Last year I came on the forum and got great advice on the catalyst.
I hunt PA archery and rifle from oct-dec. ORiginally I wanted to run the catalyst pant and jacket, but was told that the jacket is likely too light a system even with layering to carry me through PA nov-dec temps. In came the solitude jacket.
I hunt 50/50 between stand and spot-stalk. Thus I really don't like bibs. Also, I wear a bino harness which has become a great piece of gear that I've come to rely on. I'm never away from our cabin for more than 4-5 hours. So I run a bino harness and a largeer hydration pack (Eberlestock mini me). The setup is great and light and packs all that I need.
My issue is when I went to purchase my kit, I saw Firstlite switched their whitetail offerings. NOW, I can only get the Solitude jacket in Specter. AND I can NOT get the Catalyst pant in Specter...only the bibs. So you can see the kit I wanted to combine is effectively impossible.
Any thoughts on how to resolve this?
Does anyone on here hunt the style I described in the temps mentioned above (i.e. in those temps with a bino harness and not 100% stand hunting)?
Any insight is great. I really want to scoop up the kit shortly as the season is getting underway.
I hunt PA archery and rifle from oct-dec. ORiginally I wanted to run the catalyst pant and jacket, but was told that the jacket is likely too light a system even with layering to carry me through PA nov-dec temps. In came the solitude jacket.
I hunt 50/50 between stand and spot-stalk. Thus I really don't like bibs. Also, I wear a bino harness which has become a great piece of gear that I've come to rely on. I'm never away from our cabin for more than 4-5 hours. So I run a bino harness and a largeer hydration pack (Eberlestock mini me). The setup is great and light and packs all that I need.
My issue is when I went to purchase my kit, I saw Firstlite switched their whitetail offerings. NOW, I can only get the Solitude jacket in Specter. AND I can NOT get the Catalyst pant in Specter...only the bibs. So you can see the kit I wanted to combine is effectively impossible.
Any thoughts on how to resolve this?
Does anyone on here hunt the style I described in the temps mentioned above (i.e. in those temps with a bino harness and not 100% stand hunting)?
Any insight is great. I really want to scoop up the kit shortly as the season is getting underway.