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Offline Elksong

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Buckskins for hunting?
« on: June 04, 2008, 06:28:00 PM »
Just wondering how many of you wear Buckskin clothing to hunt in?  If you do what do you do to waterproof them?
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Offline Leland

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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2008, 07:04:00 PM »
I have a time or two.I rub them with Snow Seal,then melt it in with a hair dryer.Those skins are 28 years old & black from dirt & blood & whatever else I've fell or rolled in over the years.Still shed water pretty good.  Leland
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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2008, 07:19:00 PM »
I love the looks and the "romance" of buckskin clothing, but still think I will stay with my Filson wool.  I believe braintan clothing is much softer, will breathe, and is water repellant if properly "smoked"/
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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2008, 07:27:00 PM »
Where can you buy a buck skin shirt?
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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2008, 07:30:00 PM »
From an Indian.  :p
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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2008, 08:21:00 PM »
Like Blackhawk, the romanticism of wearing buckskins to hunt in is sometimes overwhelming. But I'm just a leetle bit scared of being the same color as a deer........
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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2008, 08:36:00 PM »
slickhead -I got mine off of e-bay.  

I do not hunt real cold weather here. So wool is too hot and i am thinking that the buckskin may be also.  But i am gonna try.

Biggie - I also have some reservations about being that EXACT same color as an Elk! I do not hunt in a crowded area, but I will be nervous anyway!
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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2008, 08:37:00 PM »
Blackhawk, this shirt is not "smoked at all.  I figure I am going to have to put some type of sealant on it.
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Offline Shovelbuck

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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2008, 08:45:00 PM »
I have been for a couple seasons now. They are great to wear. Comfortable and quiet. Unfortunately, some lowlife stole these a couple days after this photo was taken.
I do have a new set being made.

 
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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2008, 08:48:00 PM »
I'm with Biggie on this one. But I have to set you straight Biggie.  No pants and skin tone legs looks a whole lot like buckskins to an approaching gun hunter.
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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2008, 08:49:00 PM »
Shovel buck - Those are nice! Sorry about the scumbag, hopefully they will turn up.
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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2008, 08:55:00 PM »
Biggie...

 
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But I'm just a leetle bit scared of being the same color as a deer........
You're kinda like me.  No one that can see to hunt is going to mistake either of US as a deer!!   :bigsmyl:

An elk or possibly a moose, but NOT a deer!

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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2008, 08:59:00 PM »
Shovelbuck - Who makes them for ya?
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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2008, 09:28:00 PM »
Too hot for 'skins for the Georgia bow season. Maybe just a breach clout and moccasins.   :D
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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2008, 09:33:00 PM »
Zbone, PM sent.
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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #15 on: June 04, 2008, 09:35:00 PM »
When I got my first set of 'skins about 20 years ago (still have them), the guy who made them told me not to hang them on the clothesline or a biker would steal them. LOL.BTW you can wash buckskins. Woolite, gentle cycle, and in the final rinse pour in some Lexol. Couple ounces should do. Tumble on no heat in the dryer until near dry , then put them on and dry them the rest of the way, "on site" so to speak. Also you want pants or leggings to be long to begin with and wear them and let them wear down to the perfect length, which should drag the ground a bit. BTW ther's nothing colder than leather skins in the winter.
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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #16 on: June 04, 2008, 09:37:00 PM »
Flinttim - Are the skins cold even with longhandles under 'em?
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Offline Shovelbuck

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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #17 on: June 04, 2008, 09:40:00 PM »
Never got cold with my pants. All though they were fairly heavy elk hide.
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Offline Flinttim

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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #18 on: June 04, 2008, 09:59:00 PM »
Seems in the winter the moisture likely causes the cold more than the actual temp. If you can get thermals on under the skins you would be fine.A good compromise for winter would be cotton or linen knee breeches and bucksin leggings. My leggings are elk  and do well in this setup.
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Re: Buckskins for hunting?
« Reply #19 on: June 05, 2008, 07:56:00 AM »
This is an older picture....can you tell?     :rolleyes:   These skins hang on my wall now.

   
   
   
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