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Want to
start out hunting everyone you know ?
Take a
few minutes to read this and call me afterwards if you like.
CAMO LEAVES
These
were 1st manufactured approx 20 yrs ago.
They worked incredibly well but were so new and unknown
*and* so very expensive that few people were willing to buy
them.
They originally cost $25 per bag.
It take 4 bags to do yourself right
(unless you are 6'2" or more).
If you have seen the right Dan Fitzgerald bow hunting videos
you might notice him wearing them.
Though he never mentioned them!
These were sort of kept hush hush by the top guys.
There are a number of other add on leaf camo and they are
all junk compared to these.
I carried sample s of every other type made to gun and
sporting shows to let the people see. Most
of them hang like rags, the few that don't are hard and
noisy.
These are soft, quiet, and customizable.
You can curl the leaves individually so they actually behave
like real leave in a breeze.
And here is the important part:
They stand up off your body and give you depth, shadow, and
authentic tree movement.
This sounds like a joke but you can do almost anything
except sing and dance without scaring game away if you have
these on. (Of course scent control is still a must).
At any rate I read about them and having read scientific
article on camo, I just knew they had to be the best camo
idea I had ever heard about.
The archery sports writer I read raved about them.
With no breeze you are visually a tree to game animals.
With the slightest breeze you become invisible.
But when they 1st came out I couldn't buy them due to
the expense.
About 2 yrs later I ran into a sporting good close out
company that had bought
all the Camo leaves inventory when the company went out of
business!
(Because most bow hunters couldn't afford them or were
unaware of them.
I got them at a huge discount and bought hundreds of bags of
them to resell.
And you can bet I wore them
My bowhunting mentor, Dean, laughed at me.
He
wouldn't take the leaves for free!
We went to a public campground to camp and hunt.
Three bowhunting clubs were there each year with us and many
small groups of guys.
They started calling me "bushman". - I didn't let it sway
me.
The 1st year I got a deer and only one other guy in camp
did.
BUT something important happened that trip: - My buddy Dean
and I
went out together across the lake and hunted in the same
area.
He said he'd stop at my tree at noon to make the trip back.
I had told him exactly where I would be. He showed up and I
saw him.
He stopped and looked and looked for me.
There were other trees around but there were none between me
and him.
My stand was facing almost directly at him. He looked and
looked and I thought
he saw a deer so I was looking over my own shoulders etc.
Finally he called out my name! I said, "Yeah what? He
didn't answer.
Then I said , " I thought you were seeing a deer behind me
because you kept looking all over." And he said
"Man I can't see you! - where are you?".
I stood up and waved my bow about and finally he could see
me from 25yds away.
He
said well I can see you but I still can't tell you are a
human!!!
Dean got 4 bags of leaves from me that night!
The next trip Dean was wearing the leaves too.
That year Dean got a buck and a doe, I got 2 bucks,
and the whole rest of the hunters got one doe.
The next year Dean got 2 bucks, I got 2 bucks,
and the whole rest of the hunters got nothing.
The 3rd year Dean and I did the same and at least
20 hunters bought the leaves from me.
Then I started going to sporting goods stores and selling
them with this guarantee:
Buy them, open them, cut them to fit you and use them.
And IF at any time you decide they don't work better than
ANY camo you have ever tired or seen return them for a full
refund.
I was selling them from the same place for 6 years
and not one single
person
ever came back for any reason except to bring a friend or
buy more.
I wish I had the time to tell you half the stories I heard
about them.
About the game:
The deal is this: deer are color blind but getting more and
more careful.
When started bowhunting they never looked up into trees.
Now they will often stop and scan all trees before moving
ahead.
Turkeys, though they have excellent eyes, lack stereoscopic
vision.
You can sit in the center of a cut field with these and game
will walk by you.
About camo in general:
What few hunters realize is that almost every camo maker
design their pattern to impress humans and sell to you.
When they run ads on TV or print they hire pro to photograph
to impress you.
Most camo is really pretty bad in wild.
To prove this yourself get any popular camo on a buddy and
stick him up in a treestand with no cover.
Back away until his camo starts to look like a solid blob.
Better yet use a camera, or video camera set on black and
white.
You will be shocked at how he stands out.
There are (last I knew) only 3 camo patterns that really
work well according to tests.
#1 Predator, #2 Sticks and Limbs, and #3 escapes me right
now.
I always and only use predator.
HOWEVER (and I am absolutely serious about this).
I always use the camo leaves on it and IF I had to choose
between plain predator camo and a plain blue coveralls
WITH these camo leaves...there is no contest.
