What Are Ghillie Suits?

A yowie suit is a kind of camouflage that was first used by snipers. The way a ghillie camouflages the wearer is by blending them in with the scenery. A ghillie suit is intended to look like heavy foilage. Most commonly a ghillie suit is made out of a net and burlap, and some people use twigs and leaves from their natural surroundings. Paintballers might use a ghillie suit to hide themselves from their enemy, allowing them to either set up a surprise attack or engage from far distances.

Ghillie suits are produced in five different colors, which are — Woodland, Mossy, Winter White, Leafy and Desert. You should take pictures of the area you intend to you use your yowie suit, and match them up against your monitor in order to choose the best color for your area. One thing you should know is that if you have drastic change in season, you might need more than one yowie suit as the colors will be change as the seasons do. If you can’t decide which ghillie suit you need than you should go with the color woodland, as it is known as the All Season color, and matches almost all foilage. You can easily see an advantage when using a ghillie suit for the first time in a airsoft match. There are also many other uses for ghillie suits, for instance I have a buddy who uses them to take up close pictures of elephants.

If you want to save money on a yowie suit, you can buy a ghillie kit which comes with a net, synthethic jute and full color instructions to easily put it together. By purchasing a ghillie suit kit you pay almost a third of the ticket price, however you do have about 3 to 5 hours of manual labor to put your suit together before you can use it. This is how you are able to save so much money, because the manufacturer does not have to put it together for you, as all yowie suits are hand made.

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