Oh yeah rabbit holes are great. Maybe I should ask about appropriate calibers next!Quilts are your friend you arr going to down a dark albeit fun rabbit hole
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Oh yeah rabbit holes are great. Maybe I should ask about appropriate calibers next!Quilts are your friend you arr going to down a dark albeit fun rabbit hole
The idea is definitely lighter weight layers, those old school wool clothes are great but heavy.Thank you ccc. This is where I am getting confused. I am a northeast hunter that tracks deer (Northern Maine). Generally I don't get bothered by the cold. I would have just gone with a Kenai jacket - far lighter than my wool jacket from the northeast. The guides and outfitters recommend the puffies and I am struggling to understand how to fit that in. You now talk about a hardshell. That is a foreign term to me. Is that a rain jacket?
I still use a sleeping bag but can’t remember the last time I zipped it up all the way.Ahh - so no sleep sack? thta is a couple pounds right there!
This was really helpful actually so thank you. Other than the "old school" comment! I am a young buck at 54!The idea is definitely lighter weight layers, those old school wool clothes are great but heavy.
I go merino base layer, then a synthetic mid layer hoodie. Pretty much wear those the entire hunt.
If I’m hiking it’s just those two layers. When you stop to glass you get cold quick, esp if it’s windy. That’s when you add the puffy. If its raining the hardshell aka rain jacket goes on top of that.
There are two kinds of puffies synthetic and down. Down pack small, and are warmer for the weight, but they suck when wet, synthetic will keep you warm when wet.
A synthetic puffy is better for really wet conditions or if you want to hike in your puffy.
Ak can be cold and wet you could be spending most of the day in your Kenai, and then your down puffy would be for glassing or at camp. Its going to go over the Kenai.
Rain jacket has to go over everything, but your down compresses so you don’t have to go crazy on the size, they are usually designed with layering in mind.
Hope this is helpful.
Which podcast/episode?I have a bag liner and sleep in all my clothes. Learned it from a military survival podcast a while back. Game changer.
Look up anything with John Barklow. He has so much knowledge and experience when it comes to clothing, layering, sleep systems and backcountry survival. I know he has been on Randy's Hunt Talk podcast as well as many others.Which podcast/episode?
No clue, it’s been a few years.Which podcast/episode?
Heard a lot of his stuff. Great wealth of knowledgeLook up anything with John Barklow. He has so much knowledge and experience when it comes to clothing, layering, sleep systems and backcountry survival. I know he has been on Randy's Hunt Talk podcast as well as many others.
Bean boots and wool killed a lot of critters!This was really helpful actually so thank you. Other than the "old school" comment! I am a young buck at 54!
I'm a Maina' so no words ring more true for me!Bean boots and wool killed a lot of critters!
I have a bag liner and sleep in all my clothes. Learned it from a military survival podcast a while back. Game changer.
It’s like I always say, DWR and MVTR with decent CFM puts a lot of pemmican in the satchel!Bean boots and wool killed a lot of critters!
Between your acronyms and @AvidIndoorsman‘s big words I have been spending way too much time on the google machine.It’s like I always say, DWR and MVTR with decent CFM puts a lot of pemmican in the satchel!