Woodland Effectiveness PART II 

Back in the late 80's I grew up on a lake in northern Idaho. Pretty much all that was available in camouflage pretty much was the 50's style blotch, or woodland. One night a buddy and I dressed up in woodland camouflage, painted up or faces and went exploring along the shores of the lake. It was in the summer and on a weekend, all the cabins and homes along the lake were packed full of people. We wanted to see what was going on, and watch the random acts of stupidity people do when intoxicated. My buddy thought it would be a good idea to raid a refrigerator that was outside on a deck of this cabin. The occupants were have a camp fire on the beach. As my buddy was helping himself to their inventory of alcoholic beverages as I pulled overwatch on his mission. One of the occupants walked over to replace is now empty bottle of beer. My buddy had gone into a bush and curled up in a fetal position. The occupant was baffled by how much booze was gone. After a brief shout out to the rest of his crew on the levels of their consumptions. He proceeded to urinate on the bush. This bush which held my buddy was about 6 feet from the cabin, and was only about five feet in diameter. I thought for sure he would of been spotted. After the occupant left, my buddy came back to our observation post, soaked in urine. It was hard keeping quite at his misfortune. I told him he stinks and we are swimming back to wash him off. Since that day, I still feel woodland is the best for mountainous terrain.

To this day, woodland is still my favorite camo pattern.

I’m old enough to have been issued M81 for most of my time in the army. It’s very effective. So much so that my M1A1 tank was painted woodland and could disappear in a wood line at 200 yards. That being said sitting still is the most important thing. If you have hunted animals or men you will realize both the predators and the preys eyes are most sensitive to movement.

As silly as it may seem, I am really impressed with woodland's effectiveness. Nice one again.

I’m surprised there hasn’t been a big name company that has revamped the woodland pattern with some of the modern “3d” overlaying and blending techniques. I’m sure a Multicam Woodland pattern would be something a lot of people would be interested in.

The "woodland"pattern maybe an old camouflage design now but it still blends in & works in many terrains.To me,the woodland is like the "AK-47" assaultrifle.The AK(in original 7.62x39mm)maybe an old design compare to modern high-tech assaultrifles but it still works & continues to fight on.

Woodland still one of the best if not the best camo. good stuff.

Woodland isn't too bad and for fall, I love the M-65 field jacket. Indestructible. I agree, M81 Woodland will never die-

i forget how effective that pattern really can be. def a good one

The US Woodland is undoubtedly one of the best camuflage pattern that have existed, I use it for hunting and it works very well Great video Bro

During the 90´s I used woodland in the Ardennes (Belgium) and Hürtengen Forest (Germany). The shirt, pants, M 65 field jacket, Alice pack and poncho (tent shelter) were all in Woodland camo pattern. Woodland worked well, since I never got caught by a forest ranger.

Very good and well done vids. Thank you for taking the time to do this. As a former Army Airborne Infantry NCO,( 82nd), i'm a huge fan of the woodland pattern and still feel as though it's one of the best out these for a wide range of theaters. Rock on troop!!!!!

Hehehehe, woodland will never die!

Man I miss BDU's.

Loving these videos, Brent! Seriously, good stuff. Spot on with everything I've seen so far. I was in the Corps from 2001-2005 and was part of the support element of the 11th MEU during the battle of Najaf. Woodland was my favorite camo pattern for a number of reasons, great demo of this classic pattern. Keep up the great work and Semper Fi.

Great job on the vids. I live in Northern California and love this pattern because it works all year round in this area. It's easy to fall in love with all the new fancy patterns out there but there's nothing like an old basic. You do a great job representing various settings. Appreciate the effort.

I love how well you match your gear to the camo pattern, great attention to detail!

I wore issued woodland back in 1990-91 before an injury sidelined my service. Interesting to note how really effective the browns & tans are in a brownish-fall scenario. Good stuff! 👍 Thank you.

Still crazy just how good this pattern is in both original ERDL and M81 form.

You know what would be real interesting, is doing another M81 test with faded fatigues. I heard the M81 camo was specifically designed to be printed overly dark and saturated, because they knew after heavy use in the field it will fade into a lighter color palette. I put a pair of faded surplus M81 pants next to some MultiCam gear and was very surprised at how closely it resembled MC's color palette. It was practically just MC with larger patterns.

