New sitka setup

[Forest]

So i am switching to all sitka this year. They have added quite a few options the past few years. So if you were to start over with as few pieces as possible how would you do it?? Looking at upper body only. A bit of info: I will be hunting mid archery season all the way through rifle season (sept 15-dec 1.) Primarily hunt the missouri river breaks and the rest of eastern montana. So wide range of temps and often wind. Also i have a bunch of merino baselayers as well as under armour so can help layer with that stuff. Already have mountain pants and gloves from last year and they are in the open country pattern. So will stick with that plus it fits my landscape well anyways.
My potential thoughts:
-Core lightweight (or midweight?) long sleeve
-kelvin active jacket
-jetstream jacket (probably in brown so i get more use out of it.)
Would that cover most everything??
Thanks for any help!!!

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[FlyGuy]

I just end up buying all of it and then trying to pack all of it and stressing over which to wear, so I might not be the most help.

I think that set up will get you through just about anything and is a great starting point to give you the most coverage with the fewest pieces. I have the jetstream jacket, one of the first pieces I purchased (along with timberline pants and a core mid or heavy weight top). The performance of that set up really demonstrated to me the value of quality gear. I dont think you can really go wrong, but i will sy that Today that jacket is the one I probably use the least. It's kinda heavy and not the most packable (unless they have changed it since I got mine in 14 or 15?). It's a good all around jacket, but I drifted towards using more specialised pieces as my "collection" expanded. I haven't seen the 2017 jackets in person yet, so I'm curious to see what others have to say.

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[Rwbrew3]

Are you hunting out of a tree or stalking ? For long sits in cold weather the incinerator is nice, just don't want to do a lot of stalking in it. The jestream blocks the wind but if sitting you will get cold in it, partner it with the travers cold weather hoody you would be in great shape. I use a 90% with good mid if stalking and don't get to warm.

But I'm with flyguy, i own it all and it all goes hunting with me too !

 

[Forest]

Are you hunting out of a tree or stalking ? For long sits in cold weather the incinerator is nice, just don't want to do a lot of stalking in it. The jestream blocks the wind but if sitting you will get cold in it, partner it with the travers cold weather hoody you would be in great shape. I use a 90% with good mid if stalking and don't get to warm.

But I'm with flyguy, i own it all and it all goes hunting with me too !

All spot and stalk from a vehicle/base camp. Quite a bit of hiking with pit-stops to glass.

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[Rwbrew3]

The jeststream with the wind stop in it will do you well, especially when glassing for a bit, a removable mid layer ( zip off pants ) are great aswell, they ride above your boots so you do not have to remove them, basically drop your outer layer and unzip, if temp drop zip them back on ! I have a jetstream vest that helps a lot too.

90% is a great option both pants and jacket !

 

[Jardo]

You need warm weather pants. Get some ascents in open country before they are all gone. Discontinued this year.

My early season is ascents with core lightweight hoody and a 90% jacket. Jet stream comes if it gets below 50 degrees.

Mid to late is mountain or 90% pants with merino base layer, traverse hoody or 90% jacket with a kelvin lightweight hoody in the pack for glassing.

Don't forget raingear. I use mine for wet grass and brush after the rain or snow. I am usually more worried about getting wet from the foliage than from the rain. Wet equals cold and when I'm cold, I don't feel like hunting much.