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Author Topic: Waterproof hat?  (Read 1828 times)

Offline Ari_Bonn

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Waterproof hat?
« on: October 14, 2018, 08:35:51 PM »
Can anyone recommend a good waterproof hat?  I really love the two tracks wool coup caps  but  in live in a rain forest so  it will get soak pretty quick.   I was thinking perhaps a boonie of some sort.

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Re: Waterproof hat?
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2018, 08:43:37 PM »
Check out "OR" aka Outdoor research they make a gore tex hat, actually several with nice big brim that really stays dry. Bends out of the way if string hits it. love mine
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Re: Waterproof hat?
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2018, 08:50:57 PM »
I’ve got an oilskin western hat that repels water and best part is it keeps it from running down my neck


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Re: Waterproof hat?
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2018, 09:05:06 PM »
I use my fedora and spray it with camp dry once a year giving it plenty of time to quit stinking before hunting season. Water just beads off of it.
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Re: Waterproof hat?
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2018, 07:12:44 AM »
My suggestion would be to buy the hat you want, then treat it with some good fabric waterproofing spray. Rustoleum makes a very good one, but there are others.

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Re: Waterproof hat?
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2018, 08:51:42 AM »
I bought a waterproof hat from one of the duck hunting catalogs I get. It's a boonie or some may call a bucket hat. You can roll the front back so the bow string don't hit it. It is gore tec very light weight

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Re: Waterproof hat?
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2018, 09:20:56 AM »
I have a Gore-Tex bonnie from Cabelas that works great . I also use Camp Dry on most of my hats and equipment that need water protection.

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Re: Waterproof hat?
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2018, 04:11:49 PM »
X2 on the cabelas gore Tex boonie

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Re: Waterproof hat?
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2018, 10:18:37 PM »
Can anyone recommend a good waterproof hat?  I really love the two tracks wool coup caps  but  in live in a rain forest so  it will get soak pretty quick.   I was thinking perhaps a boonie of some sort.

Frogg Toggs Boonie with a Terramar beanie liner underneath if cold.  Absolutely waterproof.

https://www.froggtoggs.com/toadskinz-waterproof-boonie-hat/
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Re: Waterproof hat?
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2018, 10:34:18 PM »
Filson waxed canvas packer hat, insulated since your up north. Warm and waterproof

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Re: Waterproof hat?
« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2018, 10:37:56 AM »
My fedora does a good job of shedding rain, even without spraying it. This works well enough in moderate precipitation, but when rain is heavier, I use the hood on my rain jacket, as I head out of the woods. I don't generally hunt in bad weather, so my opinion may not be particularly relevant, but I would suggest Gore-Tex in a real downpour.
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Re: Waterproof hat?
« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2018, 08:11:15 PM »
I do what Pat B does...I've got a nice collapsible Stetson that I like a lot. I spray it with camp dry and leave it in the shed a couple weeks so the odor is gone. I used to use it without spraying and it worked very well even then but eventually it would soak thru on a full day of bunting in a drizzle. No issues since the spray...I rarely hunt in anything worse than a mist now anyway...don't like hunting in the rain as I get older lol

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Re: Waterproof hat?
« Reply #12 on: October 17, 2018, 06:30:42 AM »

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