Huntech Hi Viz Habitat Camouflage™

Hi Viz garments are being seen more often in New Zealand particularly during the roar season. It tends to polarise most hunters as believers or detractors of their worth. Needless to say your ultimate responsibility is to IDENTIFY YOUR TARGET before shooting. And to the wearer of hi viz clothing, you are not bullet proof as there are many cases every year overseas where hunters wearing hi viz garments are shot!

In designing Hi Viz Habitat™ we believe there are two important considerations; Firstly that it is highly visible to humans, but also it is not to the animals you are hunting. There is a strong view amongst some of the most successful hunters, photographers and videographers that animals are alerted by blaze orange garments. We all accept these animals only see in gray scale, but many people believe the stark difference between the orange and the natural surroundings some how make it standout to the animals. This may be true but we suspect from our experience in dyeing fabrics, to achieve a very bright hi viz fabric it is necessary to use UV brightners, and theoretically deer can see reflected UV light. That is why our Hi Viz isn't quite as bright as others, but it doesn't have UV brightners either.

We under took a testing program to produce Hi Viz Habitat™, by trialing various patterns on deer at a local deer farm. The final analysis was that a fine mottled pattern without a lot of solid colour was much more effective than a bold solid pattern. Hi Viz Habitat™ features a range of black and grays giving a diffuse overall bush effect.