.

@@Petro00D It can filter them. I am thinking of doing the new video with both the full unedited view (for us) and a filtered view to remove orange tones and enhance blue tones.

I do like the pattern and much of the features. I wish the ridge reaper pants didn’t sit so low though. That’s is my only complaint. Love the tree strap harness through hole so the harness can be under the jacket.

I do think that their patterns have the best ability of breaking up the human shape.

If you click on my channel and look at my new camo videos there are many more to look at.

Thanks for the comment. I hope to improve the next one I do with less me talking and more camo. There is a link to each background with each camo pattern at the bottom of this page: easyisnotworthit.blogspot.com/2020/02/camotest.html This way you can evaluate at your own pace.

I appreciate the comment. I think sitting still with the wind in mind is best.

I have first lite's new pattern coming out in my new videos

I did attempt at deer vision in another video. It is in this playlist and called “deer vision” ru-vid.com/group/PLft-QMIPuJlY750_sEuLr91FSbaLOiU8O

This is the direct link. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jMni69Xi8eE.html

I have some newer ones out. I have one in the works now with True Timber, real tree, mossy oak and other. Subscribe if you can so you will be notified. I hope to have it out in a week.

@@CamoMatrix Okay, thanks

Probably more than all of these patterns put together.

Flannel is in this one... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_sGYZrajmII.html

Check out my other videos in the playlist More camo patterns and I have more on the way, including all the off the shelf cabelas and Walmart stuff (42 patterns). I agree on the tuxedo.

I agree about the nose. Most of the time I think I could be wearing a pink tutu dress as long as I am downwind. I do like the ASAT pattern. I have had requests for a few other patterns, maybe I will include it in a new test. Volume may be adjusted and according to someone else I need to shoot with a camera form this century. Thanks

Sitka gear is overpriced junk....................you’re an idiot

are you referring to my serial rapist comment? I have improved my videos, please check out this playlist for probably the largest virtual camo comparison on youtube.ru-vid.com/group/PLft-QMIPuJlY750_sEuLr91FSbaLOiU8O

True, more of a presentation. Thanks for the comment.

I am working on it. I have over 28 patterns in the new video. Should be a very good market comparison for almost anyone

If you check my videos I am adding new scenes to 24 patterns. Valo has been included. Many backgrounds to come.

I have ASAT in most of these videos and a larger list of brands and patterns: ru-vid.com/group/PLft-QMIPuJlY750_sEuLr91FSbaLOiU8O

A super 8 camera from the 60's why?

Agreed. I have made some improvements in new videos to address this. There is no supplement for placing the camo in it a real environment. These videos are meant to get you in a good direction for what you may hunt. I do think that several things matter most. 1. Being relative to your surroundings (human or deer vision) 2. Breaking up the human shape 3. Little to no movement 4. Little to no sound. Of course none of that matters if the wind isn't cooperating.

@@CamoMatrix Thank you for your instructive, considered response. Here in Australia, tree stand and blind based bow hunting is very rare. Instead the most common method is moving on foot; glassing as far ahead as possible and then engaging in typically long slow stalks. In these conditions, scent direction, rate of movement and concealing profile (in that order) are paramount. Aside from feral pigs and goats, by far the most favoured quarry by bow hunters here are Fallow and Sambar deer. I have only been able to find detailed technical info on whitetail deer eye structure and vision characteristics, but understand those findings apply to Fallow and Sambar as well. I am particularly interested in deers ability to detect the UV span of the spectrum. In that connection, I would encourage all bow hunters to take their quiver of preferred arrows, place it in foilage and then shine a black light on it. Many vanes colours glow like neon signs. I am regularly puzzled by bow hunters who spend small fortunes on their clothing and worry about their bow camo pattern, but fail to keep their arrow vanes covered, both before and after an arrow is nocked. This is a much greater issue when the hunter is not elevated relative to the deer. Even when moving slowly, some common coloured vanes are highly visible at surprisingly long distances. I have fitted a length of large diameter black hat elastic to the draw string of my quiver vane cover. The other end of the elastic is tied to the lowest arrow rack of the quiver. This keeps the vane cover in place at all times and I can slowly slide a single arrow down and then out of the quiver without exposing the other arrows vanes.

