7 Reasons Hunters Keep This Camo Poncho Behind The Truck Seat
The Camo Rain Poncho — PU-coated ripstop, drawstring hood, snaps down both sides, wrist to wrist and down to mid-calf. Rolls into a nine-inch pouch. It's not a rain suit. It's the thing you're glad is there.
Every man who hunts has been caught. Forecast said clear, you left the rain gear at the house, and by nine you're sitting in a stand with water running down your back deciding whether to climb down.
The $60 rain suit is in the closet. It's always in the closet. What you need is the thing that's already in the truck.
This is that. A camo poncho that rolls into a pouch the size of a water bottle, lives behind the seat, and goes over you and the pack in about eight seconds.
- PU-coated ripstop — sheds rain, dries in minutes
- Drawstring hood, snaps down both sides, elastic at the wrists, a cord inside at the waist
- Wrist to wrist with your arms out. Hem at mid-calf. Covers the pack too.
- Rolls into its own nine-inch camo pouch — and goes back in
- Ground cloth, lean-to, blind. Same piece of fabric.
- One size. Fits him. Fits her.
✔Every quote on this page is from a verified purchase — names shortened, nothing invented.
It lives behind the seat, so it's there
The good rain suit is $60 and it's at the house. This is a pouch the size of a flashlight. It goes behind the seat with the jumper cables and the tow strap and you forget about it — until the day you don't.
It goes back in the pouch
Everything comes with a stuff sack. Nothing goes back in it. This one does — fold in half, tuck the hood, fold again, roll from the top. Nine inches long, about the size of a water bottle. Fits a blind bag, a duck bag, a cup holder.
It covers you and the pack in the stand
A rain jacket covers you. Your pack, your seat cushion and everything in your lap get soaked. This is wrist to wrist and mid-calf — it goes over the whole pile. You stay up. The day isn't over.
Unsnap it and it's a tarp
Snaps down both sides open it flat. Twine through the corners, two saplings, and you've got a lean-to over the pack while you wait it out. Ground cloth for the tailgate lunch. Blind for a morning sit. Same piece of fabric.
It breaks up your outline — rain or not
A poncho has no shoulders, no waist, no arms. Sitting on a log in one, you're a lump of brush. Guys wear it glassing on dry days for exactly that reason.
One size. Fits her too.
No small, medium, large. It's loose on purpose — layer a jacket under it in November, wear it over a t-shirt in a September storm. A 5'8" woman in a 2X said it fit "just perfect." So does a 6'2" man.
It's not the yellow one
You know the gas-station poncho. Bright yellow, tears on the first branch, and every animal in the county can see you. This is ripstop in woodland camo. It's been through Louisiana swamps and Alaska bush and gone back in the pouch.
Three things before you buy it
It's noisy when you move. Ripstop rustles. Sitting still it's fine; walking through brush it isn't. One buyer: "It is noisy to move a lot, but it's not an issue for me, I don't mind moving slow or waiting." If you still-hunt, this isn't your walking layer.
Air it out first. It ships with a plastic smell. Hang it in the garage a day before the season.
It's a poncho, not a rain suit. Hard sideways rain for six hours and you'll get some in at the neck. For the two-hour storm in the stand, the walk back to the truck, and the day you forgot the good stuff — that's what it's for.
Why it ships in twos
One behind the truck seat. One in the pack. The day you need it is the day it's in the other place. Most guys who buy one come back for the second — we skipped that step.
Third one goes to whoever's in the passenger seat.
Straight answers
It's PU-coated ripstop — rain beads and runs off, and it's kept guys dry in Louisiana swamps and North Carolina wind. It's not a taped-seam rain suit, and we won't tell you it is. For a storm in the stand or the walk out, yes. For six hours of sideways rain, buy the $60 suit and keep this in the truck for the day you forget it.
Louder than fleece, quieter than a garbage bag. Sitting still, nothing. Walking through brush, you'll hear it. Reviews split about even between "reasonably quiet" and "pretty noisy" — so plan on it for sitting, not stalking.
One size. Wrist to wrist with your arms straight out, hem around mid-calf on a six-foot man. A 5'8" woman in a 2X called it perfect. If you're 6'5", it'll hit at the knee and still cover the pack.
Yes, if you fold it instead of shoving it. Fold in half, tuck the hood, fold in half again, fold the sides to the width of the pouch, roll from the hood end. About nine inches long when it's in.
A drawcord at the waist so the wind doesn't turn it into a sail in the stand. Elastic at the wrists for the same reason. Snaps down both sides to close it up or open it flat.
Anyone who needs a walking rain layer for all-day stalking — it's too loud for that. And anyone expecting a rain suit. It's a poncho. It's the one that's there when the suit isn't.
What buyers wrote
"Compact for your bag and a hunter must! Cabela's comparable is $60. No brainer here, you won't be disappointed for the occasion you need to grab rain gear out of your bag in your stand."
Verified buyer"This is a great product to have just incase the rain gets to heavy. Its easy to use and fits great. I would pair this with a decent poncho liner to add warmth. This is a great value."
Haylee U., verified buyer"In the appropriate environment you will be pretty much invisible. The material is thin, is kind of tarp-like, and feels decently strong. It is noisy to move a lot, but it's not an issue for me, I don't mind moving slow or waiting. The print is amazing, it's not too hot, material is lightweight but not fragile."
Verified buyer"Big enough for me to avoid getting soaked on hunting trips (goes down to about half calf). Goes from wrist to wrist with fully extended arms. Folding it up to put it back into the pouch is easy if you take a moment to do it instead of just shoving it in. There is a chemical smell so I'll need to air it out before using it on a hunt."
Walter C., verified buyer"This is perfect to wait outside my driveway in the rain for our Granddaughters bus."
Verified buyer"Never know what Utah weather will bring a definite must have."
Dominic M., verified buyerPut it behind the seat before opening day.
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