Why do we buy soft shells?

evo1mike

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I do alot more reading here than posting but I'll chime in on this from a perspective alot of people aren't commenting on.

Id never ever pack in a softshell in early season or for rain or on any mobile hike. But not every hunting trip is an early September elk hunt from a backpack.

But come late November here in the interior of BC (and similar I'm sure to alot of cooler states), I absolutely can't wait to throw on my jetatream jacket when it's freezing or below, and the wind is howling, and I'm walking mule deer from a basecamp. We will do 15km/day slow moving from a base camp (wall tent or trailers) thru enormous burns. Howling cold wind non stop, never rain, often cold snow. Real hard to beat a Jetstream in that scenario. I'll throw it in the pack to get from camp to up on the plateau, then wear it all day with a few layers under it. Blocks the wind which is colder than the air temp very well and is very cozy.
 

cumminsbassguy

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As a new to me owner of a jetstream, I have put it through a 4 day dall sheep hunt and a 7 day moose hunt.. the sheep hunt it was my pillow. I thought I would use it more but my ambient and wind jacket were more than enough. Temps were 60ish degrees during the day and down to 35 at night.
This moose hunt, out of 7 hunting days it rained 6.5 of them. Sometimes all day sometime off and on, even snowed a day.. Temps were 50-33 ish. I lived in my ambient and jetstream, then rain jacket over the top when it started to come down. There were a few hours total where the wind wasn't blowing in some sense and the jetstream did an amazing job the entire time. I would recommend a soft shell all day. My hunting partner never leaves his jetstream behind
 
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