Best All-Season Hunting Clothing?

[Unlatched Ammo]

Hi everyone,I’m putting together a versatile hunting setup for early fall through late-season hunts in varying terrain.Looking for advice on base layers, mid-layer insulation, quiet/durable outer shells, and must-have accessories like gloves or gaiters.Open to any brand (Sitka,Kuiu,First Lite,Kryptek) or good budget options.Thanks for any field-tested recommendations!

 

[mj23polaris]

Pants
Hot- born primitive lite pants
Do all- Kuiu attack
Cold- Sitka timberline

Base layer
Synthetic Sitka
Merino first lite
Or just a poly cotton t shirt

Mids
Hot to cool- Sitka core lightweight
Active insulation- kuiu kenai
Cool to cold - a light/medium fleece quarter zip or just a poly sweatshirt. I’ve been wearing a UA cold gear sweatshirt in realtree for like 8-9yrs now and I’ve killed so much shit in it from sept to December. Don’t over think this stuff.


Insulation
Stone glacier Grumman or kifaru LPP
I’m a synthetic puffy pant kinda guy so FL puffy pants or beyond clothing. iMo I want them synthetic bc I’m going to walk through snow or wet sage or grass or sit in snow and I want them tough and fast to dry.

Rain
Pick a three layer jacket and pants if you’re only going to own 1 set. I run kuiu but I mean if it’s kuiu, goretex or e-vent I don’t think you can go wrong.

Acc
A light wind layer like a stone glacier dehavilland is nice to layer over the active insulation or my mids depending on temp and activity.

Outdoor research croc gaiters

Gloves and beanies is a wild world look to brands like outdoor research. Get a pair of mits, insulated gloves, that are water proof. Then grab some mechanical type gloves for cool days or the milsurp merino liners are good to. a minus 33 merino beanie in earth tone and orange. Best beanies made

Everything I mention is stuff I’ve used and replaced with the same thing or I haven’t found a reason to replace it bc it works. I’ve tried a lot of gear in the past 9-10yrs and it takes me from spring bear to summer scouting to cow hunts in December.


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[Bump79]

The most versatile system is one where you lean into layering with more lighter more breathable layers.

My base layers for late season are my early season pieces. Except for pants. So this is 15 pieces except socks/underwear. All of which I've found on the best deal I can.

Tops:
Sitka 120 Merino Hoodie
Kuiu 97 Fleece Quarter Zip
Black Ovis Specter Wind Jacket or similar full zip
Sitka Ambient Full Zip Jacket
Decathlon Synthetic Down Jacket
Pnuma 3L Rain Jacket.
If tree stand hunting - I add Pnuma Heated Vest in lieu of 120.

Bottom:
Ortovox 120 Merino 3/4 btm
Kuiu 97 Zip Off Btm
Hot Pant - OR Ferrosi
Mid Pant - FL Corrugate Foundry
Cold Pant - UA Windstopper Fleece
Kuiu Kenai Zip Off Pant
Pnuma 3L Rain Pant.
If tree stand hunting - I add Pnuma Heated btm in lieu of 120.

I could probably get away with two pairs of pants really.

 

[AlwaysChasinTailNHorns]

Maybe not the most popular opinion but I ran Sitka for about three years and it’s great gear zero complaints and I ran first lite before that also good gear but I sold everything and I’ve moved to Scentlok now I mainly tree stand hunt for whitetail all public land in the southeast with trips up north for about 1-2 weeks a year in the Midwest and the occasional mule deer or elk tag (I draw every other year) now I needed gear that was tailored for the hunting I do most which is tree stand bow hunting/muzzleloader for whitetail and scentlok checked all those boxes it’s the most quiet of the other brands I’ve used, it’s warm (found myself barely using my fanatic gear in the southeast rare even in the Midwest in November and some of the stratus gear was too hot for my long hikes in on public with gear) I wanted something quiet, layer able with good features, and the scent control feature while I know is a little gimmicky I’ve seen it work in swirling wind situations in close quarters. Scentlok makes some really nice products I’ve got a lot of them and their heated vest is awesome for all day sits during the rut in January in north Alabama mountains plus I love Mossy Oak Country DNA which works in a ton of terrain where some brands are very specific. Just thought I’d give you my two cents good luck finding the gear that fits your hunt! Their stealth and savanna aero lines are great and I really like their headhunter pants for mid season they also offer merino base layers now as well I have the q zip and their gloves are customizable which is awesome.