The coveralls and the leaves would be my choice every time
And there is not a chance anyone with any other camo
would do as well as I at getting close and being ignored by
game.
A few of my experiences:
I have had owls and crows land within feet of me and not be
spooked.
I have had squirrels jump ON me! I have been 10ft up
a scraggly almost leafless tree
and killed a P&Y 9 pointer while he stood 5 yards from my
tree
and he watched me - stand up - turn almost 180 - and come
to full draw.
I was caught standing in the middle of a logging road
in very thin, no ground cover woods, by a flock of 27
turkeys.
They marched right down on me and every one of them was in
bow range (I had no tag).
The parade took about 15 minutes as they fed past.
There is no camo suit made that would allow that to happen.
I was walking to my stand and daydreaming as I looked down
for sign.
I snapped out of it when I noticed movement to my left and
saw
a buck walking along side me about 20 yds away.
When I saw him I jerked up and sucked air and he looked
straight at me.
It bothered him and he turned his butt to me and WALKED
away.
There was no cover between us when I reacted.
I know this seems almost too good to be true but if you
think about
how camo is supposed to work it will make perfect sense.
And if you use them you will see the difference as every
single buyer has so far.
How to use them:
The package will have pictures to show you but here is my
simpler way.
Instead of sewing the long backing strip of velcro onto you
hunting clothes
just sew or glue on about 1 to 2inch pieces of the velcro in
these places:
- wrist & lower outside elbow
- upper outside elbow &-top of shoulder
- 4 diagonal spots on front of shirt or jacket for strips
across chest
- inside corner of knee to pants pocket of each leg
(keep top edge below bottom of shirt or jacket
hem.
- One strip on each bow limb (will not effect bow speed -
tested with chrono)
- And then a bit on the hat or hood.
using this method one set of leaves can be used on 6 or 8
sets of camo.
Now I carry the leaves in my pocket or pack and put them on
once at my tree.
It takes seconds to apply them. Also they can be laundered.
I started using them over 15 yrs ago and have only ever lost
one piece
due to running through the woods at night trying to catch a
buddy before
his boat got too far away. (I wanted help tracking and
dragging!)
I still have and use the same set I started with because it
doesn't matter if they are raggedy.
The lost Video:
I am still looking for this video and may shoot it again but
I will describe it to you.
I was in deans back yard which goes straight into woods.
There was a breeze.
I stood in front of the video camera in plain camo and
entered the wood approx 5 yd.
Lots of small trees and ground cover and I was plainly seen
in color of in black and white.
I then applied the leaves, Just standing in the yard,
completely out of the woods
I was much harder to see. As soon as I stepped into the
woods a few feet I disappeared.
When the video was in black and white (as a deer sees)
I could only be seen if I jumped up and down waving my arms.
I showed this video at gun and sports shows and people were
stupefied.
I am sure I didn't pitch it but I have yet to find it. I
will keep trying and post a link.
If any buyer recreates this on their own and sends it to me
I will give you a free set of leaves.
I will only do it once so please set tit up with me before
proceeding
(mitch 618-656-1844)
See some of what I've
done with the leaves:
LINK
http://www.bowhuntillinois.us/pix.htm
HOW TO
BUY:
The price is $10 per
bag and 4 bags or more are shipped free.
If you are over 6' 2" you will not do a good cover with 4
bags but that's up to you.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
You can just PayPal to
mitchg@charter.net and they ship out within 48hrs.
You can email and I'll have PayPal send an invoice to you if
you like.
You can send a money order.
You can send a check but you'll have to wait for it to
clear.
I can't take a CC but of course PayPal will.
Feel free to call and ask questions.
Shipping to AK HI AND Canada is extra:
$5 for AK and HI
And $8 for Cananda (it takes me over 5X as long to ship to
CAN)
Foreign Shipping is going to start at $20
Send exact mailing address for quote.
CUSTOMIZATION:
The way to customize them is with a curling iron that ladies
use for hair.
It is fast and permanent, unless you use the iron again.
Curl them all different way just like you'd see on a
tree.
This way they all move with any breeze in a hundred
different ways
just like a real tree's leaves.
Honestly most buyers don't bother with this but I am sure
they are diminishing the maximum effect by not doing the few
minutes of curling.
Please note I
stopped going to gun and sport shows due to my kids sports (www.gravesjudo.com)
I still have a few hundred bags but am in no hurry to sell
anymore.
And since I am not selling these face to face to what I know
are serious hunters I no longer offer
100% money back. Now it is 50%, but no one who tries
them will ever return them.
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