Allen Oliver
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Looking for info on best Wool clothes for hunting and good locations to purchase. 
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Wool Hunting Clothes
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7Mag Hunter
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Real wool surplus USMC sweaters are worth their weight in gold,
if you can find one......light, and comfy and keeps you warm even
when wet....
Great 2nd layer for extreme cold days or top layer for cool days, with poly-pro base ....
if you can find one......light, and comfy and keeps you warm even
when wet....
Great 2nd layer for extreme cold days or top layer for cool days, with poly-pro base ....
MadMallard
Senior Member
I have Columbia Wool jacket and overalls best hunting items I ever bought.
deadend
Senior Member
I like Kuiu, First Lite, and Core4Element merino baselayers but the wool outer layers are far too heavy for their performance compared to synthetics. Online is the only way to fly.
bluemarlin
Senior Member
I have a bunch of First Lite merino gear. It's holding up well.
Check out online Sitka, Kuiu, Grey Wolf, Core4Element, First Lite.
Best thing I ever did was get rid of my synthetics, go to wool and wear a windproof shell.
Check out online Sitka, Kuiu, Grey Wolf, Core4Element, First Lite.
Best thing I ever did was get rid of my synthetics, go to wool and wear a windproof shell.
Artfuldodger
Senior Member
So it's wool for base layers and synthetics for outer layers. Synthetics such as? What about down outer layers, if it don't rain? Silk under layers?
Places to buy online?
Places to buy online?
The Longhunter
Banned
I've got some L.L. Bean wool that's 40 years old, ad in good shape. I've got one pair of wool pants that's scary rugged. I especially like the lined wool shirt-jaks.
Oe good thing about Bean is that they carry large sizes.
Oe good thing about Bean is that they carry large sizes.
westcobbdog
Senior Member
Found Columbia wool camo pants at a goodwill, great pants for nasty weather.
Artfuldodger
Senior Member
Not really hunting related but I saw a Cashmere sweater today that was 100% acrylic. Which would mean not only did it not contain Cashmere wool, it didn't even contain wool.
In the United States, under the U.S. Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939, as amended, (15 Uction 68b(a)(6)), states that a wool or textile product may not be labeled as containing cashmere unless:
such wool product is the fine (dehaired) undercoat fibers produced by a cashmere goat (Capra hircus laniger);
the average diameter of the fiber of such wool product does not exceed 19 microns; and
such wool product does not contain more than 3 percent (by weight) of cashmere fibers with average diameters that exceed 30 microns.
The average fiber diameter may be subject to a coefficient of variation around the mean that shall not exceed 24 percent.[1]
In the United States, under the U.S. Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939, as amended, (15 Uction 68b(a)(6)), states that a wool or textile product may not be labeled as containing cashmere unless:
such wool product is the fine (dehaired) undercoat fibers produced by a cashmere goat (Capra hircus laniger);
the average diameter of the fiber of such wool product does not exceed 19 microns; and
such wool product does not contain more than 3 percent (by weight) of cashmere fibers with average diameters that exceed 30 microns.
The average fiber diameter may be subject to a coefficient of variation around the mean that shall not exceed 24 percent.[1]
NorthGaHunter
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My 2cents worth is the two top brands would be king of the mountain and sleeping indian designs. Sadly sleeping indain designs went out of business.
Another good brand would be Johnson Woolens out of Vermont. A pair of pants like those people wear up north will run about $180 but worth every penny on those really cold days.
Another good brand would be Johnson Woolens out of Vermont. A pair of pants like those people wear up north will run about $180 but worth every penny on those really cold days.
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Keep an eye out in sportsmans guide for the surplus wool pants from Europe. You can get them for about $10 and they are very good. I've had a pair for 20 years and they look almost new. Only downside is they don't have any pockets on the legs like BDU's do, as they are dress pants.
biker13
Senior Member
Got Columbia pants and Parka,very warm also a pair of wool overalls.Recently got some wool leggings at SPG 2 pair for $15 and they are great.
Bubba_1122
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When Jos A Banks puts their lambswool sweaters on sale, I buy my hunting sweaters (brown or dark green - either round neck or half zip).
$125+ sweaters go on sale for $36.
This year's really good sale was a month or two ago. I look for it every year.
I also have a Browning lined wool sweater. It's almost too hot to wear except in the coldest south Georgia weather (also cost a lot more than I pay for the Jos Banks sweaters).
$125+ sweaters go on sale for $36.
This year's really good sale was a month or two ago. I look for it every year.
I also have a Browning lined wool sweater. It's almost too hot to wear except in the coldest south Georgia weather (also cost a lot more than I pay for the Jos Banks sweaters).
biker13
Senior Member
wool military sweaters if you can find some are the best.Go larger on size you regularly wear
Rich Kaminski
Senior Member
Wool stays cold when wet. New high tech clothing is the way to go. Lightweight and warm. Wool is very old school.
Sterlo58
Senior Member
Sierra trading post online has good deals on lots of different hunting clothes.
I bought some Browning full curl wool camo bibbs and a matching wool parka with down zip out liner for bout 50% retail. Maybe more. They still have them online for sale.
Sign up for emails and they will send you deals every couple of days. Put the things you want into your cart then you can check the prices with every new email and buy when the deal is best.
You can save some serious money with Sierra Trading post.
I bought some Browning full curl wool camo bibbs and a matching wool parka with down zip out liner for bout 50% retail. Maybe more. They still have them online for sale.
Sign up for emails and they will send you deals every couple of days. Put the things you want into your cart then you can check the prices with every new email and buy when the deal is best.
You can save some serious money with Sierra Trading post.
The mtn man
Senior Member
Beagle brand. or Johnsons mill out of Vermont, or for less expensive, columbia from Cabelas, not 100% wool but good enough for the SE. and a good bargain.
