WanderingFarmer
FNG
I’d swap out the furnace as a base layer and pack in the solitude bibs.
There’s a thread on here about fishnet/ mesh base layers, give that a look. I tried some in the wool variety this year and was super impressed with the moisture management aspect.
My hikes to the stand this year were typically 1-2 miles, and I sweat just thinking about them. This year, for 25-50 degrees I wore.
- Mesh base layers
- First lite corrugate guide pants
- Corrugate guide jacket or a grid fleece, but not both unless it was cold and windy
- appropriate hat and gloves to further moderate temperature
Once at my stand, I’d throw on an insulated top and bottom that were appropriate for being static in the days temps, and the remaining moisture would essentially cook out of my innermost layers and I’d be warm enough.
On days that I chose to still hunt, I’d swap to a fleece lined soft shell and consider an additional mid layer so that I could just creep along slowly in the woods.
There’s a thread on here about fishnet/ mesh base layers, give that a look. I tried some in the wool variety this year and was super impressed with the moisture management aspect.
This, right here. The first lite furnace layers take forever to dry and, once wet, physics requires a lot of energy to turn it into vapor and drive it out. I find I’m better off with either synthetics that don’t absorb moisture or the wool mesh that just has less material and thus less carrying capacity for sweat.
My hikes to the stand this year were typically 1-2 miles, and I sweat just thinking about them. This year, for 25-50 degrees I wore.
- Mesh base layers
- First lite corrugate guide pants
- Corrugate guide jacket or a grid fleece, but not both unless it was cold and windy
- appropriate hat and gloves to further moderate temperature
Once at my stand, I’d throw on an insulated top and bottom that were appropriate for being static in the days temps, and the remaining moisture would essentially cook out of my innermost layers and I’d be warm enough.
On days that I chose to still hunt, I’d swap to a fleece lined soft shell and consider an additional mid layer so that I could just creep along slowly in the woods.
