Home grown Ghillie suit
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How ’bout a brown corderoy suit and a pound of Chia Pet seeds 
Frank Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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Fred, A ghillie is the Scotch colloquial for a guide who will lead and determine which animal you are entitled to shoot. If like most European professionals he would dress in dark green or brown clothing. Perhaps knickerbockers with knee socks and a wool coat. Paul Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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thanks Paul….a day is not wasted if something new is learned. Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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> A ghillie is the Scotch colloquial for a guide who will lead and > determine which animal you are entitled to shoot. If like most European > professionals he would dress in dark green or brown clothing. Perhaps > knickerbockers with knee socks and a wool coat.
And from the home of the English language: "A man or boy attending a person hunting or fishing. Historically, a highland chief’s attendant. >From the gaelic "gille" – lad, servant."
Also Paul, "Scotch" is what you have in a glass with, or without, ice or water. The word you want is "Scots". For "knickerbockers", read "knee breeches" and for "wool coat" read "tweed". Dark green or brown tones very definitely to blend in with the colour of the hill, none of that photorealistic stuff! And before you ask, it’s tartan, not plaid! You know – you say soccer and we say football. Same sort of thing. Pete LIBERTY & LIVELIHOOD – Have you registered yet? www.march-info.org Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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What can I say Pete. My European experience was while stationed in Germany. I believe the Brits would say I was "posted" there. My ancestry is about 3/4 German with the balance leaning heavy to Irish and a smathering of Cherokee and French. I believe my description was adequate, though I appreciate your fine tuning it. I will say that I enjoyed a vacation (holiday) in and around London. I also saw hope that one day the population of the British Isles may learn to properly speak English. ) Paul Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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>Though I know exactly what you mean, > I’d like to interject to say that you’d > absolutely never, double never, see a > true Scots ghillie wearing one!!
umm…..so what exactly IS a Scots ghillie. not trying to sound smart allecky…..just ignorant is all…. Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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A few years ago, I was looking for some information about long- range shooting and I picked up a surplus copy of a US Army Sniping Manual at an Army/Navy store. It contained some basic info about Ghillie suits. If I remember correctly, they specified flight suits (coveralls) with peices of fabric sewn in place. It didn’t strike me as an ideal design, but it might give you some ideas. If I was going to make my own, I’d go to the army surplus store and look for some of that camo netting that’s used to hide jeeps, trucks, radar sites, etc. I think I’d kinda roughly sew/tie it together to make a poncho with a hood. Then I’d go down to the hardware/lawn and garden store and buy a roll of burlap. Dye or paint half of it green, then cut it all into strips and fasten it to your poncho to cover the bear spots. Also use plenty around the face. Maybe I’d even go up to the fabric store and add a little camo netting for use around the face. You can also use the burlap to cover you gun. Just don’t go overboard with it. Probably just wrap a little bit around the barrel and a little around the scope. Secure with sessil twine. Make sure you don’t interfere with the workings of the gun (i.e. don’t cover the end of the barrel/scope or the action). Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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> I would like to try making a ghillie suit for my next bow hunt for turkey in > April. Any one concocted one of these?
Though I know exactly what you mean, I’d like to interject to say that you’d absolutely never, double never, see a true Scots ghillie wearing one!! Pete LIBERTY & LIVELIHOOD – Have you registered yet? www.march-info.org Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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: I would like to try making a ghillie suit for my next bow hunt for turkey in : April. Any one concocted one of these? If so what did you use? The ones : I’ve seen advertised (for too much money) look like they have long strips of : cloth fastened to some type of jacket. I’m open for suggestions. Thanks in : advance. Standard construction is to sew large-aperture mesh such as from a net hammock to a flightsuit shoulders & back.(for prone) Then tie frazzled burlap strips to the netting. One standard caution is to treat it with some sort of flame retardant substance because otherwise you are in danger from the heap of tinder you are wearing. You can find more info under sniper camouflage topics. Ron Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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Take an old jacket made of a heavy material to make the suit. Then go find some cloth mesh netting .5" squares. Then take material strips pull the loop through the hole, back through the adgasent hole and pull the 2 ends through the loop that it makes. Do this on all the sides and then repeat the procedure for each square. Very time consuming but it works. Note you should make the strips extra long at first. You can always trim them a little later.
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> I would like to try making a ghillie suit for my next bow hunt for turkey in > April. Any one concocted one of these? If so what did you use? The ones > I’ve seen advertised (for too much money) look like they have long strips of > cloth fastened to some type of jacket. I’m open for suggestions. Thanks in > advance.
Get yourself a pair of BDU’s at your local Army/Navy store, some netting (about 1 to 1 1/2" squares) and some different colored burlap material that matches color of terrain you’ll be in. Sew the netting to the outside of the BDU’s taking care to leave enough netting material to allow movement. Cut the burlap into strips 1 to 1 1/2" wide and about 8" long. Sew, tie or hot glue the strips on to the netting and there you have it. Can be done VERY cheaply compared to the outrageous prices you’ll find. For the amount of use a suit gets it really doesn’t need to be high quality just needs to do the job. Good luck. — Randy in Alaska Visit my page… http://home.gci.net/~randyinalaska Life Member, North American Hunting Club Life Member, North American Fishing Club Member, Varmint Hunters Association Member, Alaska Trappers Association Member, National Rifle Association Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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Howdy Ed, Hmm I seem to remember a friend using a set of green army coveralls. To that he sewed some strong 1 inch fish netting to the areas he was going to conceal. This may be different for a hunter rather than a sniper application. If you are hunting turkey you may only want the front and sides concealed. My friend also used to turn the coveralls inside out so he could use the pockets. Anyway once you have sewn the netting on, tie on strips of burlap which you can buy or dye in different colors. Lots and lots and lots of 1 inch or less strips. You may want to shred the ends of the material so it looks more like foilage than strips of cloth. Make and attach a hood with netting and burlap and presto you have a ghillie. Depending on where you hunt you may want to cut ventilation holes/pannels or even add neopreme pads (My butt gets sore turkey hunting!). These wraps are a might hot! Good Luck! Dave > I would like to try making a ghillie suit for my next bow hunt for turkey in > April. Any one concocted one of these? If so what did you use? The ones > I’ve seen advertised (for too much money) look like they have long strips of > cloth fastened to some type of jacket. I’m open for suggestions. Thanks in > advance. > Edwin L. Curtis > NWTF / NRA
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I would like to try making a ghillie suit for my next bow hunt for turkey in April. Any one concocted one of these? If so what did you use? The ones I’ve seen advertised (for too much money) look like they have long strips of cloth fastened to some type of jacket. I’m open for suggestions. Thanks in advance. — Edwin L. Curtis NWTF / NRA Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
