Because I want to look stylish in the coffee shop

[elkstabber]

Hahaha !! This email just came from Kuiu. This cracks me up !!!



I'm not a Kuiu hater. I like most of their clothes. But this marketing ploy is hard to relate to since I think I've been to a coffee shop once in my life when my daughter had to use the bathroom.

 

[toadmeister]

Some if us like to advertise to the Soy-boy and Vegan Latte mellenials that we kill for meat

Bonus Points for fresh blood stains.

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[ljalberta]

I'm a bit of a coffee nerd and love me a good local coffee shop, but that still gave me a good laugh.

 

[BackcountryBloodline]

I think this is exactly what at least half these fanboys do, exclusively hunt units with cell reception, spend the whole day on instagram posting stories and hashtagging filtered posts, don't kill a damn thing then spend the evening back at camp doing model walks for each other by the fire in their new gear, as the sun starts to go down of course because they were scared to walk out in the dark...then go to the coffee shop on Monday with their designer woodsman hat to be seen typing up their blog about how hunting is about so much more to them than just a kill to cover up their poor bush skills.

 

[Trevor73402]

We don’t have any local coffee shops. Only a StarSucks. I make my coffee in a percolator pot on the stove top. Hard to beat...... I do like to look stylish though in basecamp......Incase some stray hot woman happens to come strolling thru.

 

[Trevor73402]

I think this is exactly what at least half these fanboys do, exclusively hunt units with cell reception, spend the whole day on instagram posting stories and hashtagging filtered posts, don't kill a damn thing then spend the evening back at camp doing model walks for each other by the fire in their new gear, as the sun starts to go down of course because they were scared to walk out in the dark...then go to the coffee shop on Monday with their designer woodsman hat to be seen typing up their blog about how hunting is about so much more to them than just a kill to cover up their poor bush skills.

I like you.....a lot.

 

[BackcountryBloodline]

I like you.....a lot.

I held off on buying any high end hunting clothes for a long time because I didn't want to be mistaken for any of these guys lol. I hunt solo so no catwalks for me, still waiting for those stray hot women to stroll through any one of these trips! I actually did have a curious granola cruncher stray over one night when I was camped in the front country, she had seen me with my bow earlier and let had me know she wasn't impressed at all. Guess curiosity killed the cat because she came over to my campfire later wondering what I was planning to do if I shot a bear out there, just take the head and leave? Good opportunity to explain meat salvage requirements, regulations regarding hunting and the conservation side of things as well. I wasn't far back out there enough for her to start looking good enough to share the tent with so I just gave her some food for thought and went back to my noodles.

 

[Trevor73402]

I held off on buying any high end hunting clothes for a long time because I didn't want to be mistaken for any of these guys lol. I hunt solo so no catwalks for me, still waiting for those stray hot women to stroll through any one of these trips! I actually did have a curious granola cruncher stray over one night when I was camped in the front country, she had seen me with my bow earlier and let had me know she wasn't impressed at all. Guess curiosity killed the cat because she came over to my campfire later wondering what I was planning to do if I shot a bear out there, just take the head and leave? Good opportunity to explain meat salvage requirements, regulations regarding hunting and the conservation side of things as well. I wasn't far back out there enough for her to start looking good enough to share the tent with so I just gave her some food for thought and went back to my noodles.

That made me laugh pretty good. I actually just bought my very first pieces of Sitka gear in early December. I just couldn't ever justify needing hunting clothes that cost that much. I'm not going to lie.....I do love them. Especially my base layers. I still think the price is crazy, but I guess I'm hooked now. I'm about to drop $500+ on a backpack with a Rhino on it. As I was reading your encounter with the granola girl, I was hoping she was hot and your story was going to turn into something from Penthouse Forum. Too bad....... If I ever have a hot one come rolling thru camp, she will leave a changed woman. I will most likely need a round of antibiotics afterwards, but hey.....you only live once.

