jlbethea
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- Apr 5, 2022
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Hi All,
I'm getting back into the hunting world after a 10 year hiatus. I grew up hunting the typical southern way where you ride out to a box stand and freeze your tail off until lunch. The other option was sweating on Christmas morning or New Year Day because it's Mississippi. I lived in cheap cotton camo that made life not as enjoyable sitting in a tree.
Now that I'm getting back into it, I'm interested in in getting a good clothing system nailed down that I can also wear to town, and that will also work well for western hunts and backpacking in the summer. Right now it's all southern whitetail and turkey for me, but eventually I'd like to get into western and Alaskan hunting. I've got a camo shirt and pants for turkey, so I'm interested in going all solids with everything else. I'd like to get a single set of high quality clothes that will handle MS thickets and also work for backpacking out west. Durability is probably the biggest thing with the ability to vent for early season / summer hiking also up there on my priority list. Not brand loyal so I'd be absolutely fine to mix and match brands (and obviously colors). I'm willing to save for more expensive clothing and buy a piece or two every year if the quality is there.
I've heard good things about KUIU Kutana pants, and really like the long vents in the Stone Glacier pants. I typically wear minimalist trail running shoes so looking for light uninsulated boots with a lot of flex. fine with used gear so if you have stuff that fits a skinny dude then please hit me up! I'm 6'0" and 155lbs so I wear like a 30x32 or 30x34 pants and medium T-shirts.
Below are the items that I have in mind at the moment, please let me know if there is anything I've missed here!
Thanks in advance, I appreciate all the advice I can get before I start dropping money on stuff!
I'm getting back into the hunting world after a 10 year hiatus. I grew up hunting the typical southern way where you ride out to a box stand and freeze your tail off until lunch. The other option was sweating on Christmas morning or New Year Day because it's Mississippi. I lived in cheap cotton camo that made life not as enjoyable sitting in a tree.
Now that I'm getting back into it, I'm interested in in getting a good clothing system nailed down that I can also wear to town, and that will also work well for western hunts and backpacking in the summer. Right now it's all southern whitetail and turkey for me, but eventually I'd like to get into western and Alaskan hunting. I've got a camo shirt and pants for turkey, so I'm interested in going all solids with everything else. I'd like to get a single set of high quality clothes that will handle MS thickets and also work for backpacking out west. Durability is probably the biggest thing with the ability to vent for early season / summer hiking also up there on my priority list. Not brand loyal so I'd be absolutely fine to mix and match brands (and obviously colors). I'm willing to save for more expensive clothing and buy a piece or two every year if the quality is there.
I've heard good things about KUIU Kutana pants, and really like the long vents in the Stone Glacier pants. I typically wear minimalist trail running shoes so looking for light uninsulated boots with a lot of flex. fine with used gear so if you have stuff that fits a skinny dude then please hit me up! I'm 6'0" and 155lbs so I wear like a 30x32 or 30x34 pants and medium T-shirts.
Below are the items that I have in mind at the moment, please let me know if there is anything I've missed here!
- base layers
- durability not as important. KUIU's zip off base layer pants seem intriguing
- mid layers
- not as important as base/outer layers as I already have a lot of things that I can use for mid layering. Definitely looking for recommendations on this though
- outer layers
- durability is a big factor for me here. I try to stay out of the briars but sometimes I find myself in them. I'm basically looking for a set of clothes to wear year-round and handle every hunting outing that I go on for the next five years.
- down layers
- I'll probably start off with a cheap Eddie Bauer down jacket but the SG stuff does look awesome. Down pants would also be awesome to get eventually for the five hour tree stand sits.
- rain layers
- I have a red rain jacket that works well but would like to get an earth-toned one mainly to hide from other hunters (plus bright red looks ugly with just about anything else I pair it with.) Looking mainly for the jacket, I have Black Diamond rain shell pants that I can use if the weather gets that bad.
- wool gloves
- In the past I've gotten USGI wool gloves off Amazon and that's done me good for the most part. would be interested in other options if there are recommendations for anything specific.
- boot gaiters
- I've heard a lot of good things about the Stone Glacier gaiters but not crazy about how dark (dark grey and black) they are.
- boots
- As mentioned above I really like lightweight and flexible boots.
Thanks in advance, I appreciate all the advice I can get before I start dropping money on stuff!