Ghillie Suit Source Blog

The Sniper Ghillie Suit is a great suit for military, SWAT and surveillance applications.  It is also good, though perhaps a little overkill for nature photography.  I was once hunting in the rugged Badlands 30 miles from the nearest “anything” and had to resort to using my Sniper Ghillie Suit go get my truck “unstuck” after falling into a rut.  But that application will not be useful to most people.

The Sniper Ghillie Suit is built on military BDUs so the base of the suit is already a proven robust design.  The Jute fiber is partially woven and then sewn to the BDUS.  This is a very strong design and because the base layer is not your typical netting, this also means the coverage is second to none.  The cordura on the front of the suit is water repellant and has great wear characteristics.  Spending hours in the prone position wither for varmint hunting or for a long prone stalk is not a problem.   Since this suit is not made with a base layer of netting, it is a little less convenient to add local vegetation.

I do not wear this suit when I hunt from a treestand because there is no jute fiber coverage on the front and also because when your arms are on your lap, the cordura on cordura friction is a little noisy, at least to a deer at 20 yards.  The Suit comes with a hood attached to the jacket, but I am more of a hat guy.  I remove the hood and picked up a Ghillie Boonie Hat.  I like to keep the jute fibers away from my ears so I can hear the animals sneaking through the forest easier.

These suits are available in 4 different colors and are available in the sizes that BDUs come in.  With over 50 color/size combinations, I had no trouble finding what I needed.

My impression, this suit is probably the highest quality Ghillie Suit I have worn.  The Cordura is an absolute must for varmint hunting, especially with the snow.  The thumb loops are really nice for prone stalking.  I wish the jacket closure wasn’t Velcro, but I am not sure there is a better solution.  This suit is military grade for serious users.  You will be hard pressed to find a better Sniper Ghillie Suit