I once forgot face paint on a hunt, but as I was going into the woods, I noticed an old fireplace with burnt wood in it nearby. Used that charcoal to darken my face.
I wear light synthetic stretch fit camo gloves during the early season, but not to camouflage my hands. They are treated with permethrin, like everything else I'll be wearing so my hands don't get covered in chiggers walking through tall grass around field edges and so that mosquitoes don't feast on my hands on stand. They also cool my hands.
you're over thinking it....minimal movement, play the wind, and just hunt. Good luck to you this season.
This will be my first season hunting before frost sets in. Not looking forward to the little biters My son and I scouted a piece of public by me a few weeks ago and I forgot bug spray. Ouch!
New here. I hunt a lot of coyotes on ground stands in the open. On hot days I just wear camo pants and a short sleeve camo tshirt. Never noticed any less likeliness of the song dogs to come in the 30-80 yards range they normally do. Arguably their sense are greater than that of deer. Just use a moderate amount of scent blocker. Wash my clothes in the detergent. Use a dryer sheet. Shower with the shampoo/body wash. Use the underarm deodorant. That’s it. If you’re sitting in a tree or a blind you can wear your favorite blue jeans and Montley Crüe shirt. If you’re on the ground sitting, don’t worry about gloves. If you’re stalking go find a pair of mechanix brand gloves. They’re padded on the palms for when you may crawl around. Pretty light gloves too.
Only gloves I wear are black scentlok black baselayer in a blind, just so there is no puppet show from the black hole box. They are very thin, so not much sweating. In a treestand only for warmth. They are camo, but not necessary. Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
I wear the thinnest black gloves I can find and cut the fingers out of my release hand. I'm also a ground blind hunter. The only thing that is not blacked or coved in black at my eyes and from the knees down. Has worked for me for 5 years have had deer come within 2 yards look in and not even care. However if it is still warm I wear shorts and sandals or Crocs. Shot a deer last year and was barefoot. I started out wearing Crocs realized my feet stunk so left them at the bottom of the hill and proceeded to walk through every mud puddle I could find. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
