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01-19-2011, 02:44 PM
I was rubbishing thru a old outdoor store this past week and came across the lost and forgotten Palmettoflage. Below is a newspaper article circa 1998 by Steve Waters.
Does anyone have any expierence with Palmettoflage in the field? I have seen some ol' timers up in my neck of the woods wearing this palmettoflage during spring gobbler season. Its 1/2 the price of DK Flatwoods.
Finally, An Outfit That Is Made Just For Hunters
OutdoorsThe Palmettoflage Will Allow Florida's Hunters To Blend In With Their Surroundings.
August 23, 1998|BY Steve Waters, Sun-Sentinel, South Florida
Hunting in Florida is hard enough given the oppressive heat, frequent downpours and ever-present mosquitoes. Blending in with your surroundings was another challenge facing hunters - until now.
Thanks to David Goforth and Palmettoflage, Florida hunters finally have a camouflage they can call their own.
Goforth, 34, is a former nurseryman and a lifelong hunter. Out of frustration, he invented the Palmettoflage pattern, which features palmetto fronds in various shades of green with black and gold highlights on a brown background.
``I got tired of having deer and turkeys pick me out,'' said Goforth, who lives in Brooksville. ``I'd sit along a fence line and get picked off by turkeys, and it irked me. If you have to build a blind so turkeys can't see you, what's the point?
``I thought I could do better. Instead of a tree-based camouflage, I wanted something that was foliage-based.''
Goforth pondered the matter. Inspiration finally came when he used palmetto fronds as stencils while spray-painting the crates in which his hunting dogs traveled.
``I started thinking about a camouflage for Florida that could be used year-round anywhere in the state. And palmettos are everywhere,'' he said.
``We did six or seven color changes before I had it the way I wanted. I tried to used all the realistic colors I could find. I dressed my buddies up in it, and we tested it in all types of terrain.''
Up close, Palmettoflage looks cartoon-like, and the gold seems out of place.
In the woods, however, the camouflage makes hunters all but disappear.
``I was really skeptical about putting the gold in it, but it breaks up that human silhouette. It's like light going through it. Plus you've got yellows in the woods all year: weeds, flowers,'' Goforth said. ``Other camos don't blend. You can sit right there on the edge of the brush, and you are the palmetto patch. All you've got to do is be still.
`` Bowhunters really like it, and I've got people in Canada buying it for duck hunting. It blends in with sawgrass, cattails - it's unlimited. It's a hunter's camouflage.''
Does anyone have any expierence with Palmettoflage in the field? I have seen some ol' timers up in my neck of the woods wearing this palmettoflage during spring gobbler season. Its 1/2 the price of DK Flatwoods.
Finally, An Outfit That Is Made Just For Hunters
OutdoorsThe Palmettoflage Will Allow Florida's Hunters To Blend In With Their Surroundings.
August 23, 1998|BY Steve Waters, Sun-Sentinel, South Florida
Hunting in Florida is hard enough given the oppressive heat, frequent downpours and ever-present mosquitoes. Blending in with your surroundings was another challenge facing hunters - until now.
Thanks to David Goforth and Palmettoflage, Florida hunters finally have a camouflage they can call their own.
Goforth, 34, is a former nurseryman and a lifelong hunter. Out of frustration, he invented the Palmettoflage pattern, which features palmetto fronds in various shades of green with black and gold highlights on a brown background.
``I got tired of having deer and turkeys pick me out,'' said Goforth, who lives in Brooksville. ``I'd sit along a fence line and get picked off by turkeys, and it irked me. If you have to build a blind so turkeys can't see you, what's the point?
``I thought I could do better. Instead of a tree-based camouflage, I wanted something that was foliage-based.''
Goforth pondered the matter. Inspiration finally came when he used palmetto fronds as stencils while spray-painting the crates in which his hunting dogs traveled.
``I started thinking about a camouflage for Florida that could be used year-round anywhere in the state. And palmettos are everywhere,'' he said.
``We did six or seven color changes before I had it the way I wanted. I tried to used all the realistic colors I could find. I dressed my buddies up in it, and we tested it in all types of terrain.''
Up close, Palmettoflage looks cartoon-like, and the gold seems out of place.
In the woods, however, the camouflage makes hunters all but disappear.
``I was really skeptical about putting the gold in it, but it breaks up that human silhouette. It's like light going through it. Plus you've got yellows in the woods all year: weeds, flowers,'' Goforth said. ``Other camos don't blend. You can sit right there on the edge of the brush, and you are the palmetto patch. All you've got to do is be still.
`` Bowhunters really like it, and I've got people in Canada buying it for duck hunting. It blends in with sawgrass, cattails - it's unlimited. It's a hunter's camouflage.''