This one came to mind as I replied to PigHunter's thread up top about "What's on your belt?". I started drifting but decided it might be worth a seperate post.
Back in the day I wore regular blue jeans in the woods like most everyone else, except for the old timers with wool hunting pants or the downstate guys with the head to toe blaze orange polyester duds. Eventually camo jeans became available and I used those for years. Upside to jeans are that they're cut in waist and lenght sizes you can specifically choose. Downside is cotton doesn't cut it in cold and/or wet conditions. I have one pair that mostly gets used during spring turkey season when the weather is decent.
The past 10-12 years I've been rotating mainly between two pairs of hunting pants, one fleece and another of softshell material. I'm not wild about the fit of either even though both have their place. I like the fleece for sitting on stand in colder weather and the softshell when I'm moving more. Problem I have with both is I fall in between a small and medium size. I'm thinking at some point I'll break down and get something from one of the technical hunting wear outfits that actually fits right. I'm finding as I'm getting older I'm becoming less tolerant of clothes that aren't comfortable to wear in general. I used to wear work clothes until they looked like rags but no longer. Even casual favorites that have simply stretched out are finding their way to the donation bins.
I'm not looking for suggestions, just curious what you're comfortable wearing in the field?
Back in the day I wore regular blue jeans in the woods like most everyone else, except for the old timers with wool hunting pants or the downstate guys with the head to toe blaze orange polyester duds. Eventually camo jeans became available and I used those for years. Upside to jeans are that they're cut in waist and lenght sizes you can specifically choose. Downside is cotton doesn't cut it in cold and/or wet conditions. I have one pair that mostly gets used during spring turkey season when the weather is decent.
The past 10-12 years I've been rotating mainly between two pairs of hunting pants, one fleece and another of softshell material. I'm not wild about the fit of either even though both have their place. I like the fleece for sitting on stand in colder weather and the softshell when I'm moving more. Problem I have with both is I fall in between a small and medium size. I'm thinking at some point I'll break down and get something from one of the technical hunting wear outfits that actually fits right. I'm finding as I'm getting older I'm becoming less tolerant of clothes that aren't comfortable to wear in general. I used to wear work clothes until they looked like rags but no longer. Even casual favorites that have simply stretched out are finding their way to the donation bins.
I'm not looking for suggestions, just curious what you're comfortable wearing in the field?
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