 

[cmahoney]

Thanks for the heads up! I’m ordering all those base camp clothes now. The stylish issue was my hang up, I just hope they are cool in micro breweries too. I might shoot one of their ambassadors a DM to confirm.


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[Back Country Hunter 2]

I was gonna order 7 of these and put a company logo on them. Thanks for making my decision easier.

 

[Poser]

From the standpoint of “I need a down vest because I live in CO and I’d rather have a hunting brand than a pedestrian brand, but also in a solid color as opposed to camo because I don’t want to feel like a self conscious fan boy while walking to work and when I see dudes skiing in head to toe matching Kuiu camo (and these guys do exist), I feel a bit embarrassed for them”, I get the general idea of the ad copy. But, it does make one cringe just a little bit, too.

Conclusion: wearing hunting brands for purposes of fashion sensibility is just best not discussed.

 

[Billinsd]

You need a beret to be really cool in a coffee shop.

 

[BackcountryBloodline]

That made me laugh pretty good. I actually just bought my very first pieces of Sitka gear in early December. I just couldn't ever justify needing hunting clothes that cost that much. I'm not going to lie.....I do love them. Especially my base layers. I still think the price is crazy, but I guess I'm hooked now. I'm about to drop $500+ on a backpack with a Rhino on it. As I was reading your encounter with the granola girl, I was hoping she was hot and your story was going to turn into something from Penthouse Forum. Too bad....... If I ever have a hot one come rolling thru camp, she will leave a changed woman. I will most likely need a round of antibiotics afterwards, but hey.....you only live once.

Ya I grabbed a first lite piece on black friday, got sucked in and now I'm waiting for their end of the year sale lol. Definitely not worth what any of these companies are charging but if you can get a sale price or 2nd hand they sure beat army surplus gear...plus when the stray granola crunchers come by at least you can say hey did you notice my spendy camo pattern? Get ready for the classic "no, didn't see you at all" line back though, womp womp.

 

[cmahoney]

I think this is exactly what at least half these fanboys do, exclusively hunt units with cell reception, spend the whole day on instagram posting stories and hashtagging filtered posts, don't kill a damn thing then spend the evening back at camp doing model walks for each other by the fire in their new gear, as the sun starts to go down of course because they were scared to walk out in the dark...then go to the coffee shop on Monday with their designer woodsman hat to be seen typing up their blog about how hunting is about so much more to them than just a kill to cover up their poor bush skills.

I know what you mean about those hats, I’ve seen dudes wearing those in quite a few places recently.


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[wannakillabigbull]

I think I've been to a coffee shop once in my life

Wish I could say the same! Now that my wife hunts that's one of her conditions when I take her; loves her coffee shops.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

I think they were trying to go more for the “Hey, you can wear this stuff to the office, or church, or the coffee shop.”

Which honestly, I totally agree with. I wear firstlite gear out to our test site and the main office all the time. It regulates temperature, is super comfortable, and performs much better than the crappy clothing I used to try and stay warm/cool in working all day.

As an example, I had to be out at our test site this morning to get the gates opened up to receive a compact track loader we are doing some testing with. It was 29 degrees when I left my ranch and I knew I was going to be outside all morning. I threw on some kiln bottoms under my jeans, a kiln top, and threw the Uncomblahblah jacket onto the passenger seat of my truck. Put it on as soon as I got to the site. I was super comfy being outside all morning in 29-35 degrees.

I think the “coffee shop” thing is a little bit ridiculous but I see what they were trying for with the marketing speak. Probably isn’t messaging tailored for most of the hunters on this platform, but I think it makes sense for a lot of their customers.

 

[Poser]

Next season: Kuiu umbrella that doubles as an ice axe.

 

[ozyclint]

are the hoods shaped to accommodate a man bun?

 

[toadmeister]

Interesting economics if you do some rough accounting:

$5 coffee x 3/week x 52 weeks/year = $780 /year.

You could just about buy a Sitka outfit with that money!

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[FLAK]

Somehow, quite fitting.