| | | Mossy Oak Camo |  In 1986, a hunting enthusiast named Toxey Haas, intent
on making a better camouflage, gathered a bag of
debris, consisting of dirt, leaves, and sticks from
under his favorite hunting oak tree, and set out
looking for someone willing to design a hunting camo
based off of the shapes and colors. The resulting camo
would prove to be more effective at concealing the
hunter than any before it.
By using the shapes and colors of real objects found
in the natural terrain, the original designs by Toxey
Haas not only broke up the shape of the hunter, but
also allowed the hunter to blend in perfectly with his
environment. The utilization of this theory of
camouflage pattern design made hunters hard to discern
from their surroundings at distances even as close as
a few yards. They proceeded to make different
variations of foliage patterns for different
environments, all with much success.
After much field testing, the designers and hunting
experts took their design one step further. They added
simulated shadows on top of their already realistic
pattern, making it even harder to see the hunter in
the wild. In addition to this innovation, (they were
the first in their field to use strategically placed
shadows on top of their patterns) they have since
begun to use computer scanned oak bark and soft gray
oak limbs in their patterns. They have even gone so
far as to introduce a camo that is specifically
designed to mask the presence of a hunter who is
hunting in the open field where there is no cover.
After twenty years of camo production, Mossy Oak Camo
remains one of the largest providers of high quality bow hunting camo in North America, as well as the world. The
company has recently branched out to include wild game
seed products, as well as real estate. |
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