Aircooled68
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- Dec 17, 2021
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I'm really early into hunting and need a recommendation for merino baselayer weight. I'm a new dad, so value is important but I'm also acutely aware that "buy once, cry once" is a thing. This is my first season without significant help and I've done some backpacking, so consider me a high functioning idiot at best.
I'm primarily going to be archery and shotgun/rifle hunting for whitetail and turkey in N Illinois and SW Wisconsin. I also really loved archery elk and first rifle elk in Colorado. So there is going to be a lot of sitting hunting but once a year more of the "armed hiking" variety of hunting, with some backpacking and day hiking sprinkled in between.
With that said am I better off getting a 100-150 gsm or a 200-250 gsm weight baselayer for the variety of hunting I'll be doing? I'm generally aware that baselayers move moisture and aren't meant as an insulating layer, so heavyweight baselayers don't do the primary job that well. But does anyone have experience to suggest that midweight baselayers keep you warmer/dried compared with lightweight ones?
Thank you in advance!
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I'm primarily going to be archery and shotgun/rifle hunting for whitetail and turkey in N Illinois and SW Wisconsin. I also really loved archery elk and first rifle elk in Colorado. So there is going to be a lot of sitting hunting but once a year more of the "armed hiking" variety of hunting, with some backpacking and day hiking sprinkled in between.
With that said am I better off getting a 100-150 gsm or a 200-250 gsm weight baselayer for the variety of hunting I'll be doing? I'm generally aware that baselayers move moisture and aren't meant as an insulating layer, so heavyweight baselayers don't do the primary job that well. But does anyone have experience to suggest that midweight baselayers keep you warmer/dried compared with lightweight ones?
Thank you in advance!
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