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Next time you are observing nature, you might notice that nothing around you has perfectly straight lines. is either curved, crooked, bent or jagged. If you would see a hunter with a rifle beside it, they are instantly noticable. That is, without the proper ghillie suit to offset this unnaturalness.
The word Ghillie is an Scottish term for a game warden. The were given the task protecting the game on their Lord's lands from theives.While todays hunters easily put on a hunting ghillie suit, the ghillies of ancient times had a different way of catching prey. From time to time the ghillies would stalk the prey by hiding in the field and lying still. Waiting it out for unsuspecting deer to amble by and then jump our and bringit down it with their bare hands. They would now haul 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 by trying to offset the unnatural form of the person and his gear. Sometimes this type of clothing works. But if you have a need to go full out and mimic nature to the fullest, you can use a ghillie suit. to accomplish this.
They are used professionally by snipers. Pictures of snipers looking half shrub and half man have been seen in the news. It's because nothing in nature has perfectly straight lines, so items like rifles and antennas usually betray hidden positions. To counter this, snipers also make little ghillie suits for their rifles. The human form is the most unnatural occurrance in nature and the sniper realizes that with the proper sniper ghillie suit,he can be almost undectable.
The advantage a ghillie suit will give you over your target will continue to impress first time users. Hunters continue to be impressed with their hunting ghillie suit. Some of these suits are used by the military and experiences of being walked over and stepped on during scenario games are common. Prior to purchasing your own ghillie suits, study the vegetation you will be using the ghillie suit in, so you can properly decide on the suit with the proper pattern. You will generally have 4 patterns to choose from and must rightly decide on the pattern that most perfectly matches the environment it will be used in.
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