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<blockquote data-quote="Chief44" data-source="post: 5245584" data-attributes="member: 20280"><p><strong>Ok, so some of you ask about the gear list for this hunt. Good <strong>hunting clothing is no</strong>t cheap. I saved and saved to be able to afford this hunt and the gear to be comfortable. I am lucky that I am in a couple of programs that are offered to first responders where I can get a discount on a lot of the name brand stuff. Which I took full advantage of. Below is a list of the clothing that I wore during the hunt and I will explain some of it. First off on this trip, no matter the temps my base layer started with the Firstlite fuse top and bottom. I don't believe they make that particular model now but it was replaced with something similar. My second layer was always the furnace top and bottom. These are both merino wool. The furnace is just a heavier version. I always wore both of theses together. The bottoms were followed by the Sitka stratus pants. The top was followed by the fanatic hoodie, Celsius midi jacket and stratus jacket. With this system I was good down to low 30's. This is also my normal TN weather hunting system. I also threw on the pnuma heated vest every day but never had to turn it on during the trip. With that being said, I could have probably ran the heated vest and lost a layer to save some bulk but didn't. The vest was a popular piece of gear in camp, as 4 of the six hunters had one. When the temps dropped below freezing I would loose the stratus jacket and put on the fanatic jacket and bibs. There were a couple of days when the temps hovered around zero and high winds pushed the feels like temp to below zero. On those days I added the Firstlite uncompahgre puffy jacket and pants over my initial base layers. I've tried all kinds of different gloves over the years and never really found anything I liked until I discovered the Firstlite aerowool liner and Talus fingerless merino gloves. This is all I wore during this hunt. I put the liner gloves on with the fingerless over the top and I was good. With that being said, my hands stayed inside my jacket pocket or the muff that's built into the fanatic jacket 80% of the time. A couple of hot hands in there and I was good to go. This system still allows plenty of dexterity for your fingers. My biggest concern going into this was my feet. The guide suggested a big pair of extreme pac boots like the cabelas Saskatchewan pac boots. He also suggested getting them 2 sizes to big to allow for circulation and heat packs if needed. I could not find any of those available so I purchased a pair of Baffin Crossfire pacs for the trip. I also had a pair of tall Hoffman double insulated pac boots for walking. My buddy also had the Hoffman pacs that he was going to wear on stand. After arriving and talking to the guide, he didn't feel like my buddies boots were gonna cut it when the temps dropped. He had an extra pair of the Saskatchewan pac boots that fit me great so I used those and gave my buddy my Baffins. I have always had issues keeping my feet warm on stand, but those Saskatchewan boots were absolutely amazing. They are huge and I wouldn't want to walk far in them but that absolutely kept my feet warm and toasty. I did add a couple of toe warmers on a couple of mornings but I don't think I really needed them. My buddy said the Baffins worked good for him. Baffin was a popular brand of boot in camp but the other guys had bigger more insulated Baffins than the ones I had bought. As far as socks, I had brought two different weight merino wool socks made by farm to feet. As well as some kenetrex liner socks. At my guide suggestion, I wore the heavier wool sock (Denali) without the liner and it worked great. Since I was ridding in to my stand everyday, I wore the heavy boots to the stand. If I had have been walking, I would have worn the Hoffman's for the walk in, changed socks and put on the Saskatchewan's. Has far as head gear, I doubled up with the Firstlite merino beanie and their brimmed merino beanie. The brim really came in handy when the sun was out. I also wore 1 or 2 Firstlite midweight merino neck gators depending on temps and wind. On the really cold and windy days I went with the Tundra balaclava. This system really worked for me. I was concerned about getting cold in the open air tripod stand but I can honestly say that never happened. I couldn't have been more comfortable.</strong></p><p><strong>I did take some other hunting gear but nothing out of the ordinary. One thing I took on the first day but left at camp the rest of the week was my binos. I never hunt without them, but the way we were hunting, they were just extra weight and I got an I told you so from the guide. If a deer steps into the cut, there is no time to size him up through binos. Put your gun on him and look at him through the scope. The woods around me were so thick, if I saw something in them it was close enough to tell what it was without binos.</strong></p><p><strong>The back pack I took was a badlands super day pack. I've used it for several years and love it.</strong></p><p><strong>As far as my gun, I was shooting a Christensen Arms Mesa in 7mm mag with a 3.5-10 Leupold VX-R. Ammo was Nosler factory 160 gr accubond</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>I think that's it. Thanks to everyone that followed along.