What hunting clothes...

To me, the classical style of hunting means pussy footing through the bush, slowly and quietly. The foot covering that was ideal was the old buckskin, smoke tanned, Indian moccasins. The people who have never worn these just have no idea how quietly they can sneak through the bush, whether there is snow on the ground, or not. Am I guessing at this? Or did someone tell me this? Not exactly, I got my first pair of genuine Indian made moccasins, with the wonderful aroma of smoke on them, when I was eight years old. That was my standard winter foot wear, until near the end of my teen years, and I still have two pairs in the basement.
For quiet bush hunting it is imperative to have outer clothes that do not scratch on the twigs. Best for both upper and lower wear, is a soft, woolen material.
Doesn't matter who made them.
 
For stand hunting and limited walking/dogging I use wool army surplus pants, columbia wool camo coat and layers of wick-away underneath depending on how cold. Also like the rubber boots with removable felt liners (one to wear, one to dry). I carry a packable goretex camo rain coat and rest of gear in a fanny pack.
 
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To me, the classical style of hunting means pussy footing through the bush, slowly and quietly. The foot covering that was ideal was the old buckskin, smoke tanned, Indian moccasins. The people who have never worn these just have no idea how quietly they can sneak through the bush, whether there is snow on the ground, or not. Am I guessing at this? Or did someone tell me this? Not exactly, I got my first pair of genuine Indian made moccasins, with the wonderful aroma of smoke on them, when I was eight years old. That was my standard winter foot wear, until near the end of my teen years, and I still have two pairs in the basement.
For quiet bush hunting it is imperative to have outer clothes that do not scratch on the twigs. Best for both upper and lower wear, is a soft, woolen material.
Doesn't matter who made them.
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But what pattern camo do they come in?:cool:
 
Well, I have this affliction - I can't stand polyester, nylon, or any other similar fabric. You know how some people can't stand the noise of kids chewing on their mittens or the squeak of a cotton ball? Well, that's the effect most man-made fabrics have on me. Fleece is not a problem, though. I stick to wool if I'm ordering online, otherwise I have to touch the stuff first to know if I'll be able to wear it. All these new brand named fabrics don't make things any easier, either.
 
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I'm a bargain hunter!!!!

Since i need hunter orange during deer season i wear brown insulated coveralls, keeps me cozy, good mobility and they're cheap.

for everything else, sale rack!!!!

I seem to only find real tree, and real tree HD, as for manufacture, redhead, feild and stream, winchester.

Don't get me wrong, I buy good stuff......... I just won't pay full price for it!
 
Red Head makes alot of great stuff thats priced great as well. They have many different hunting clothing for climates, type of hunting, ect. They make some stuff exactly like under armour but for a 1/3 of the price. They also sell alot of great slient and scent lock stuff to help you out in the bush.
 
For cold weather I like to wear a base layer with either 100% Merino wool or a high percentage of it in a blend. If you've not worn Merino wool before, you've been missing out. Its got all of wools good qualities that you know, but is super comfy.... there's no longer any tradeoff:). As I'm really active I need things that wick and breathe well, I've got some Underarmor cold gear that works well, though sometimes the snug factor becomes less comfortable nearing the end of the day, I don't find this with the Merino, though admittedly the Merino does not wick as well. Sometimes its an advantage..... other times its not.

This year I've got some new jackets to try out, one is a camo UnderArmor fleece with windblock, and the other is a Rivers West with a hood that I think will be better at layering than what I've been using. My outermost jacket was too heavy and did not breathe.... the thing gets wet and stays wet, so off it goes. It was also quite bulky and would not pack up neatly when I had it on my pack. The jacket was part of a cheap Dickies 2 piece layered zip-together combo I bought 4 years ago pretty much on its price point alone. For really cold hunting I'll wear a my merino base long johns and some thick polar fleece pants I got at MEC underneath my camo pants. These days if I'm looking for hunting wear, I'll immediately stop looking at something if it has a shiny nylon liner inside, thats just a sweat trap. I have one coat that I think will be OK once I rip the nylon liner out.

I agree that quiet fabrics are very important, and I just wash mine with an unscented Tide instead of bothering with the pricey 'hunting' detergents. I don't like velcro on hunting clothes as its noisy and catches burrs.

I wish more manufacurers besides Browning would carry a line of hunting clothes in Mossy Oak Brush pattern. I think that particular camo is best suited for my hunting enviroments, especially in winter.

I'm a bit of a hypocrite in that I think we get carried away with the whole camo trend, but still wear it anyways:rolleyes:. Mankind has been hunting sucessfully for millenia without using Mossy Oak products. There's probably been more game taken by guys in red plaid flannel than in all of RealTree's product line. More sucessful than that probably though, is the natural camo used for hundreds of years: animal skins and furs. I think the thermal performance, comfort and utility of your clothes is more important than what pattern happens to be on it.
 
I really like my cabelas gortex pants. The jackets look decent. $100 a piece. I'm using a Canada Goose Tonfino jacket this year. Along with "Head" costco gloves and Solomon "Snow trip" boots. It's a mish-mash of stuff... use what works and is comfortable! :D
 
I got some remington real tree hardwood stuff from wally world. it works well, is similare to my normal hunting environment, and has nice features, good pockets, removeable hood, and ammunition loops in the large front cargo pockets.

the price was certainly right when I bought it.
 
Rocky boots, a pair of 500G thinsulate for early season, and a pair of 800G thinsulate for late season.
a toque I bought at TSC in Onterrible years ago with an orange rim on it or whatever baseball cap I can dig outta the back seat of the truck.
Depending on weather, a stanfield's wool long underwear shirt, a normal grey stanfield, the old orange fleece jacket my dad gave me that he hunted in for years, and a cheap ass mossyoak breakup raincoat from canadian tire. and military surplus rainpants if it's really pissin.
Carhartt pants early season, heavy wool pants late season.
and no gloves unless my hands are almost frozen, man I hate wearing gloves.
 
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