My favourite pattern, i love it!! This pattern works very well during spring/summer/autumn here in north-est Italy!!!

another great vid. woodland is still my favorite. I grew up deer hunting using this camo. I have had deer walk right by me using the m-65 field jacket sitting by a tree. that jacket that I still use and is still in good condition after all these years.

First and foremost, THANK YOU for your service to the U.S. as a Marine. I come from a very military family and we genuinely appreciate your hard work and service! Great videos. I've used Woodland for a long time and still I am amazed at how well it works. Many of the "new" patterns really don't seem to work well at all or are very specific to areas and time of year. I wish the US would adopt more of the mirage patterns because they seem to work really well. Mr Brent, if you come across any of them, would you please do a video on their effectiveness for each region and type? Thank you!!

MUCH better in the fall, thanks for the comparison.

it was very effective in Croatian Homeland (independence) war, excellent camo!

Woodland is really good for 2d camo. Once again we see that shadowing from the abdomen and shins overrides much of the camo pattern. Of the five Ss of camouflage, I tend to spot them in this order: shadow, silhouette, shape, shine, spacing. Shadow gets you shot first, and shadow reinforces silhouette.

Always loved woodland camo. Both for hunting, and because it just looks so iconic. I think the largish, natural and random patterns just work well in a natural environment.

Woodland shows its effectiveness once again! All around great pattern for an affordable price. Thanks again, man, for showing us all of these camos - it's a hobby that takes time, money, and dedication. With winter starting here in northern Indiana and probably coming soon to you guys, it comes to mind that you've only tried one snow pattern so far. I hope to see some more snow camo tests and/or other camo tests in a snowy environment from you!

In the fall season, woodland camo conceals really well even in the open; where in the spring you stood out heavily unless your background is soil or tree trunk.

I just stumbled across this channel today and it's great. Thanks for your hard work! Great info here I'm recommending it to my 3per buddies I was ruckin through my forest just a couple hours ago and decided to stop for a break. Wearing some surplus bdu woodland. I was sitting on my ass just inside a tree line and 3 young deer grazed on by me about 7 yrds away and they didn't see me. Woodland works very well here in rural southern Ontario

Great camp. Light is always critical to understand with background differences

The different season combined with some noticeable weathering really makes these conditions a lot more optimal than part 1

Great video. I seem to have a ton of this stuff around that my brother left me as well as a good amount of OD. They both seem to work great in in the Sierras and Northern CA. :)

The camouflage seems to work best when there is wilted grass, brunches, trunks and less green vegetation. In the first part of video the camouflage was too dark to effectively blend in with various plants. Woodland works fine in the northern Europe especially fir-woods, where it is darker. Leaf forests are too bright for it, while pine forests are normally too open to effectively conceal oneself using such a patter.

Very effective , should have never been replaced with a so called multicam.

im re watching this after years of your videos. and out of all the old school and modern patterns you have tested as of late i still believe whole-heartedly that this is infact one of THE MOST effective camouflage patterns known to man. And whats best is that its also one of the most widely and readily inexpensive patterns available as well. meaning any well regulated militia or revolutionary force can supply themselves and stay well within their budget. this the ar-15 and 1911 colt camouflage equivalent . it stands the test of time, its simple effective and reliable. this is the katana of patterns.

Much better! I could still see you in a couple of shots but much less obvious. This pattern works really well when lying on the ground, very effective! I'm looking right at you but couldn't see you until you moved. Then when you stopped you blended in again. Very cool!

These two parts really help. If there was ever a real situation here in America then I think I'd be covered, because I have pretty much all the gear you are wearing and I also have all digital ucp camo with a mich 2000 and vests for both camos all inspired by these videos.

Thanks Brent! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

as always man great video. everyone has seemed to just shrugged this pattern off but it still works

after watching both this and the multi-cam vid, I found the woodland more effective, you use the same spot and I still had a hard time finding you. I spotted the Chinese vid 80% of the time, good work. I always did like the woodland.

I love these videos. Both this and the autumn Woodland MARPAT video I could only spot you one time.

Woodland is my favorite! his effectiveness is better than other modern patterns...

