Make your Ghillie Suit Personally Yours

If you buy a ready-made suit, you can add thread in places and take away thread in other places. Bowhunters don't have to buy a suit made especially for bowhunters. They can cut the sleeve off of a camouflage jersey and slide that over the bow arm. Instant bowhunter ghillie suit.

If you are making a suit from scratch, it will most certainly be individualized unless you go out of your way to copy someone else's suit. You don't have to use BDUs for the base just because most people do. If you prefer something lighter, then use whatever you are comfortable in. It doesn't even have to be camouflage. Just be sure to use a dark color such as black, brown, or the darker greens. If you are a hunter, you can use any colors you like in the foundation as well as the thread. That statement does not apply to bird hunters since I am told that birds do distinguish color.

When building your suit, you have the option of having the thread heavier in some places than others, whereas the ready-made suits come with the thread evenly applied throughout. For instance, most folks don't need as much concealment around the legs as on the upper torso because the legs are usually down in the weeds and brush. Only you know your specific requirements and preferences.

If you start with a kit, don't limit yourself to just what the kit offers. Almost all kits consist of a mesh base and varying amounts and colors of thread. If you attach the mesh to some sort of clothing it will make it much easier to get into and out of. If you use just the mesh, you're somewhat confined to building a poncho which is great as that is the most versatile of ghillie suits.

However you want to do your ghillie suit, let your imagination run wild. Not all of your ideas will be workable, but until you investigate all inspirations, you will always wonder if there is something better. Quite often that is the case. Look for something better.