Wolfshead
WKR
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- Aug 10, 2022
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I have to agree that this is a personal thing.
I believe that we all have to fine tune our “kit”
I’ve found in my situation that the softshell/synthetics don’t keep me warm.
I had a Kuiu softshell jacket in XL, and if I was using to hunt for any period of time I would get cold. Even around 30 degrees. It did well cutting wind, and all, but once it got cold, that cold just penetrated.
The jacket would get cold, and leech through my base layers.
So I bought an XXL, and added a strong fleece 280 hoodie, and it was the same situation, the cold just came through.
Ive never hunted out west or that style. I’m a still hunter who occasionally hunts from a stand, probably similar to you.
I hunt in the flatlands and some hilly areas so I’ve been in some minor elevation compared to out west.
So, I wear a lot of wool clothes, and if I’m stand hunting my parka and bibs, over my wool.
Still hunting I can cover anywhere from 2-6 miles in a day, and I’ve never found my wool to be too heavy for doing that.
I have a couple pair of the Kuiu attack pants and I find them noisy and not warm.
I know what I do will not necessarily equate to your western hunting situation, but I usually wear this;
Top
Kuiu ultra merino 125 T shirt
Kuiu ultra merino 145 1/4 zip
Kuiu Pro merino 200 1/4 zip
Then when down below 35-40 degrees I’ll add either my proximity vest, and/or my Johnson woolen mills 1842 Jac shirt.
Bottoms
Ultra merino 160 bottoms (long John’s)
If it gets really cold I’ll add another pair of bottoms to this
Big Bills merino wool pants.
Again if I’m sitting I have a parka and bibs to put on over what I’ve described.
I believe that we all have to fine tune our “kit”
I’ve found in my situation that the softshell/synthetics don’t keep me warm.
I had a Kuiu softshell jacket in XL, and if I was using to hunt for any period of time I would get cold. Even around 30 degrees. It did well cutting wind, and all, but once it got cold, that cold just penetrated.
The jacket would get cold, and leech through my base layers.
So I bought an XXL, and added a strong fleece 280 hoodie, and it was the same situation, the cold just came through.
Ive never hunted out west or that style. I’m a still hunter who occasionally hunts from a stand, probably similar to you.
I hunt in the flatlands and some hilly areas so I’ve been in some minor elevation compared to out west.
So, I wear a lot of wool clothes, and if I’m stand hunting my parka and bibs, over my wool.
Still hunting I can cover anywhere from 2-6 miles in a day, and I’ve never found my wool to be too heavy for doing that.
I have a couple pair of the Kuiu attack pants and I find them noisy and not warm.
I know what I do will not necessarily equate to your western hunting situation, but I usually wear this;
Top
Kuiu ultra merino 125 T shirt
Kuiu ultra merino 145 1/4 zip
Kuiu Pro merino 200 1/4 zip
Then when down below 35-40 degrees I’ll add either my proximity vest, and/or my Johnson woolen mills 1842 Jac shirt.
Bottoms
Ultra merino 160 bottoms (long John’s)
If it gets really cold I’ll add another pair of bottoms to this
Big Bills merino wool pants.
Again if I’m sitting I have a parka and bibs to put on over what I’ve described.
