Wool Hunting Clothes- Your Opinion?
12-29-2007, 09:34 AM
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 309
Wool Hunting Clothes- Your Opinion?
Guys-
I like to hunt with wool clothing, but it is definately heavier then much of the other cold weather clothing out there. Do any of you use wool outer clothing like Weatherby's or Columbia, King of the Mountain, etc...
Do you see an advantage to wool over the fleeces and synthetics?
I like to hunt with wool clothing, but it is definately heavier then much of the other cold weather clothing out there. Do any of you use wool outer clothing like Weatherby's or Columbia, King of the Mountain, etc...
Do you see an advantage to wool over the fleeces and synthetics?
12-29-2007, 09:50 AM
#3
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Paradise
Posts: 23,427
RE: Wool Hunting Clothes- Your Opinion?
I am from New England and have hunted extensively throughout Vermont, NH and Maine. Traditionally most of us who have been hunting for a while chose wool. I always hunt with wool from Johnson Woolen Mills in Johnson, Vermont. I use rubber LaCrosse boots, Johnson green wool pants, an insulated wool shirt and a green Johnson jack shirt (light weight wool coat). I wear an orange hat and vest from Cabelas to make my outfit safer. I still hunt and don't need the warmth that a heavy coat will provide even though I often hunt in temperatures that are well below freezing. The jack shirt has a game pouch in the back and if it gets too hot I take off my insulated wool shirt and put it in the pouch. I don't feel the wool gathers any more scent than any other fabric and always try to hunt into the wind regardless what I am wearing. Wool is quiet, and retains warmth even when wet. It is heavy but that is the way I have always hunted and will continue to do so.
12-29-2007, 10:11 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Michigan
Posts: 3,476
RE: Wool Hunting Clothes- Your Opinion?
In agreement with what C.I. said above ...
I wear silk and/or polypropelene/wool combo underwear but the next layer or 2 is usually wool. It breathes well, warm when wet, tough and quiet. The extra weight issue is balanced out by it's quietness and comfort.
I have been shopping lately for high end camo that will serve me well from 45 degrees to 0 degrees. I'll probably end up with some kind of shell or unisulated coverall and then keep wearing the wool layers beneath as needed.
Or, I might invest on some of the really expensive wook camo that is out now....
I wear silk and/or polypropelene/wool combo underwear but the next layer or 2 is usually wool. It breathes well, warm when wet, tough and quiet. The extra weight issue is balanced out by it's quietness and comfort.
I have been shopping lately for high end camo that will serve me well from 45 degrees to 0 degrees. I'll probably end up with some kind of shell or unisulated coverall and then keep wearing the wool layers beneath as needed.
Or, I might invest on some of the really expensive wook camo that is out now....
12-29-2007, 02:33 PM
#7
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Cedar Springs,MI
Posts: 89
RE: Wool Hunting Clothes- Your Opinion?
I love my Sleeping Indian wool. Best outerwear I've ever owned! It's very warm and durable. Wish I would of bought some years ago. I wasted alot of money on Browning etc.
12-30-2007, 09:04 AM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Northern Plains
Posts: 138
RE: Wool Hunting Clothes- Your Opinion?
I do a lot of spot and stalking up north where the winters can be brutal. I'll usually sit on the side of a hill and glass for hours. The ground is usually froze or has snow on it and thats what your sitting on. With wool you can sit for hours without getting your keister cold. With synthetics you'll be cold in 15 minutes. The weight really isn't an issue it only amounts to ounces. You'll never notice that. The benefits outway the negatives IMO.