So why didn't Carlos Hathcock wear a flashy red outfit then?
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Good camo has saved my life dozens of times. Players run right by and don't see me at all if I don't move. I mean if you are NC wearing blue zebra camo you can't expect much camouflage from it.
I use Carhart yellow/brown insulated overalls and or bibs and hooded coat with latex paint applied w/brush to be ideal.
When conditions change, new shades are applied over the old.
Works on your web gear just as well, sounds strange but is very adaptable in the cold seasons here.
Not sure what the answer is, but I have had guys crawl right past me wearing an old olive drab field jacket in the early paintball days and I was in brown shrubbery. I wasn't moving very much, but I found it pretty unbelievable. I also went unseen a bunch using an unconventional venom gear camo (it used subdued skulls - come on - it was paintball). I think it is more the wearer and how they move then the wear itself.
Not to mention that the vast majority of people aren’t in tune with their environment and don’t know how to move or look or to see things that break the natural pattern. People don’t know how to “see” anymore.
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I came across a guy, had a British accent who was doing that very thing within a wooded suburban area. He wanted to find a camping spot that was away for houses and walking paths and roadways. I remember thinking, "Get the heck out of town you chucklehead." Not realizing that is an actual "thing".
I practice something of stealth camping whenever I fish/hunt/camp by myself, I just never called it "stealth camping" Aside from it sounding creepy like JP said, it just sounds super millennialish or maybe dorkish.
I don't know what it is, but I just automatically seek and maintain a small footprint and practice noise and light discipline. I don't even have to remind myself. Not 100% dark, but I definitely am drawn to areas with more cover, build my fire to be as smokeless as possible, using the right wood and I don't go around with a 500,000 lumen spotlight.
I'm there, for a very long time I went way out of my way to find tents in subdued colors. Which is much harder than you would think almost by design.
In the UK there is a concept called Green laning which has to do with Lane's that are maintained as public access right of way on private land.
I don't know all the European laws, but I've seen the regulations for Norway and it's definitely a thing... have to stay a certain distance from residences, no loud noises after a certain time, no property damage, etc.
Having travelled in Norway some, my guess is most of the people would leave it as clean or cleaner as when they arrived. So I'd probably be okay with allowing some trekking Norwegians to camp on my back property.