| tracks in the mud. What went wrong? | | | | you need to break up your outline. |
| You had no ghillie suit. Many game | | | | While you don't need to get particularly |
| animals are colorblind, and very few | | | | close to your game when hunting with a |
| have decent eyesight, able only to | | | | rifle, your range is still well under a |
| distinguish outlines and movement. | | | | deer's ability to see you. |
| Since you weren't moving, only one | | | | Okay, so you're not a hunter. Why else |
| explanation is left: your outline. Any | | | | would you need a ghillie suit? There |
| experienced bow hunter knows that your | | | | are many reasons, but the most |
| outline can be your worst enemy. This | | | | outstanding of them is paintballing. |
| problem can be defeated by hiding behind | | | | Any avid paintballer wouldn't be caught |
| a bush, but that hinders your ability to | | | | dead without his ghillie suit. Many |
| take a shot. When you get down to it, | | | | would even say that, without their |
| there is really only one solution - you | | | | ghillie suit, they would be caught, and |
| need a ghillie suit. | | | | they would be "dead." In essence, |
| Ghillie suits are the ultimate in | | | | paintballers face the same problems that |
| camouflage, designed to work so well | | | | hunters do: How to get close to your |
| that not even humans are capable of | | | | game without being spotted. The |
| detecting an experienced ghillie suit | | | | effective range of most paintball guns |
| user. Soldiers in training have been | | | | is well under fifty yards, and at that |
| known to stalk unseen within a few feet | | | | distance, you're faced with two options |
| of a sniper. | | | | to avoid being seen. You can either |
| In short, the ghillie suit is the | | | | hide behind something, listen to your |
| ultimate concealment tool. But, when | | | | opponent approaching and try to judge |
| and where do you really need ultimate | | | | his distance and location before you pop |
| concealment? Obviously, a casual hiker | | | | up, and start blindly firing away. Or, |
| doesn't need a ghillie suit, but what | | | | you can get yourself a ghillie suit. |
| about the weekend hunter? Oddly, many | | | | With a ghillie suit, you can calmly |
| people consider hunters in ghillie suits | | | | watch your opponent approach to within |
| to be the hard-core type that spend | | | | ten yards. |
| weeks in the mountains to bag record | | | | Perhaps the biggest advantage ghillie |
| game. However, ghillie suits are really | | | | suits offer in the area of paintballing |
| designed to be the weekend hunter's | | | | is that most suits cover your helmet, |
| friend. Even without a ghillie suit, | | | | and a few are bushy enough to cover your |
| anyone can bag a nice buck, if they have | | | | gun. Any paintballer, from amateur to |
| a few weeks to do it, but the casual | | | | experienced, knows that the number one |
| hunter would be hard pressed to pull it | | | | thing that stands out in the woods is |
| off in a short weekend. Unless, of | | | | that pitch-black helmet, followed |
| course, he was outfitted with the cloak | | | | closely by the bulbous black hopper or |
| of invisibility, otherwise known as a | | | | black paintball gun. You can either |
| ghillie suit. | | | | spend the extra money to buy all these |
| One might think that a rifle hunter | | | | things in camouflage, or you can buy a |
| would have no use for a ghillie suit, as | | | | ghillie suit. |
| you must wear bright orange during | | | | I could go on, telling you about the |
| hunting season. However, as you may | | | | military applications of ghillie suits |
| recall, most big game are colorblind, | | | | and such, but I think you are getting |
| and that means that the orange isn't a | | | | the general idea. Ghillie suits, |
| problem. It's the solid outline. An | | | | without a doubt, are the most effective |
| orange ghillie vest on top of your | | | | form of concealment out there today; |
| regular ghillie suit may be just what | | | | just ask anybody who has one. |