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Gear list</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Firstlite</strong></p><p><strong>Fuse top and bottom</strong></p><p><strong>Furnace top and bottom</strong></p><p><strong>Uncompahgre 2.0 puffy jacket</strong></p><p><strong>Uncompahgre puffy pant</strong></p><p><strong>Midweight neck gator X2</strong></p><p><strong>Aerowool liner gloves</strong></p><p><strong>Talus fingerless merino gloves</strong></p><p><strong>Brimmed merino beanie</strong></p><p><strong>Merino beanie</strong></p><p><strong>Tundra balaclava</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Sitka</strong></p><p><strong>Stratus pants</strong></p><p><strong>Stratus jacket</strong></p><p><strong>Fanatic hoodie</strong></p><p><strong>Celsius Midi jacket</strong></p><p><strong>Fanatic Bibs</strong></p><p><strong>Fanatic jacket</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Pnuma</strong></p><p><strong>Iconx heated vest</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Socks</strong></p><p><strong>Farm To Feet Denali and Kodiak</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Boots</strong></p><p><strong>Cabelas Saskatchewan pac boots</strong></p><p><strong>Baffin Crossfire snow boots</strong></p><p><strong>Hoffman double insulated guide boot</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chief44, post: 5245584, member: 20280"] [B]Ok, so some of you ask about the gear list for this hunt. Good [B]hunting clothing is no[/B]t cheap. I saved and saved to be able to afford this hunt and the gear to be comfortable. I am lucky that I am in a couple of programs that are offered to first responders where I can get a discount on a lot of the name brand stuff. Which I took full advantage of. Below is a list of the clothing that I wore during the hunt and I will explain some of it. First off on this trip, no matter the temps my base layer started with the Firstlite fuse top and bottom. I don't believe they make that particular model now but it was replaced with something similar. My second layer was always the furnace top and bottom. These are both merino wool. The furnace is just a heavier version. I always wore both of theses together. The bottoms were followed by the Sitka stratus pants. The top was followed by the fanatic hoodie, Celsius midi jacket and stratus jacket. With this system I was good down to low 30's. This is also my normal TN weather hunting system. I also threw on the pnuma heated vest every day but never had to turn it on during the trip. With that being said, I could have probably ran the heated vest and lost a layer to save some bulk but didn't. The vest was a popular piece of gear in camp, as 4 of the six hunters had one. When the temps dropped below freezing I would loose the stratus jacket and put on the fanatic jacket and bibs. There were a couple of days when the temps hovered around zero and high winds pushed the feels like temp to below zero. On those days I added the Firstlite uncompahgre puffy jacket and pants over my initial base layers. I've tried all kinds of different gloves over the years and never really found anything I liked until I discovered the Firstlite aerowool liner and Talus fingerless merino gloves. This is all I wore during this hunt. I put the liner gloves on with the fingerless over the top and I was good. With that being said, my hands stayed inside my jacket pocket or the muff that's built into the fanatic jacket 80% of the time. A couple of hot hands in there and I was good to go. This system still allows plenty of dexterity for your fingers. My biggest concern going into this was my feet. The guide suggested a big pair of extreme pac boots like the cabelas Saskatchewan pac boots. He also suggested getting them 2 sizes to big to allow for circulation and heat packs if needed. I could not find any of those available so I purchased a pair of Baffin Crossfire pacs for the trip. I also had a pair of tall Hoffman double insulated pac boots for walking. My buddy also had the Hoffman pacs that he was going to wear on stand. After arriving and talking to the guide, he didn't feel like my buddies boots were gonna cut it when the temps dropped. He had an extra pair of the Saskatchewan pac boots that fit me great so I used those and gave my buddy my Baffins. I have always had issues keeping my feet warm on stand, but those Saskatchewan boots were absolutely amazing. They are huge and I wouldn't want to walk far in them but that absolutely kept my feet warm and toasty. I did add a couple of toe warmers on a couple of mornings but I don't think I really needed them. My buddy said the Baffins worked good for him. Baffin was a popular brand of boot in camp but the other guys had bigger more insulated Baffins than the ones I had bought. As far as socks, I had brought two different weight merino wool socks made by farm to feet. As well as some kenetrex liner socks. At my guide suggestion, I wore the heavier wool sock (Denali) without the liner and it worked great. Since I was ridding in to my stand everyday, I wore the heavy boots to the stand. If I had have been walking, I would have worn the Hoffman's for the walk in, changed socks and put on the Saskatchewan's. Has far as head gear, I doubled up with the Firstlite merino beanie and their brimmed merino beanie. The brim really came in handy when the sun was out. I also wore 1 or 2 Firstlite midweight merino neck gators depending on temps and wind. On the really cold and windy days I went with the Tundra balaclava. This system really worked for me. I was concerned about getting cold in the open air tripod stand but I can honestly say that never happened. I couldn't have been more comfortable. I did take some other hunting gear but nothing out of the ordinary. One thing I took on the first day but left at camp the rest of the week was my binos. I never hunt without them, but the way we were hunting, they were just extra weight and I got an I told you so from the guide. If a deer steps into the cut, there is no time to size him up through binos. Put your gun on him and look at him through the scope. The woods around me were so thick, if I saw something in them it was close enough to tell what it was without binos. The back pack I took was a badlands super day pack. I've used it for several years and love it. As far as my gun, I was shooting a Christensen Arms Mesa in 7mm mag with a 3.5-10 Leupold VX-R. Ammo was Nosler factory 160 gr accubond I think that's it. Thanks to everyone that followed along. Gear list Firstlite Fuse top and bottom Furnace top and bottom Uncompahgre 2.0 puffy jacket Uncompahgre puffy pant Midweight neck gator X2 Aerowool liner gloves Talus fingerless merino gloves Brimmed merino beanie Merino beanie Tundra balaclava Sitka Stratus pants Stratus jacket Fanatic hoodie Celsius Midi jacket Fanatic Bibs Fanatic jacket Pnuma Iconx heated vest Socks Farm To Feet Denali and Kodiak Boots Cabelas Saskatchewan pac boots Baffin Crossfire snow boots Hoffman double insulated guide boot[/B] [/QUOTE]
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