I posted this a couple of months ago, in some of the other forums I’m on. I think the guys on here may appreciate it, too. If the pics fubar, I’ll try to get them reposted.
In March, was warm, but windy, here. Great sunshine with 20-30 MPH sustained winds and 40-50 MPH gusts. A great day to kill some time, in nature. My son is REALLY into snipers, military stuff, and being outdoors. For Christmas, he got a ghillie suit and a “Marine” camo set. Since then, he’s put a lot of miles on it, in our small suburban yard. We are only about twenty miles from the edge of a small Federal Wildlife Refuge.
We started by comparing different camo patterns, in different types of terrain and vegetation. Here is one of the pictures, just for reference:
Left to right:
Plain coyote tan hydration pack, ACU pattern hydration pack, Multicam hydration pack, desert camo hydration pack (behind the ghillie pants), the boy wearing Marpat-style pants and his ghillie shirt and hat.
Here he is, hastily hiding:
We moved into the trees and played “Spot the Sniper”. Here was his first attempt:
Zoomed in a little:
Not great….he didn’t have time to put on the head cover. His next attempt was better:
I didn’t get a picture of his next couple. Each time, he applied the lessons and his best hide was very good. I didn’t see him until I was around ten feet from him. Of course, this is a far cry from setting a FFP, but it’s good practice and age/skill appropriate to be able to disappear.
While we were out there, we also practiced avoiding and exploiting track traps. We went over the scat and tracks we saw, mostly deer and coyote. We also worked on when to use or avoid trails and how to look for signs of booby traps.
Overall, it was a ton of fun and he did great.
Here are a couple more, since it’s hard to see in the pics:
*What the pictures show and how it appeared to the in-person eye are not the same. Pics are just for reference.
In March, was warm, but windy, here. Great sunshine with 20-30 MPH sustained winds and 40-50 MPH gusts. A great day to kill some time, in nature. My son is REALLY into snipers, military stuff, and being outdoors. For Christmas, he got a ghillie suit and a “Marine” camo set. Since then, he’s put a lot of miles on it, in our small suburban yard. We are only about twenty miles from the edge of a small Federal Wildlife Refuge.
We started by comparing different camo patterns, in different types of terrain and vegetation. Here is one of the pictures, just for reference:
Left to right:
Plain coyote tan hydration pack, ACU pattern hydration pack, Multicam hydration pack, desert camo hydration pack (behind the ghillie pants), the boy wearing Marpat-style pants and his ghillie shirt and hat.
Here he is, hastily hiding:
We moved into the trees and played “Spot the Sniper”. Here was his first attempt:
Zoomed in a little:
Not great….he didn’t have time to put on the head cover. His next attempt was better:
I didn’t get a picture of his next couple. Each time, he applied the lessons and his best hide was very good. I didn’t see him until I was around ten feet from him. Of course, this is a far cry from setting a FFP, but it’s good practice and age/skill appropriate to be able to disappear.
While we were out there, we also practiced avoiding and exploiting track traps. We went over the scat and tracks we saw, mostly deer and coyote. We also worked on when to use or avoid trails and how to look for signs of booby traps.
Overall, it was a ton of fun and he did great.
Here are a couple more, since it’s hard to see in the pics:
*What the pictures show and how it appeared to the in-person eye are not the same. Pics are just for reference.
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