Nice one man i blended in really well I'd definitely have this as a bushcraft uniform

Woodland best of the best

Still effective in Fall season I would say, it still kind of hard to spot. I would still say that Woodland is one of the most effective camouflages made in my opinion.

Woodland is still my preferred camouflage of choice. I would revert back to it in a blink.

Hello Brent, I possess an original model of this camo which leads my collection. You make an excellent work. Greetings of France. Thank you.

Thanks, Brent - tried and true pattern.

I have used woodland for years in late summer and early fall, and acu in late fall and winter. They work well for bow hunting in northern wisconsin. good video.

Great video man. My 8 year military career I only wore two distinct sets of BDU's...the Woodland and during my tour in OIF 2 the Deserts. DCU'S were great by the way. Light weight and very durable. I ETS in '05 so I never had the pleasure of wearing the ACU's...thank God lol. I like some of the A-Tac patterns. I even have a couple of sets of A-Tac cami's...but The old school Woodland BDU is still king when it comes to true camoflauge in a wooded and jungle enviorment.

I have to say that Woodland and Multi-Cam are the best camo patterns out there. Multi-Cam is damn good, especially for lighter colored areas. Maybe you should do one on the old OD green uniforms. They have them in the ACU style uniforms in OD green. I've got a pair. I think they do well. Would love to see them in this perspective.

While US Woodland is my favorite pattern, I'd say there are only two things I would change about, 1) Change the black to a blueish color (much like M90) so it doesn't attract attention. 2) Add the same pebbles from the Desert Night Camo pattern in certain areas, giving it a slight edge in terms of close up concealment.

Works WAY better than in part I.

A great resource! Thank you

I think that the Woodland performed better in this video than in Part I. Well done Brent!

BY FAR THE BEST, I only spotted you twice and it was the dark shadow of the gear on your back that gave away the shape. Even in the open after you initially moved, if you were still you disappeared. Better then WW2 German and even better then Vietnam tiger stripes, which I love being a Vietnam era vet. You should train yourself to FREEZE, LOOK AROUND WITH YOUR EYES ONLY, NOT YOUR HEAD, SLOWLY TURN YOUR HEAR TO VIEW THE NEXT SECTOR THEN FREEZE AND LOOK WITH YOUR EYES ONLY AGAIN. You would be almost impossible to see. Better to take your time and not be seen then giving away your position.

It always amazes me how really effective good ole M81 woodland camo is. This is what we used when I was in the Army. But……we would all keep the new uniforms for garrison. The old faded almost worn out ones would be used in the field. And even though the labels very clearly said do not starch, we starched the hell out of them. The really faded ones we called snow camo…. So we tended to stand out almost as bad as ACU when out in the field.

I switched to this pattern. It's still one the most versatile and effective

great video Brent, just another reason I have more woodland camo than anything else...I think its the most effective pattern here in florida, especially south of Ocala...

WoW man i spotted you in clip while in pouse mode in clip 3,4 close call i saw ur shadow on a boss,6,10 saw ur backpouches the rest i dint see you and dint see anything out of place .well done 😎👍👍

Nice review! I think the BDUs worked better in the fall than in the spring in your area. Switching to the ACU was a tragedy

Perfect, i couldnr spot you in any of these, its hard to beat woodland in the right enviornment. Part 1, spring, is probably better suited for od green.

First of all, I'd like to say thank you for a lot of great content! I'm quite new to your channel, but so far I must admit I am impressed. Just a suggestion though: Kneeling or going prone behind shrubbery or trees doesn't really show the effectiveness of the camouflage itself, it shows how good you are at hiding. Kneeling or going prone IN FRONT of said vegetation (in plain view) would better demonstrate the effectiveness of the camouflage itself, instead of the skills of the wearer.

I enjoy watching the videos they are so cool

Cool channel. came across this looking for deer hunting. Semper Fi bro

Holy fucking shit this is like chameleon skin in the fall!

At first when you filmed in the spring time i could some what easily detect you, now that it is fall and more brown and tan, YOUR JUST PLAIN INVISIBLE! lol good job

I think in Texas at least cedar tress are dark green pretty much year round so Woodland is pretty good if your AO is heavily cedar. Oak on the other hand is light green in the spring and dies almost to a tan or brown grey even so I think it’s all about understanding your environment

I wish you would add a review at the end of the video with your own conclusions about the cammo. It would add a lot to the overall content. Also it's a bit hard to get a real good idea on it's effectiveness due to the resolution and your camera angles. Other than that though great job and great idea. I just recently found your channel and I love what you're doing.

