| A ghillie suit is an outfit that is used
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| | The more detailed and higher quality the
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| for camouflage. Also known as a yowie
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| | ghillie suit, the longer it takes to make
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| suit, a ghillie suit is used by hunters
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| | and weather. Ghillie suits of high
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| and snipers to help them blend into their
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| | quality can take 100 hours to make and
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| surroundings, so they can?t be seen.
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| | weather properly.
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| Ghillie suits were originally developed
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| | One of the biggest problems with ghillie
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| by Scottish gamekeepers as a portable
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| | suits is temperature. The temperature
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| hunting blind, so that hunters could
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| | inside the suit can get to about 120
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| blend into the surroundings to hunt and
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| | degrees Fahrenheit or 50 degrees Celsius,
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| not be seen by wild game.
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| | even in moderate climates.
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| Ghillie suits can be made in several
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| | A safety issue is also a problem?the
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| different ways and with a variety of
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| | burlap or Hessian can catch on fire quite
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| materials. Some ghillie suits makers use
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| | easily, so white phosphorus, fires, and
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| Hessian, a rough burlap in flutes that
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| | smoke grenades can be a serious hazard
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| are attached to a net poncho. Other
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| | for a sniper. Ghillie suits are often
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| makers use a jute twine to attach to a
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| | treated with a fire-retardant product to
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| net poncho.
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| | reduce this hazard.
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| The US army ghillie suits use a pilot?s
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| | Ghillie suits can be purchased in a
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| flight suit as the base or battle dress
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| | variety of venues and are readily
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| uniform. The most common ghillie suit
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| | available online. Most intense hunters or
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| base is durable nylon netting.
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| | snipers will, however, construct their
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| The base of a ghillie suit is made with a
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| | own to blend the best with the
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| stainable durable fabric such as burlap.
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| | environment for which they will be used.
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| As nearly invisible as possible, fishing
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| | However, great ghillie suits can be
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| line or unscented dental floss is used to
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| | purchased online as a good form of
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| sew each knot of net to the fabric where
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| | camouflage. For hunters who are only
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| the camouflage is going to be attached.
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| | casual hunters, these pre-made ghillie
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| Hot glue or shoe glue is applied to each
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| | suits do the job sufficiently. Extreme
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| knot to strengthen the ghillie suit. From
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| | hunters who are really into the sport of
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| there, the desired camouflage is applied
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| | hunting will often make their own. Most
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| to the netting by tying groups of 5-10
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| | extremist hunters hunt in a variety of
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| strands of a color to the net with simple
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| | places, so they need a ghillie suit that
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| knots?the colors are intermixed to create
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| | they can tailor make for their
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| a camouflage appearance.
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| | surroundings and change from place to
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| The ghillie suit is then weathered as
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| | place with removable camouflage. This
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| much as possible. This can be done by
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| | way, the hunter can piece together his
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| soaking it in mud or manure to give it an
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| | ghillie suit to make it perfect for his
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| earthy smell, or running over or dragging
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| | hunting surroundings.
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| it with a car. Once the hunter or sniper
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| | Snipers, most often, will make their own
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| is at their location, they add elements
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| | ghillie suits for the area they will be
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| from their surroundings to the ghillie
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| | in. Snipers' ghillie suits are often made
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| suit, such as leaves and foliage, to
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| | of different materials to reflect where
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| maintain as much camouflage as possible.
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| | they will be stationed,for example, on a
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| A good ghillie suit can be made from
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| | rooftop or in the desert.
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| scratch, but it is very time consuming.
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