Wearing the right camo pattern is a cornerstone to staying hidden when hunting whitetails. (Photo courtesy of Sitka)
October 01, 2025
By David Schlake
When I think back to my earliest hunts, I can still feel the stiff canvas of my dad’s old surplus camo, heavy with the smell of mothballs and damp earth. The jacket hung off my shoulders, the woodland BDUs were faded nearly gray from too many seasons, and the brim of the cap had a sweat ring backed in from long before it was mine. Sitting in a flimsy pop-up blind, the kind that folded when the wind shifted, I didn’t think twice about it.
But as the woods brightened, I remember...
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