Best Camouflage for Stealth Camping
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People often ask me what kind of shelter is best for stealth camping. The answer varies depending on the type of stealth camping you want to do. If you’re out backpacking and decide to stay at a site where camping is prohibited, then you’re going to want a shelter, like a hammock, tarp, or small tent that has a low profile and whose color blends with the local vegetation or geology.
Dark green, grey or camouflage colored shelters will usually ensure your privacy in these circumstances, particularly, if you pitch them at dusk when the light around you is poor. If you’re stealth camping because you want to get away from other loud campers or you are trying to avoid a bear encounter by camping in a virgin spot that does not have the lingering scent of human food, then any type of shelter or color should do.
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This tarp, with the mural of cows, is cute. Unfortunately, a cow does not look much different than a deer to a drunken hunter. Cows would be unlikely to be seen far in the woods, so even a sober hunter would be reasonable to think they were deer. Miles from a road, more than a few hunters feel there is no such thing as a hunting season. Using a tarp like this at any time of year would be a little less safe than wearing antlers, a tan jacket and a white ballon on your butt. If you are going to camouflage yourself, it is probably wise not to choose to look like a target.
I wasn’t being literal here. I also thought the photo, which is linked from Chris Cowell’s blog at
http://www.thecowellfamily.com/hikewales/
was cute and fit the topic.