The human Predators: Hunter designs camouflage suits that make wearers almost impossible to see (but can YOU spot them?)

  • US company launches new range of hunting clothing which makes it impossible to tell humans from trees
  • Founder Bill Jordan, of Columbus, Georgia, spent 25 years perfecting camouflage design
  • Camo patterns have been inspired by nature so wearer disappears into the surroundings

By Tom Gardner

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A hunter has created a new range of camouflage gear which is so effective the wearer blends perfectly into the scenery, just like a real-life Predator from the Hollywood films.

In terrifying news for unsuspecting fauna, American company Realtree has launched the latest in a line of state-of-the-art clothing which enables hunters to blend seamlessly into their surroundings.

The patterns, which help to disrupt the wearer's silhouette, have been inspired by naturally occurring flora and fauna.

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Blurred: The revolutionary pattern design helps hunters merge with the background

Blurred: The revolutionary pattern design helps hunters merge with the background

Disappearing: The camouflaged clothing is inspired by naturally occurring patterns to blur the silhouette of the hunter

Disappearing: The camouflaged clothing is inspired by naturally occurring patterns to blur the silhouette of the hunter

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Easy to miss: The amazing effect of the camouflage pattern helps the wearer remain unnoticed by his prey

Easy to miss: The amazing results of the camouflage pattern helps the wearer, right, remain unnoticed by prey - an effect which looks similar to that of the aliens in the Predator films, left,

In this amazing series of photographs, it is almost impossible to spot the hunters as they blend into the scenery behind them.

From a snow coated forest to a luscious green bush the hunters are almost completely undetectable to the naked eye.

 

In fact, modern camouflage gear is so effective, many states in America order people to wear brightly coloured blaze orange when hunting - particularly when pursuing medium to large size game animals in dark conditions.

It is a safety precaution against being shot by other hunters and accidents.

Realtree's clothing is made by outdoorsman and company founder Bill Jordan, who has spent 25 years perfecting the designs.

He was born and raised in Columbus, Georgia, where he started out working for the family boat dealership, Leon Jordan Marine.

In 1983, Mr Jordan started Spartan Archery Products in the back of the family boat business.

 
Mirage: The astonishing camouflage allows the hunter to blend seamlessly into the background

Mirage: The astonishing camouflage allows the hunter to blend seamlessly into the background

Blending in: A hunter merges with the background of this reed bed in this state-of-the-art camouflage gear

Blending in: A hunter merges with the background of this reed bed in this state-of-the-art camouflage gear

The company developed and manufactured a variety of archery clothing and accessories in the basic woodland and WWII camouflage patterns popular in that period.

At this same time, he began designing and developing what would become Realtree, the world’s most effective camouflage pattern, which he introduced at the 1986 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade show.

In the late 1980s, he introduced the first Team Realtree logo to make sure readers knew which camo they were seeing in the pages of magazines. Today Team Realtree can be found on hundreds of products and even Daytona 500 champion Kevin Harvick’s race car.

Masters of disguise: It has taken more than 25 years to fine tune the design of the camouflage gear

Masters of disguise: It has taken more than 25 years to fine tune the design of the camouflage gear

In 1992, the 'Realtree Outdoors' television show began airing nationally.

By the mid ‘90s, Realtree became a sponsor of Richard Childress Racing’s #31 car, driven by Mike Skinner, which lead in later years to associate sponsorship of Dale Earnhardt’s #3, Kevin Harvick’s #29 and several other car sponsorships and merchandise deals.

In 1999, Mr Jordan founded Immersion Graphics Corporation, which utilizes a hydro-graphic film process to apply camouflage and other decorative patterns to a variety of hard goods such as ATV, bows and guns.

Whiteout: Cloaked head to toe in the camouflage, the hunter is almost indistinguishable from his surroundings

Whiteout: Cloaked head to toe in the camouflage, the hunter is almost indistinguishable from his surroundings

Concealment: The light and shade of a thicket of twigs is the perfect surroundings in which to hide

Concealment: The light and shade of a thicket of twigs is the perfect surroundings in which to hide

Hidden: For enthusiastic hunters, this camouflage gear gives them the uncanny ability to hide amongst the foliage and mud of their background

Hidden: For enthusiastic hunters, this camouflage gear gives them the uncanny ability to hide amongst the foliage and mud of their background

The firm produces gear for environments around the world and uses the design of mother nature to make their clothing.

Today's camo designs are created using sophisticated computers, digital cameras, and photo-realistic printing.

They are the product of painstaking research over decades and designed to use the light and dark of natural surroundings

Realtree employs more than 80 people in Columbus, Georgia, and also has operations in Europe.

Hidden: The camouflage patten is designed to disrupt the outline of the hunter and help him sink into the background

Hidden: The camouflage patten is designed to disrupt the outline of the hunter and help him sink into the background

 

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It is more noble to refrain from killing. Hunters are cowards.

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I think it would only be the visually impaired who would not be able to spot them.Does your reporter have really thick lensed glasses?

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It's amazing what people will go through to kill innocent animals.

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Get to da choppa!

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You can see their red necks.

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Really.... Do you really know what a redneck is?? Yes its one who works outside hence the red neck.. Used as a derogatory term to infer stupidity and backwards people.... Guess what .... I am originally from Manchester England.... I wear Realtree and I hunt.. I know many so called rednecks and believe me I trust them more than I would trust you ! Oh BTW...... I have 4 BA degrees... My wife is about to finish her Phd... ( Oh she hunts too)..... We also know many professionals that hunt.... Doctors, Judges, teachers to name a few.... so quit the insults...

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You, sir/madam, do Manchester a great disservice. Assuming you hunt for sport and not sustenance it becomes safe to assert that you not only lack empathy, class and any civilised moral grounding, but you are also a tremendous front-bum. If I am mistaken in my assumption that you are a sport hunter, and you do indeed hunt only as a necessity, perhaps for food or disease control, then please do accept my sincerest apologies; in this case I would have no reason to question your compassion, sense of sophistication or moral fibre and my insults pertaining to these things were completely unfounded. However, as you're bragging about your academic achievements over the internet I'm afraid you still qualify as a tremendous front-bum. Good hunting! And do try not to burn your neck. Yours distastefully, Dr. Alsoatremendousfrontbum, MD, PhD

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Diiiiiilooon! You son of a bi....

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This little presentation just goes to show the futility of a nation's military trying to find a universal camouflage pattern

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'Smith I didn't see you at camouflage training yesterday!!!' "thank you very much Seargent -Major "

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Umm. That's why they call it camouflage.

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...impossible, yet possible......

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