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Oh the moose hunt gear mind f*ck… I kinda miss those days.
On our AK fly-in drop camp moose hunt in ‘18, my buddy and I both used the G3 guide boots with no complaints and both still use them today. He went with the Simms G3 waders while I tried to save a few bucks and went with some “top of the line” Reddington. After too many hours cutting up my bull in ankle deep water one of my feet was wet and his were dry. That was more annoying for the rest of the trip as the neoprene booty wouldn’t dry out. Bagel bag to the rescue - mom would be proud… To be fair they didn’t leak before and still don’t leak under normal wading and use. I think it was just sitting in water for that long eventually forced water through a weak spot.
There were a couple days on our hunt when it got hot enough that waders sucked (not that it happened but… picture 2 grown ass’d men sitting around calling moose with their waders around their knees…) but they worked perfect the rest of the time. I contemplated using hippers instead and was pretty against the idea of chest waders from the start but glad I went with the chest waders looking back. One of those days my buddy decided to head out from camp in the BOGs we both brought for camp shoes ( highly recommended by the way) and he immediately stepped off a muskeg into a hole up to his knee.
As far as rain gear, my buddy and I both packed a lighter weight breathable jackets (Kuiu chugach and FL Seak) well as the HH Impertect. Wore the HH when it was raining when we left camp and packed the lighter weight the rest of the time and worked out great. Although the weather was surprisingly good for our trip and we only got constant weather for a couple days of our hunt.
That hunt was one of the better hunts I have been on - it was a beat down mentally as it was just so different from our usual hunts. But once we relaxed and accepted the hunt for what it was we really enjoyed and appreciated the trip that much more. I send you our gear lists from that trip if you want and happy to answer any other questions.
On our AK fly-in drop camp moose hunt in ‘18, my buddy and I both used the G3 guide boots with no complaints and both still use them today. He went with the Simms G3 waders while I tried to save a few bucks and went with some “top of the line” Reddington. After too many hours cutting up my bull in ankle deep water one of my feet was wet and his were dry. That was more annoying for the rest of the trip as the neoprene booty wouldn’t dry out. Bagel bag to the rescue - mom would be proud… To be fair they didn’t leak before and still don’t leak under normal wading and use. I think it was just sitting in water for that long eventually forced water through a weak spot.
There were a couple days on our hunt when it got hot enough that waders sucked (not that it happened but… picture 2 grown ass’d men sitting around calling moose with their waders around their knees…) but they worked perfect the rest of the time. I contemplated using hippers instead and was pretty against the idea of chest waders from the start but glad I went with the chest waders looking back. One of those days my buddy decided to head out from camp in the BOGs we both brought for camp shoes ( highly recommended by the way) and he immediately stepped off a muskeg into a hole up to his knee.
As far as rain gear, my buddy and I both packed a lighter weight breathable jackets (Kuiu chugach and FL Seak) well as the HH Impertect. Wore the HH when it was raining when we left camp and packed the lighter weight the rest of the time and worked out great. Although the weather was surprisingly good for our trip and we only got constant weather for a couple days of our hunt.
That hunt was one of the better hunts I have been on - it was a beat down mentally as it was just so different from our usual hunts. But once we relaxed and accepted the hunt for what it was we really enjoyed and appreciated the trip that much more. I send you our gear lists from that trip if you want and happy to answer any other questions.
Hopefully it likes the TTSX 180s. So far it’s shot everything well, so I’m guessing it’ll be just fine. Hope to find out tomorrow while putting some cameras up. 
