when you next get the chance to observe nature, you will notice that nothing around you has perfectly straight lines. Everything is either curved, crooked, bent or jagged. If you would see a hunter with a rifle around it, they are instantly noticable. That is, without the correct ghillie suits to offset this unnaturalness.

The word Ghillie is an Scottish term for a special kind of game warden. They spend their time protecting the wildlife on their Lord's lands from poachers.Hunters today can simply use a hunting ghillie suit, the ghillies of the old days had a different technique of catching prey. From time to time the ghillies would stalk the prey by concealing themselves in the vegetation and lying motionless. Waiting it out for unsuspecting deer to stroll by and then jump our and subdue it with their hands. Ghillies would now transport their prize back to the keep so the Lord could have his sport in the castle courtyard in a mock hunt.

Of course, most everyone is familiar with the standard camouflage clothing. A set of pants and jacket with camouflage patterns that immitate nature by trying to offset the unnatural outline of the individual and his gear. Sometimes this type of clothing does the job. But if you want to go extreme and mimic nature to the fullest, only ghillie suits will accomplish this for you.

Ghillie suits are used most professionally by snipers. Pictures of snipers looking half man and half bush have been seen in the news. That is because nothing in nature has perfectly straight lines, so equipment like guns and antennas usually betray concealed positions. To fix this, snipers fashion ghillies for their rifles. The most unnatural occurance in nature is the human form but the sniper realizes that with the proper sniper ghillie suit,someone can walk right by and not know he is there.

The advantage you can gain over your target will continue to impress first time users. Paintball and airsoft players continue to be impressed with the effectiveness of the paintball ghillie suit. A few of these suits are used by the military and experiences of being walked over and stepped on during scenario games are not uncommen. Prior to purchasing your own ghillie suits, look at the environment you will be using the ghillie suit in, so you can properly decide on the suit with the proper pattern. You will generally have four patterns to choose from and must carefully choose the pattern that most perfectly matches the environment you will be using it in.