By the way, the Stormfront stuff is the most expensive model out there and probably not needed by most folks here. There is no doubt that Sitka Gear is an investment, but I would not be surprised to see one suit of Sitka Gear outlast five standard suits of mediocre stuff. I hunt close to 100X per year, sometimes more, and this stuff wears like iron. With each piece of Sitka Gear I buy, I am able to replace/get rid of/give away several other pieces of hunting clothes that are now obsolete. By the way, that also makes packing for trips much easier (and lighter), and also makes for much more space available in your closet.
luv2bowhunt, yes the stuff is quiet. Quiet enough for me, and most of what I do is stand hunt for whitetails with close-range encounters the target.
One thing I will add is something I wish I'd put on my Alberta Bear Hunt thread here. Many of those outings I would help my brother freshen up several baits, which really required some heavy lifting and uphill climbing and scrambling in and out of boats. In other words, working up a serious sweat sometimes 15 mi. from camp. Then...I'd sit for bear for 7-12 hours. Ten years ago, doing this with the standard cotton t-shirt next to your skin, etc. and you'd have been soaked (and stinky)...and then later chilled. Today with Sitka Gear's next-to-skin technology, the sweat is transported away from your skin and the silver lining makes scent retention often unnoticeable even after wearing the same base layer shirt two or three days in a row.
Sitka isn't the only company doing some nice things with base layers (but I do think they're doing it best), and anyone who still is wearing the cotton or cotton-poly t-shirts or heavier insulated pieces top and bottom is missing the boat. Keep your current outer layers and try some of the base layers first and I think you may join the 21st century clothing wise even while still shooting a weapon more common several generations ago! No reason to be uncomfortable when you don't have to be.
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