3Rivers Archery



The Trad Gang Digital Market













Contribute to Trad Gang and Access the Classifieds!

Become a Trad Gang Sponsor!

Traditional Archery for Bowhunters






LEFT HAND BOWS CLASSIFIEDS TRAD GANG CLASSIFIEDS ACCESS RIGHT HAND BOWS CLASSIFIEDS


Author Topic: Tyvek suit as emergency rain gear?  (Read 585 times)

Offline Julian

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 96
Tyvek suit as emergency rain gear?
« on: June 07, 2017, 02:22:00 PM »
Had to work in a tyvek suit all day yesterday and the thought crossed my mind it would make good emergency rain gear while on a backpacking hunt or possibly even a layer to wear in your sleeping bag if it was gonna be extremely cold. Any thoughts? Anybody tried it?
Bear grizzly 50# @28
Browning cobra 45# @28
Eskimo broad heads on both

Offline nineworlds9

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 4605
  • Northman
Re: Tyvek suit as emergency rain gear?
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2017, 02:34:00 PM »
Frog Toggs are the same general idea, but breathable.  This to me is vital.
52" Texas Recurve
58" Two Tracks Ogemaw
60" Toelke Chinook
62" Tall Tines Stickflinger
64" Big Jim Mountain Monarch
64" Poison Dart LB
66" Wes Wallace Royal
            
Horse Creek TAC, GA
TBOF

Offline Julian

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 96
Re: Tyvek suit as emergency rain gear?
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2017, 02:44:00 PM »
I had a pair of frog toggs but walking through wet vegetation I got completely soaked on a hunt two years ago. I stayed wet the whole trip. And the pair my hunting partner had on the pants came apart at the seam while we were hiking. Left me a little less than confident in them.
Bear grizzly 50# @28
Browning cobra 45# @28
Eskimo broad heads on both

Offline bunyan

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 373
Re: Tyvek suit as emergency rain gear?
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2017, 02:44:00 PM »
My experience wearing tyvek suits is they work but can rip out in the crotch if you are active in them. They may work if you're sitting out a rain shower or if they are better fit to you. They might be a bit loud and rustle at bowhumting distances. I have a nylon, military poncho as emergency raingear, but it isn't quit either. G. Fred asbell discusses using ponchos in his groundhunters bible book.

Offline YosemiteSam

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 1092
Re: Tyvek suit as emergency rain gear?
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2017, 03:13:00 PM »
If it's just emergency gear, then cheap frogg toggs are fine.  Rain poncho works too.  Planned trips in the rain should merit better rain gear, though.
"A good hunter...that's somebody the animals COME to."
"Every animal knows way more than you do." -- by a Koyukon hunter, as quoted by R. Nelson.

Offline nineworlds9

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 4605
  • Northman
Re: Tyvek suit as emergency rain gear?
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2017, 05:48:00 PM »
Yep I favor a camo poncho myself.  The Tyvek idea is valid, but I just picture myself a sweaty sausage roasting alive.  Sweat and cold don't mix.  If the Frog Toggs are out and money is available you can't beat Goretex.
52" Texas Recurve
58" Two Tracks Ogemaw
60" Toelke Chinook
62" Tall Tines Stickflinger
64" Big Jim Mountain Monarch
64" Poison Dart LB
66" Wes Wallace Royal
            
Horse Creek TAC, GA
TBOF

Offline calgarychef

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 1196
Re: Tyvek suit as emergency rain gear?
« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2017, 05:13:00 PM »
Your idea about it in a sleeping bag has a LOT of voracity.  You'll sweat like a pig until you reach a certain point then you'll quit sweating.  The bag stays dry and you'll gain 10 degrees of warmth.  Look up vapour barriers for cold weather mountaineering and you'll see what I mean.

I've worn the suits for dressing moose and they rip pretty easily which is a shame because they're sure light.

Offline Julian

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 96
Re: Tyvek suit as emergency rain gear?
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2017, 09:28:00 AM »
Yeah I was thinking it would have to be pretty cold to wear one for sleeping. We have a style where I work that are pretty tough. I've worn them all day long without tearing them. I don't think it's a true tyvek. It's yellow and has more of a plastic feel to it. It's not a true chemical suit though.
Bear grizzly 50# @28
Browning cobra 45# @28
Eskimo broad heads on both

Offline Roadkill

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 2675
Re: Tyvek suit as emergency rain gear?
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2017, 09:53:00 PM »
Tyvex works like goretex. I tell Boy Scouts in my survival class to carry a 8X10 piece in the pack for use as ground blotch, poncho, signal device.  I have one of those one piece things I carry for emergencies-better than nothing and it does break the wind
Cast a long shadow-you may provide shade to someone who needs it.  Semper Fi

Offline bowslinger

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 543
Re: Tyvek suit as emergency rain gear?
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2017, 12:55:00 AM »
The yellow stuff described by Julian sounds like Saranex which has a splash/water proof coating.  It is more durable than Tyvek but is not breathable.  Moisture (sweat) will accumulate under Saranex, even in cold temperatures.  I have worn Tyvek and Saranex for work.

Saranex has the added safety feature of being yellow so it shows up better than Tyvek in snow/snowfall.  Tyvek is lightweight and cheap but I would probably go with a lightweight poncho or cheap tarp if it were me.  Tarp could be purposed for other uses.
Hunting is the only sport where one side doesn't know it's playing - John Madden

Users currently browsing this topic:

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
 

Contact Us | Trad Gang.com © | User Agreement

Copyright 2003 thru 2024 ~ Trad Gang.com ©