Non- camo hunting clothes, what do you use?

[MTArrowLauncher]

The more and more i am getting into trad and away from gadgets and gimicks and fancy "hunting" items that to me is taking away from actually hunting i am also wanting to get away from all the Camo everything used today. I sold my rangefinder and several other gadgets, and i am thinking about selling my camo and getting regular hunting clothes. What do y'all use? I am thinking about wool clothes etc. I know there are a lot of shirts and coats out there, but i keep coming to a dead end as far as pants. I was looking at Filson oil finish double tin pants, possibly carhartt pants etc. whay do you guys use and id love to see pics in your hunting garbs  

thanks
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[14mpg]

I just wear jeans... flannel lined when its cold.

[Crooked Stic]

Get on the famous auction site. I have bought two Pendeton wool shirts there New for $35 a piece.

[magnus]

I wear wool head to toe when it's cold out. Lighter weight wool when it's cool out. Spring turkey I wear a bush in the bag.

[Dmaxshawn]

When I go to the ranch in nebraska for hunting Muleys I wear wrangler khaki pants and sometimes a khaki shirt too. You will disappear in a corn field.

[Bishop]

Asbell wool on top. Sometimes jeans, sometimes Codet wool pants, sometimes green army BDU pants and often camo still for me.

[tuscarawasbowman]

The oil finish double tin pants are best suited for hunting through thick brush where it doesn't matter if you make noise. They last FOREVER but they are stiff when you first get them and not the quitest pants in the world even when they have been broke in. Hope this helps.

[Russ Clagett]

I used to wear all my old Army and Marine camo, but pretty much not anymore. Over the past couple years I have acquired lots of wool and it really seems to work better, in addition to keeping me warm.

In the early season I'll wear old cammy pants maybe or just jeans.

The wool just seems to absorb light, the same way a deer's fur does, and I've had them look right through me as if I wasn't there....wearing plaid wool.

You can find the wool pants on various auction sites or surplus stores. Look for M1951 wool pants, and get a size bigger than you normally wear so you can put your long johns on underneath. You can also find the european heavy wool military pants too, just be careful cause their sizes seem to run small.

PM me with your size...I might be able to help you out with some wool....

Russ

[Eric Krewson]

I like European military surplus pants which always have a neutral gray color.

I snagged this picture off the auction site of the last pants I bought, not me in the picture for sure. I picked up four pairs of these pants for $28 from the Sportsman's Guide. They are no longer available from the Sportsman's Guide but the auction site has a bunch of them for around $20 a pair. As stated before be cautious of the size, smalls and mediums are a dime a dozen but sizes to fit us "mature" guys are a little harder to locate.

 

[team fudd]

I wear a lot of filson clothes for rabbit hunting and dog training but would not dream of wearing it deer hunting.  One they are very noisy, two they are not easy to move in, even when it is warm out.  I can put my tin cloth pants in a corner and they will stand by themselves and thats no joke. And three because of the oil finish they have a strong odor.  And not just cause I am wearing them! lol.  I would look into some wool or wool blend pants.  Those should fill the bill for you.  There is a lot of military surplus wool out there from the swiss army and others that is very inexpensive.  Good luck in your quest.

[TJK68]

Filson makes some of the best wool, Asbell pullovers, Classic Sportsman, Predator wool, all kinds of great wool out there. I do not think you can beat wool. JMHO...

[wollelybugger]

I've been wearing Duckie canvas work pants for hunting and they wear like iron. Can get a new pair for under $20. I also wear a lot of polar fleese in olive and dark brown in the early season. If you can get a turkey in close with your hunting clothes than your doing something right. Kind of strayed away from camo but still have a bunch to wear out.

[Tom Leemans]

I love my grey long hunter shirt from Ron LaClair's shop.

[Roadkill]

Wool top to sox
Swanndri in green and a royal Marine cammo model swanndri
Mil surplus pants
Wool sox

[sam barrett]

No offense, but if your current hunting clothing is working fine for you now, why don't you just keep it and replace it with wool as needed?  Just because you go trad doesn't mean that you automatically have to go to plaid wool clothing or something?  Just my opinion.  Wool is certainly great, but I would just get it as needed when replacing my current hunting clothing.

[tarponnut]

I generally wear gray or tan wrangler carpenter pants and a plaid wool shirt/ or jacket on top.
When it's warmer, a light weight cotton flannel shirt in any plaid.
I've had turkeys and deer look right through me many times with that set-up.I shot an Osceola jake this fall with the above combination still-hunting(w/blkpdr).
Most modern "blob camo" fabric is shiny.
I found a cotton waterfowl camo shirt recently that I like(circa 1980's).
Wool and cotton absorb light rather than reflect it like a lot of modern fabrics.

[TommyBoy]

German army surplus wool paints and swiss wool sweaters - cheap and can't be beat.

[30coupe]

Originally posted by sam barrett:
No offense, but if your current hunting clothing is working fine for you now, why don't you just keep it and replace it with wool as needed?  Just because you go trad doesn't mean that you automatically have to go to plaid wool clothing or something?  Just my opinion.  Wool is certainly great, but I would just get it as needed when replacing my current hunting clothing.

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That's what I do. Most of my upper stuff is plaid, but I do break out the Cabela's Wooltimate stuff if it's cold and windy. I've still got a couple pair of camo bibs that are in pretty decent shape, so I'm not ready to scrap them just for the sake of wearing non-camo. I love bibs because the keep the wind from howling up my back. I do have an old pair of brown and black sort of camo wool bibs, but they don't have zippers down the legs, so my boots have to come off to get them on. Otherwise I'd probably wear them more.

[anw0625]

I am too getting away from camo clothes and looking into great clothes for hiking b/c most of my hunting is walking through the woods.  I like sherpa adventure gear.

[Russ Clagett]

"mature"........I like that. Seems like I get more mature every year........