Post by Ron Kulas on Jul 29, 2013 6:34:46 GMT -6
I started bowhunting Back in 1976 but since I was a dirt poor farm kid there wasnt a lot of disposable cash for camo hunting clothing (and not a lot of options in camo except military woodland camo). I don’t recall where I came across them but I got my hands on a pair of upland bird hunting pants with the shiny front leg panels with a torn out crotch that my mom repaired for me and then got one of those smelly permanent markers and broke up the outline of the pants with a homemade camo pattern. I figured it must have been effective since it aided me in bagging my first archery deer.
As the years went by, I never bought honest to goodness camo hunting pants and instead, always opted to create my own or I would come across ripped/torn/worn out pants and repaired and embellished them with more camo I could get my hands on.
Sometimes I would dye light colored pants and sew on or glue on (with shoe goop) various materials to break up the outline.
Sometimes I made entire camo outfits from things like heavy duty landscape fabric, misc fabics and shoe goop.
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Over the last 37 years my disposable income has increased considerably and I certainly could have purchased honest to goodness camo pants but it became a tradition to make my own.
Due to a lifestyle change I began last bow season, I once again found myself in need for a new pair of camo pants since older pairs no longer fit. Since I had a Cabelas gift card burning a hole in my pocket, I finally went out and bought an honest to goodness pair of real camo hunting pants.
An actual pair of brand name, heavy denim, camo pants.
I could have just stopped there and been happy with the new camo pants but I didn’t want to break my long running streak and I came across a new product at Deer fest called “Camo Patch”. I watched the guy demo the stuff and since I had an unmodified pair of camo pants in need of a personal touch, I bought a few bottles. In the past I either sewed on the fabric or used shoe goop but it was slow to cure and smelled to high heaven. This stuff looked promising.
www.camopatchusa.com/
To break up the outline edges of these new pants I cut apart an old tree bark camo jacket since it had a busted zipper and was a few sizes to big.
Then I cut up a pair of black dress pants and a swatch of camo fabic that looked a bit like landscape fabric that I kept around for the next pair of camo pants I would need to make.
I used a pinking shears to cut strips of “leaves” that I could attach with the camo patch glue.
The glue worked great, didn’t smell and dried very quickly and these strips help break up my outline. In a few weeks I will get to test out how well it holds up when I start wearing the latest edition of the this nearly 40 year old old tradition.
After viewing the pictures I can see the need for the addition of a few green leaves and strands of twine. Thats the beauty of the homemade pants project, There never really done and can always use more improvements.
As the years went by, I never bought honest to goodness camo hunting pants and instead, always opted to create my own or I would come across ripped/torn/worn out pants and repaired and embellished them with more camo I could get my hands on.
Sometimes I would dye light colored pants and sew on or glue on (with shoe goop) various materials to break up the outline.
Sometimes I made entire camo outfits from things like heavy duty landscape fabric, misc fabics and shoe goop.
wibowhunters.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=diy&action=display&thread=71
Over the last 37 years my disposable income has increased considerably and I certainly could have purchased honest to goodness camo pants but it became a tradition to make my own.
Due to a lifestyle change I began last bow season, I once again found myself in need for a new pair of camo pants since older pairs no longer fit. Since I had a Cabelas gift card burning a hole in my pocket, I finally went out and bought an honest to goodness pair of real camo hunting pants.
An actual pair of brand name, heavy denim, camo pants.
I could have just stopped there and been happy with the new camo pants but I didn’t want to break my long running streak and I came across a new product at Deer fest called “Camo Patch”. I watched the guy demo the stuff and since I had an unmodified pair of camo pants in need of a personal touch, I bought a few bottles. In the past I either sewed on the fabric or used shoe goop but it was slow to cure and smelled to high heaven. This stuff looked promising.
www.camopatchusa.com/
To break up the outline edges of these new pants I cut apart an old tree bark camo jacket since it had a busted zipper and was a few sizes to big.
Then I cut up a pair of black dress pants and a swatch of camo fabic that looked a bit like landscape fabric that I kept around for the next pair of camo pants I would need to make.
I used a pinking shears to cut strips of “leaves” that I could attach with the camo patch glue.
The glue worked great, didn’t smell and dried very quickly and these strips help break up my outline. In a few weeks I will get to test out how well it holds up when I start wearing the latest edition of the this nearly 40 year old old tradition.
After viewing the pictures I can see the need for the addition of a few green leaves and strands of twine. Thats the beauty of the homemade pants project, There never really done and can always use more improvements.