Hunting clothing

[Rocked and Loaded]

I find all of these hunting rules and etiquette in various countries around the world VERY fascinating to ME. I applaud their sense of tradition, decorum and unique hunting styles. I probably will never get to experience this type of hunting, but I, and probably many others here, SURELY enjoy reading about the experiences of those like yourself who have. Thanks to you and many others here who have shared their worldwide hunting experiences with all of us living here in the US.

Not my own experience unfortunately. I’m a native Californian.

But I have been able to learn a bit about British shooting sports through some friends of mine and I’m happy to share what I’ve learned.

 

[CoElkHunter]

Come to think of it, I don't remember having to wear orange when deer hunting in Californicate in the late '70s?

 

[ofbiro]

In the small corner of Europe I live and hunt in, some dressing code is still alive. While modern Gore Tex apparel instead of loden (too heavy) are widely accepted, I remember an affluent lawyer, criticised for wearing a dark grey business suit instead of a traditional loden while visiting the annual trophy show.

 

[igotit]

have seen a lot of elk and deer shot by people wearing Wrangler jeans and plaid wool coats. Those guys must have been lucky too. Does derp mean lucky?

 

[ofbiro]

Red clothes, like many plaid wool coats are not as visible to ungulates (and other mammals) as is blue.
However, even here jeans are worn by hunters. Maybe slacks, often covered by vegetation, are less visible than coats.

 

[SFRanger7GP]

I actually LOVE dressing up for a hunt. For me, tradition just adds to the hunting experience.

 

[Rocked and Loaded]

have seen a lot of elk and deer shot by people wearing Wrangler jeans and plaid wool coats. Those guys must have been lucky too. Does derp mean lucky?

In general, mammals have poor color perception. So movement, sound, and smell are going to have a bigger impact. Primates are one of the few mammal groups that can perceive color.

Birds, however, have excellent color vision, into the ultra violet spectrum so there should be an advantage to natural colors.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

This morning when I called up this web site, I was greeted by a photograph of a gentleman with a rather haughty expression on his face, apparently all ready to embark on an African hunt. Notable was the fact that he was wearing what appeared to be a pleated kilt made of camouflage cloth and was holding his hunting rifle upright with both hands resting on the muzzle.

I imagine the ticks and other members of the insect world must have greeted this choice of hunting wear with glee, since it offered an open pathway to the tenderest parts of human anatomy. They may have been disappointed, if the gentleman's knowledge of firearms safety was accurately reflected by his pose in the photograph. He might have shot himself or some other member of the hunting group before the hunt got truly started.

I would really like to know the identity of the gentleman depicted in the photograph and how his hunt turned out, if that information is available.

What web site?

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

I finally located the photo I was referring to. You can make up your own mind about this
gentleman.


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No way would I try that in tsetse country.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

Dude ....... that baseball cap has got to go. You need to find a Balmoral bonnet or at least a Tam O'Shanter.

At least it is not on backwards, but true, I took Beema as a smart lad!

 

[Scott CWO]

The wife and I each have a couple of kilts. I wouldn't consider them hunting attire for us...but you never know.
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Yikes!

 

[Scott CWO]

@BeeMaa this is proper hunting attire with the wife! By the way, photo taken on her late October mountain goat hunt here in Colorado.

 

[steve white]

When it's freezing out, wear a pair of womens' nylon stockings/panty hose for warmth. I kid you not. A guy I worked with years ago, came from Illinois and wore those here under his duty pants in very cold weather. I could never bring myself to try them though. LOL

But your knees still freeze until they ache...tried cut off long john under shorts to compete with a northern born and bred fellow scout master. Couldn't match his cold tolerance.
BTW, ANYTHING short will get you shredded in the East Texas briar patches!

 

[steve white]

The wife and I each have a couple of kilts. I wouldn't consider them hunting attire for us...but you never know.
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Good looking couple! Especially like the tartan colors on the left

 

[Rocked and Loaded]

But your knees still freeze until they ache...tried cut off long john under shorts to compete with a northern born and bred fellow scout master. Couldn't match his cold tolerance.
BTW, ANYTHING short will get you shredded in the East Texas briar patches!

In the trenches of WWI, when the Highland Regiments still wore kilts in combat, an issue the Jocks faced was their kilts getting drenched with rain and subsequently freezing overnight. The frozen fabric would rub the backs of their legs raw.

 

[Ryan]

But your knees still freeze until they ache...tried cut off long john under shorts to compete with a northern born and bred fellow scout master. Couldn't match his cold tolerance.
BTW, ANYTHING short will get you shredded in the East Texas briar patches!

Yep, I can bum around the desert growing up in Arizona or hunt the bush in southern Africa in shorts. But when I did grad work in north Florida with bobwhite we lived in double faced Carhartts and Bean boots all year round to beat through the greenbriars.

 

[Sika98k]

But your knees still freeze until they ache...tried cut off long john under shorts to compete with a northern born and bred fellow scout master. Couldn't match his cold tolerance.
BTW, ANYTHING short will get you shredded in the East Texas briar patches!

Merino wool long johns are the answer as a base layer for your legs in cold weather.