Wool clothing

[Wanna_track_well]

I contacted Hal Blood about virgin wool, he mentioned that even virgin wool is only 85, and 15% nylon. He mentioned that nylon is added for strength. I just got a response email and he said his virgin wool line is 85/15. Also a gal from Johnson said virgin wool alone is more expensive and harder to care for. I saw tags that say 100% wool, it doesn't say 100% "virgin" but I'm assuming it is virgin. Dry clean only. He also said his wife washes his stuff in cold water by hand and drip dries.

 

[Dougfirtree]

Doug, thanks for the response and l get the base layers. I have Redhead elite (l have redhead breathable lightweight polyester) and DaMart extreme. When you say light weight poly you mean what l have ? The both bottoms together don’t seem to overheat me but l wasn’t tracking. Maybe just the DaMart alone while tracking then. Do you think my LL Bean pants will do the job going through the spruce/snow you pictured?

I wear those LL Bean pants too. They're just fine for tracking, but don't expect any wool pants to truly keep you dry. In my experience, you're just looking for those pants to keep you warm and quiet while you're wet. And yes, your long johns sound like what I wear. It's like anything else, you can probably improve a bit on all of these factors by buying more expensive wool pants, merino base layers, etc. But, if that's not in the budget, don't let it stop you. I think what you have is going to serve you just fine. And you may adapt some of it to match where you hunt. Most of the big woods dogma out there is based on northern New England and the Adirondacks. You may find that the differences in the PA woods mean that you can adjust the gear you use. And there are people who do this style of hunting with other kinds of gear. There's a guy on Youtube named Jeff Doyle, who runs a channel called Tracking 200. He tracks very successfully in more modern Sitka clothing. Another brand you might check out is Stagr. They make wool and fleece hunting clothing, specifically for tracking, that is generally more affordable that BWB, etc. I have one of their wool jackets and have been pretty happy with it.

 

[Wanna_track_well]

I know they won't keep you dry, but they will keep you warm, yes, from what I was told. Hal sells 24 ounce stuff so up there. Where I hunt in PA it may go down to the teens but rise to low to mid 20's, even with a cloudy forecast and occasionally low 30's. My pants are 18 which I do believe will do fine. I ain't tracking what those boys do up yonder ! You run out of free ranging !

 

[Dougfirtree]

I know they won't keep you dry, but they will keep you warm, yes, from what I was told. Hal sells 24 ounce stuff so up there. Where I hunt in PA it may go down to the teens but rise to low to mid 20's, even with a cloudy forecast and occasionally low 30's. My pants are 18 which I do believe will do fine. I ain't tracking what those boys do up yonder ! You run out of free ranging !

Incidentally, I just went to the Stagr website and their merino base layers are on sale...

 

[Wanna_track_well]

Incidentally, I just went to the Stagr website and their merino base layers are on sale...

Got my Johnson cruiser jacket under 100 bucks in mint condition. Im assuming it’s 24 ounce