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when you next get the opportunity to enjoy nature, you will notice that nothing around you has perfectly straight lines. is either curved, crooked, bent or jagged. a hunter with a rifle beside it, you would see them instantly. That is, without the proper ghillie suit to equalize this unnaturalness.

Ghillie is an old Scottish word for a kind of game warden. The were given the task protecting the wildlife on their Lord's lands from theives.While Hunters of today easily don a hunting ghillie suit, the ghillies of ancient times caught their game quite differently. The ghillies would stalk the game by concealing themselves in the field and lying motionless. Waiting it out for unsuspecting deer to amble by and then jump our and tackle it with their hands. Ghillies would then transport their prize back to the keep so the Lord could have his sport in the castle courtyard in a mock hunt.

Of course, Almost everyone is familiar with the common camouflage clothing. A set of pants and jacket with patterns that attempt to clone nature in an attempt to offset the unnatural outline of the hunter and his gear. Usually this type of camouflage does the job. But if you want to go extreme and blend into your surroundings, only a ghillie suit will accomplish this for you.

Ghillie suits are used most professionally by military snipers. You may have seen in recent news pictures of snipers looking half man and half vegetation. That is because nothing in nature has straight lines, so equipment like guns and antennas usually reveal concealed positions. To fix this, snipers also make little ghillie suits for their rifles. The human form is the most unnatural occurrance in nature but the sniper knows that with the proper sniper ghillie suits,someone can walk right by and not know he is there.

The advantage a ghillie suit will give you over your target always amazes people. Hunters continue to be impressed with their hunting ghillie suit. These suits are used by the military and experiences of being stepped on and walked over during scenario games are not uncommen. Prior to buying your own ghillie suits, analyze the environment around you so you can properly decide on the suit with the right pattern. Generally, you will have 4 patterns to choose from and must carefully choose the pattern that matches your environment you will be using it in.