For years I wore a heavy wool hunting jacket made by Johnson's Woolen Mills in Vermont. (The same ones that the Benoit Family "used" to wear) It was given to me for Christmas a few years before my Mom passed away from cancer. The year she died,I shot a big 8 point whitetail and got blood all over the jacket. I know the young lady who works at the dry ckeaner personaly,and I really didn't want to take it in to her covered with blood and hair.I have always washed my wool hunting shirts in cold water,then tumble dry on "air-no heat" without any problems,so I washed it.....AND IT SHRUNK!!!!! I was heart broken.
I decided that I wasn't going to wear wool any more,so I started buying "poly-fleece" hunting clothes. Wearing poly-fleece though,I was never really "warm" and when I got wet,I was downright COLD!!!!!
One day,I was browsing through the local GoodWill store and I saw a gray 100% Shetland wool sweater. I bought it for $2.25!!!!! It was perfect!!!!! Since then,I have aquired quite a few of them.I usualy wear one or two,and when it gets REALLY cold I wear three.Being as they stretch,they are very comfortable and not restricting at all.I can also say that I have never needed more than 3 sweaters to keep me warm no matter how cold it got.I have even bought a few pair of heavy wool pants from the GoodWill store,and you can easily find the light weight wool dress (suit) pants.
Good,warm,hunting clothes that won't break the bank.
(and if they shrink when I wash them.....It doesn't hurt)