 

[Bojangles21]

I’ve been through so many pieces trying to find “the best” and it seems to never end, but, I think I have it narrowed down to a great set up

Bottoms:
Hot- born primitive frontier lites
All around- kuiu attacks
Cold- born primitive frontier heavy and kuiu axis hybrids

Base Layers:
Hot- black ovis realm (synthetic) blackovis venture (merino) /kuiu ultra merino 120(if you’re a merino guy like me)
All around- kuiu merino 145
Cold- sitka core 330

Mid layers:
All day every day- duckworth powder hoody (A MUST HAVE! My favorite most worn piece I own)

Jackets:
Insulating- Kifaru LPP/FL Chamberlin puffy/duckworth storm cloud (a little bit lighter wool insulating layer)
Shells- SG M7 (if you want water resistance and warmth) SG M5 (if you want a total wind breaker and water proof)

Summary is, I’m a big merino base, powder hoody mid layer guy, all the time, if it’s colder, I just up the merino base weight, and then throw an m7 over the mid layer, and if it’s still cold, throw a puffy under the m7. Plain and simple, base, mid, puffy, hardshell.


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[mtnbound]

Hi everyone,I’m putting together a versatile hunting setup for early fall through late-season hunts in varying terrain.Looking for advice on base layers, mid-layer insulation, quiet/durable outer shells, and must-have accessories like gloves or gaiters.Open to any brand (Sitka,Kuiu,First Lite,Kryptek) or good budget options.Thanks for any field-tested recommendations!

If you do a search, you will find vast amounts of info on what you're looking for.

 

[Dr.Spaniel]

I hunt northeastern Kansas and south central Colorado. I ground stalk deer and I’ll trap if it gets cold and snows. I go hard for the deals. I run super hot and hate being constricted, I never wear underwear and sleep naked. Most of the time the mid layer is my outer layer.

Base layers
-Some merino long boys from TJMaxx
-Kuiu merino short sleeve I found at a second hand store in Lawrence, Kansas $7
-Whatever smartwool socks are on sale of varying weights, will wear pink.
-If I know I’m going to be getting wet, I like a pair of Patagonia wading socks.

Mid-layer insulation
-Duck camp bamboo long sleeve
-First Lite merino hoodie found at a thrift store in Breck, $35

Quiet/durable outer shells
-Wrangler quick dry outdoor pants that have been waterproofed with a silicon spray
-The old model Browning brush pants
-My outerwear top is usually a camo hoodie in realtree max-1 xt
-I’ve got a Patagonia down jacket in a sage green that I’ll wear when it gets colder.

Accessories
-I like the primos lightweight gloves with the textured hand. The glove goes up well past my wrist bones, which I really like. I’ll cut off whatever fingers that need to be bare skin.
-A pair of wool mittens that flip up for exposed fingers. My wife knitted the ones I wear now.
-Some sort of beanie
-I have a neck gaiter I will use to cover my face or to hold my long hair back
-First Lite leafy mask
-This isn’t a clothing item, but I use the skyweight utility chest pack from 5.11, many of my clothing decisions are made with this harness in mind.

If it’s really cold I’m wearing carhartt bibs and whatever warm chore clothes are around with heavy gloves or mittens and a fleece neck gaiter. This is what I will usually wear trapping and rabbit hunting.
This is the kit I’ve ran for three years now. If took about three years to dial in. It’s comfortable, durable and pretty cheap. This is my go to for my terrain, rarely am I above 9000 so my gear doesn’t have to be as rugged or insulated as some guys on here that are definitely rocking way harder than I am.

If you do a search, you will find vast amounts of info on what you're looking for.

Thank you for your visit.

 

[Maxwell.a.wilson]

I really like a wool button up ala Pendleton. You can always find them cheap at a goodwill, and they do well in a wide variety of temps.