Trophy buck
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Any reccomendations for a cold weather base layer. Trying to reduce the number of layers I wear during the cold season.
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Cold weather base layer
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Rabun
Senior Member
Smartwool is the best base layer I have found. I like the zip crew neck
ryanh487
Senior Member
In GA I've never needed more than standard long johns as a base layer with pants and a hoodie as layer 2 and then insulated bibs and a parka as layer 3 for the coldest days. Liner socks under wool socks on your feet and some good gloves and headwear and you should be set for any cold we'll see around here.
IIICrkRepr
Senior Member
UA 4.0 Expedition Weight, not made to move around in (you will overheat quickly) but for sitting in a tree I have not found anything better. I went up a size, found it a more comfortable fit.
GeorgiaBob
Senior Member
In my experience with very cold weather I have preferred polypro long underwear and silk socks under wool boot socks. For extreme cold adding silk longjohns is more effective than additional over clothes. Also silk gloves worn under your preferred gloves will make a big difference in very cold conditions.
Polypropylene long underwear will wick moisture away from skin and has very good insulating properties. I bought mine from an Army/Navy surplus store, and three pair lasted me over 10 years. You will likely only need normal field clothes and a jacket over polypro.
Polypropylene long underwear will wick moisture away from skin and has very good insulating properties. I bought mine from an Army/Navy surplus store, and three pair lasted me over 10 years. You will likely only need normal field clothes and a jacket over polypro.
Wool is my base layer. And even if it gets wet, it`ll still keep you warm.
Jim Thompson
Live From The Tree
A few years ago switched over to merino wool for my bases and havent looked back. AS much as I loved my UA bottoms for the 10 or more years I wore them, I havent put them back on since I started with the merino. Plenty warm and much more comfy. Course quality base layers will only help with quality mid and outer as well 
Kris87
Senior Member
I'm a merino wool fan too...however, its definitely not the warmest choice. It has a ton of benefits as mentioned above. I wear it more in warmer weather than I do really, really cold weather as it doesn't hold odor as bad as synthetics. When it gets really cold, I wear a light merino t-shirt, followed by a grid fleece type synthetic(my choice is Sitka mid and heavy zip-t's) That way the merino is regulating my temp, but the synthetic is doing the insulating. Works better this way.
Major Wader
Senior Member
I like the base layers from King's Camo. Quality stuff.
ALB
Senior Member
UA is expensive but it's unbelievable at how warm it keep you.
That’s exactly what I do as well. I’m interested in seeing Sitka’s new merino line.
coolbreezeroho
Senior Member
Check out.. Minus 33.. for wool. 100 percent wool...Merino
davidhelmly
Senior Member
I'm not one of the "I just wear shorts and a T shirt all season in GA" guys, if it's below 40 degrees and I'm sitting in a stand holding a bow, I'm cold!! I've got some UA that I like ok but I bought some Cabelas Thermal Zone Standhunter top and bottoms a few years back and I love it, by far the warmest I have.
It's actually on sale now too.
https://www.cabelas.com/product/clo...ith-polartec-reg-regular/1396346.uts?slotId=4
Jim Boyd
Senior Member
I just sort of mix and match in the south because it is so rarely < 25 F or so - in these conditions, I am rarely cold then.
In Illinois (where I have hunted in -6 F), I use UA and then the high end Cabela’s mid layer (forget the name but it is sewn in zones and is multi colored). With this combination - I can then select an outer to match that day and 12 hours in the stand is no problem at all.
When I think of the most common reason hunters abandon the stand (when they should STAY in the stand), being cold is probably the #1 excuse.
I do believe it is an excuse, too - because it is entirely preventable.
Like David, I am often cold also but have found ways to eliminate that problem from the equation.
Good luck!
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In Illinois (where I have hunted in -6 F), I use UA and then the high end Cabela’s mid layer (forget the name but it is sewn in zones and is multi colored). With this combination - I can then select an outer to match that day and 12 hours in the stand is no problem at all.
When I think of the most common reason hunters abandon the stand (when they should STAY in the stand), being cold is probably the #1 excuse.
I do believe it is an excuse, too - because it is entirely preventable.
Like David, I am often cold also but have found ways to eliminate that problem from the equation.
Good luck!
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Huntmaster2
Senior Member
I use Blackovis merino wool. You can catch it on sale on Camofire.com or here https://www.blackovis.com/clothing/mens/merino-wool?brand=940. The 190 weight works well for me, but I'm sure the 230 weight is great for extreme cold.
BeerThirty
Senior Member
Like many others, I have found the military poly to be the best base layer.
I have to second this, for the price and quality, Blackovis merino through Camofire can't be beat.
I wear a base layer that is wool on the inside and polypropylene on the outside. I don’t know what you call cold, but I hunt frequently in the single digits and teens. Also a good warm hat is the best long underwear you can wear.
fountain
Senior Member
We have cold weather?
Huntmaster2
Senior Member
I was just watching a Randy Newberg Wyoming Elk hunt and it was 50mph, snowing, and 20 degrees. Hard to think it ever gets cold in GA.