This woodland camouflage is much better than the coyote brown you wore in a video I watched last night. I don't understand why our military replaced the woodland camouflage with the MARPAT during the mid 2000s. I would like to see a side-by-side comparison of woodland with the new Operational Camouflage Pattern in service with the U.S. Army today.

Always liked woodland pattern, very universal, just like our old DPM, very adaptable...atb UK

Thanks for all the videos ;)

1 HUMBLE REQUEST...it'll take your vids to the next level: please do vids where someone hides (heck, dress up a mannequin and throw it in the bushes) and the camera slowly moves to find them. That would be the ultimate test format to comment the AMAZING production format you've created. You are THE best camo demonstrator on youtube... period. Widest selection, same shooting locations and shots for consistent testing, different lighting. Brilliant! But noticing how a static subject appears to a moving observer would be amazing. No ones doing that. Thanks and keep up the good work.

I know that in some places MultiCam is getting a lot of love, but in Florida woodland works very well for most of the time. Unless you're against really sparse, bare, tan dead stuff in the winter, you'll blend in - and lush green material is usually nearby. That being said, MultiCam works in the winter, and olive drab can be better in the summer because the darkness in woodland can stand out in bright, lush foliage.

thank you for the response ,I live in northern Indiana near lake Michigan

I can't stop buying woodland I love it so much.

Best Camo ever.

Awsome video

great video.

great job

In this video the BDU did a fantastic job due to probably the darker environment due to the season. However like the other video by spray painting a very light brown to give it that sun faded look in my opinion would improve its effectiveness. I think if the military shrunk the black splotches and added maybe another brown color this uniform would be able to almost compete against multi cam.

Even after all these years I still love this stuff and still very effective, I guess that's why the RAIDERS/MARSOC still use it. We actually had the opportunity to wear some of the old ERDL (green dominant) stuff on a deployment a lifetime ago, and that stuff was absolutely awesome considering the environment we were in. Still have one of the shirt/jackets. Keep up the good work, love your vids, you remind me of my "old" first sergeant sometimes. Anyway, what do you think of the AOR2 stuff from the Navy in these types of environments?

Our Mutual Assistance Group (MAG) wears basic Olive green pants, with an Olive green light shirt , with a woodlands BDU shirt as the summer jacket. Our group is from mid-northern Ontario Canada. Woodlands is a great fit there.. This in three out of four seasons...

This is good shit. Keep up the good work!

0:52 wow :D total blend in. Anyways - idk how effective this pattern is, but it'll always be my favorite because it reminds me of the 80s and 90s :D I had a jacket and two pairs of pants back then :D Wore them all the time :D

I love the wood land camo. its way more effective than any digital pattern I have seen. I don't know why the military went to digital camos. there is no pixels in nature. only in high tech camera equipment. thanks brother excellent vid.

I LOVE this camuoflaje

Big difference in the effectiveness of this pattern from part 1 and part 2. Part 2 shows that this pattern works very well going into the fall season as opposed to springtime.

I have owned Multicam, ATACS FG and MARPAT; all great camos, but I will always take the M81's over them all for jungle environments.

I Absolutely Agree With You Alex Barturen.

Woodland is the most badass camo ever made

One of these days I'm gonna be watching your videos, trying to spot you in the camo vids, and theres gonna be a huge jump scare lmao.

excellent Video, great camo. greetings from germany

Im a multi cam fan boy but this woodland looks like it works pretty well

lol wow im normally good at spotting hidden things but you was just to well hidden. woodland was always my favorite camo my cousin tied bush to himself with the same camo and blended in even more. boy if this was a military situation i would of been dead lol each time i spot somthing thinking its you but its not :D. but yeah this camo is alot better in fall love your vids man.(y)

Greetings from Germany, really good video (Y)

part 2 is better than part 1 good job still my favorite

For the people saying stuff like, "I saw you right away!", Once again you were LOOKING for him. If you were just hiking through the area while he was filming this, you'd never have seen him.

I think the most awesome Us army Uniform was woodland camo and m16a2 rifle