Braveheart
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First of all thanks to everyone who has given me advice here. I am down to 50 days before, I set out on my Elk solo hunting adventure in Montana from Central Missouri. I guess you could say that I am going over everything in my head and trying to plan now for any problems that pop up while I am hunting. Especially being that this is my first hunt for Elk in a new place far from home and now that I am retired, I seem to have alot of free time.
I of course as a tree stand hunter did not have much of a rain gear suit other than a poncho. If it raining then I hunt in a blind here.
I have had to order about three different sets of rain gear to find one that will fit and allow some movement without sweating to death. I ended up with a cabelas rain suit for about $200 with jacket and pants. I notice that the pants and jacket are very thin. The fold into some nice little pouches that you can carry in your back pack.
I guess that I am concerned about the durability of the suit. It seems like it could tear easily and end up being worthless. It does seem to be well made, but not very puncture resistant.
I notice that others spend $450 on a gortex style rain jacket and pants. I have looked at a set and can not bring myself to spend that much on a rain suit. It may not rain!! I guess if it is a durable gortex jacket it could be worn as a windbreaker or snowy conditions and you would get a lot more use out of it than a super thin jacket waded up in a back pack. I could bring myself to spend more if I knew what kind of rain gear most people use to chase elk.
A friend of mine bought a $350 gortex rain jacket and told me he wore it every single day hunting elk. He said he would never take a thin set because of the hiking and climbing one does hunting elk.
So what style do you guys wear and how often does and elk hunter actually wear a rain suit??
I of course as a tree stand hunter did not have much of a rain gear suit other than a poncho. If it raining then I hunt in a blind here.
I have had to order about three different sets of rain gear to find one that will fit and allow some movement without sweating to death. I ended up with a cabelas rain suit for about $200 with jacket and pants. I notice that the pants and jacket are very thin. The fold into some nice little pouches that you can carry in your back pack.
I guess that I am concerned about the durability of the suit. It seems like it could tear easily and end up being worthless. It does seem to be well made, but not very puncture resistant.
I notice that others spend $450 on a gortex style rain jacket and pants. I have looked at a set and can not bring myself to spend that much on a rain suit. It may not rain!! I guess if it is a durable gortex jacket it could be worn as a windbreaker or snowy conditions and you would get a lot more use out of it than a super thin jacket waded up in a back pack. I could bring myself to spend more if I knew what kind of rain gear most people use to chase elk.
A friend of mine bought a $350 gortex rain jacket and told me he wore it every single day hunting elk. He said he would never take a thin set because of the hiking and climbing one does hunting elk.
So what style do you guys wear and how often does and elk hunter actually wear a rain suit??
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