@Will Hunting Thanks for all that information. (forgive me if you already know all this) The east coast of the US is mostly tree stand or blind hunting (which is where I am and I admit it is horribly boring). It is so thick and the deciduous leaves that fall make stalking like trying to sneak through a bag of potato chips. I do enjoy hunting from the ground MUCH more. On the east coast, we don't really get a good spot and stalk environment, we get a "still hunt" environment, which is walk very slowly and stop for a long time and wait. It has worked from time to time for me but I think it was more luck than my stealthy hunt mode. I often joke that I could be wearing a ballerina outfit while tree stand hunting and it wouldn't make much of a difference. Our western states offer more of a spot and stalk environment and I enjoy it MUCH more than the east coast hunting. I do agree, probably a very small portion (probably almost none) of the bow hunting population think about their arrow vane color and its visibility from a distance, and I am glad you brought it to my attention. I like your solution to this and will be checking mine with a black light. I do like to choose more dark red and green vanes for mine but you will make me think a few steps further. Awesome tip and hope others read your comment and evaluate their set up. By they way, I did try to do a deer vision video and even added deer vision to my colorado camo video. (basically removing reds and blending brown and green). Check out my camo playlist and see what you think.

@@CamoMatrix I know what you mean regarding trying to sneak through a bag of potatoe chips. It is open season all year round on Fallow, Sambar and Red Deer here in Australia, (both bow and rifle), which means dealing with leaf litter, dry twigs and the like during the warmer months. Unfortunately, warmer weather also means our various species of infamously venomous snakes are out and about; typically sunning themselves in the morning and being sluggish about moving out of the way. Super slow stalking of course reduces the likelihood of broadcasting your presence to the deer, but it is even more effective with snakes not being aware of your approach. Lacking ears, they would normally sense an adults steps via ground vibration, but of course that goes out the window, if your stalking technique is good. Suffice to say, I have had too many close calls with these critters, and I always carry a camouflaged carbon fibre based ski pole, which is attached to my bino harness via a lanyard. I find that the additional support afforded by the pole helps me be more stable during slow foot placement, plus I have the habit of leading with the pole tip; particularly when stepping over logs and rocks where I can't see over the other side. I still also wear knee high bite proof gaiters and carry specialised snake bite compression bangages, a light weight foldable splint and a mini EPLB in a rangefinder pouch on my harness. An untreated bite from even one of our Eastern Brown snakes can take out a 225lb adult, in under 30 minutes. Back on the subject of arrow vane visibility, although I use Nockturnal lighted nocks to assist in fired arrow flight path tracking and recovery, I have deliberately stayed with flights where at least the cock vane is highly visible under UV light. I carry a small UV light and in instances where the arrow hasn't been locatable by day, the combination of the lighted nock and the UV torch, has saved me quite a bit of money. When you add up the consolidited cost of a good quality arrow build, permanently lost arrows 'hurt' too much. Thank you for the heads-up regarding your posting comparing various camo patterns both in terms of human and deer eye perception. I use a 3D All Season All Terrain, (ASAT) suit in the hotter summer months, due to its great breathability and colour scheme that matches dead/dry gum trees; which dominate our woods or "the bush" as we Aussies call our highly vegitated areas. I always wear the suit hood which I have adourned with artificial leaves to break up my head and shoulder sillhouette even further. In the colder months I use New Zealand made, Hunters Element Disolve Veil camo clothing, including my rain jacket. My pack, bino harness and incidental gear are all in Kuiu Verde 2.0 which I find is great in the Aussie bush. I otherwise hunt wearing gloves in all but the hottest weather and prefer to use camo face paint rather than a bandit style, pulled up neck gaiter, as I have found this interfers with my spacial awareness. All of the foregoing said, if I could only have one camo outfit, it would be the 3D ASAT suite. It packs up to nothing, can be worn over all manner of underclothes and I have had multiple experiences of deer (and other wildlife), look right past me at super close ranges. They only main draw back is snagging on blackberries and the like, which can be infuriating to the 'less than patient' hunter.

@@willshunting This is all great information and I am glad you shared this. You have a great method and it seems to have been thought out with a lot of detail. I feel like you should also put that all on video to help out the hunting world. I am looking for a way to beat our Pronghorns out in the high plains desert with a bow and that 3D ASAT may be the best option, short of me assembling a mobile sage brush bush. Best of luck and steer clear of those snakes.

It definitely gets you in the mood.

Thanks for the comment. I am working on adjusting studio light and also will have over 30 patterns, including ASAT and Predator. I attempted this in my deer vision video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jMni69Xi8eE.html

Agreed. I am working on a new one that will remove remove colors outside of the cervid visual spectrum.