Camo Hunting Clothes

Taking care of your camouflage is important to keeping it “working” like new. Faded patterns are a sign that you’ve worn your camo out and you should replace it. That’s why getting good quality hunting clothes matters. They’ll last longer and they’ll need to be replaced a lot less often.

This article is about taking care of your camo. If you’re just looking for the supplies you need, click here to visit the BassPro site.

Washing camo clothes

Don’t wash your camo hunting clothes in regular household laundry detergent! As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, a lot of big game have eyes that are sensitive to ultraviolet dyes that are used in some regular laundry detergents. This will ruin your camouflage for hunting these kinds of animals (like whitetail deer). Detergents like Primos Silver XP Scent Eliminator Laundry Detergent and others that you can get at stores that sell hunting gear will get rid of odors and do not contain these UV brighteners.

If you have casual camo that you wear when you aren’t hunting and that you throw in the regular wash, then you need to keep it away from your hunting stuff. If you don’t, you’re liable to get the clothes mixed in with your hunting camo and since you don’t have eyes that can see ultraviolet dyes in your clothes like a lot of big game animals do, you’ll never know you’ve screwed up until it’s too late.

Drying camo clothes

You have two options for drying your camo hunting clothes. One involves using the special scent-a-way (or other scent remover) dryer sheets, and the other is to just hang dry your hunting clothes. Outdoors is better. You’ll want to keep them out of the house or you’ll end up with human scent all over them.

Storing camo clothes

The best place to store your camo is in a scent-free bag (garbage bags work well, but you can buy special scent-seal storage bags. Whatever you choose to store your clothes in, you need to be sure that you put in some activated charcoal or other scent absorbing material to absorb any lingering human odors. Before you bag your camo, you should also use a scent-killing spray on the fabric. (I have another article about keeping your camo scent free. Click here for some brands to try.) Just make sure they’re really, really dry, or you might end up with mold or mildew on your clothes.

I get most of my hunting clothes supplies at Bass Pro. Their site is easy to use and they usually have everything I need. Click here to visit the place where I get my camo clothes supplies.