Re: Anyone use a Ghillie for hunting - did it work?
One thing is for sure, there is more useless gimiky junk for sale geared towards hunting. Truth be told here in Alaska most of the gucciflage leaf camo scent block stuff that is geared to tree stand sitting for whitetails will serve no purpose here. Yes scent block works when you have animals coming from all directions, but when you can travel with the wind in your face it makes no difference, you will likely be sweating your ass off covering terrain and your down wind won't matter a lick, may even keep a bear off your ass.
You need good quality rain gear/gor tex or your shell of choice, layers that can be shed if needed, or removed wrung out and replaced if necessary. Synthetic insulating layers like capaline are great, and military layering systems work great as well. remember it rains a lot here, so your clothing needs to keep you warm even if wet. Thorlow socks or smartwool and good boots can also save a hunt.
As for camo, anything you have for a shell is great OD, mil camo, brown its all good. Hunt the wind, and use the terrain. For caribou if you are on known travel routes you can easily set up a ground blind and shoot them as they pass. easy hunting there.
Plan for the worse, and don't buy gear that is designed for turkey hunting, or tree stand sitting down south.
I would think a soaking wet ghillie would be nice to have to deal with in addition to 100lbs of boned out meat, your gear, a cape and horns which will all come out on your back.