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How to Make a Hunting Outfit at Home

Store-bought hunting clothes are, of course, well-suited to the task and useful, but can be very expensive, especially for a beginning hunter who may not want to invest much money. Luckily, you can easily transform standard cotton pants and a jacket into a camouflage hunting outfit with a few rubber bands and packages of dye. These items are readily available at many home goods stores or grocery stores, and are relatively inexpensive compared with pre-made hunting outfits.

Things You'll Need

Khaki-colored cargo pants
Khaki-colored cargo jacket
Rubber bands
Powder or liquid dye in several colors, such as brown, green, gray and black
Squeeze bottles, one for each color of dye
Plastic drop cloth or large plastic bags

Instructions

- 1
  Wash the items you wish to dye once if they are new, but do not dry them. Dye adheres better to wet cloth. Be sure the items are cotton or cotton blends to ensure dye adhesion.
- 2
  Bunch each of the items into a ball that is compact, but not completely hard-packed. Secure with several rubber bands that go around the entire circumference of the sphere.
- 3
  Prepare the dye according to package directions and fill the squeeze bottles with it, one for each color of dye. You will use these to apply the dye to the fabric.
- 4
  Lay out the drop cloth or plastic bags to protect the surface you are working on, taping any seams in order to prevent leakage. Place the bunched up items on the plastic.
- 5
  Squirt the dye onto random areas of the fabric ball. Try not to use any one color more than the others, unless you know the woods you will be hunting in are far more one color than any other, such as green in the summer. Space the different colors evenly, but don't worry if any of the khaki color shows through; this color coordinates with the camouflage colors.
- 6
  Allow the fabric to dry to the touch. Wash the items according to the directions on the dye packages, and dry as usual.

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