Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting Any body still wear wool?

You know. Like the old LLBean, and woolrich type jackets and such

Yes, in some weather. Wear a lot of the modern high-tech stuff as well, but wool is still great for certain conditions.

I actually wear the Gallatin Range stuff from Columbia still. Works great and I have no complaints with it. It does take a bit more upkeep in some ways but I like it.
Used to wear my grandfathers old LL Bean gear when i was younger. I outgrew it in my teens though.

Mark

Almost always in a Pendleton shirt. Use Stormy Chromer or the old wool crusher hats and wool vests quite a bit. It's gotta be really cold for me to wear wool pants, or a double mackinaw style coat. But they are classy.

Merino wool as a base layer/socks, I do have a couple old sweaters for middle layers, but usually wear syn as outerwear.

Kent

Yes, lots in all kinds of flavors, from Stormy Kromer's on my noggin to merino wool on my feet.

I also use fleece as a layering garment with technical outerwear.

I'm probably the odd man out I wear synthetic base layer, fleece mid layer, wool shirt and cotton/blend pants. But have a set of heavy synthetics i put on when I get to my stand. I'm guilty of not being much of a stand hunter though. i can sit for a couple hours but thats about it.


Hell i still wear leather boots treated with bees wax

Yep, Wool Bibs and 2 sets of wool pants not to mention 4 wool shirts. Base layers are the new synthetic maaterial. Socks have some wool content. Still tough to beat wool, but it is heavy.

I also use Sitka and First Lite base layers and they work great.

Nothing I've found feels as warm and snug as a good old Filson caped macinaw, but those babies are heavy. I've had excellent luck with military surplus wool pants, especially the ones that go with the "Ike" jackets, but I haven't seen any for sale for a while. One thing's sure, I"ll never wear wool long johns again if there's the slightest chance I'll get wet! That's an itch I'll never forget!

I've got a lot of fleece stuff and it's light and warm, but for me, it tends to collect moisture on the inside and unless lined, doesn't cut the wind too well. Still, I probably wear fleece most of the time for the light weight.

You bet. Gun season opening morning tradition on stand.

In a week the wool will be hanging in the breeze on the back porch. The Wisconsin countryside will be full of blaze orange attire as well.

Thats the stuff i'm talking about. Man i can see that stuff hangin outside the cabin and an old 760 in ought six leaning in the corner. With a well worn pair of leather boots sitiin near the stove letting the bees wax melt into the leather

Yup. Woolrich or Filson mackinaw for stand sitting when it's really cold along with Woolrich bibs or Army issue wool pants.

Warmer weather or walking a Filson single jacket works great.

Smartwool socks everyday. Can't stand cotton socks.

The only time I wear anything synthetic anymore is if it's raining like a cow whizzin' on a flat rock. I've got a set of Browning rain gear that's about as quiet as water proof stuff gets.

I wore the same surplus German army wool pants this year I've had for ~22 years. Don't know whether those can still be had or not. Also wore a nice wool sweater; think it had Eddie Bauer's name on the label. I like wool because it is, or at least all of mine is, absolutely silent walking about. Doesn't seem to have a game-offending aroma, either. It's also still about as warm if/when it gets wet. Down side is that it's HEAVY, which is more of an issue to me when I shed it later in the day, or for packing an animal out.

My 'base layer' (I call them long johns or thermals, but thought some of you might not know those 'old' words ) is silk, but I have a set of polyprops, too.

I picked up a couple of pairs of brown wool German army (not sure which one!) pants from Cabelas surplus section about 10 years ago for $9.95 each. Heavy wool, full cut, suspender buttons, and lots of pockets, they are great on stand, but after all this time they still have a lingering mothball odor.

In my prime hunting days a pair of Woolrich Malones with logger suspenders, Duo fold long underwear, and a few old Pendleton wool shirts topped off with an orange woolrich shirt..which got well used ...not really orange
I had the wife sew in an extra layer of wool from my old worn out Malone's in the knees and ass to sit or kneel in the snow. The pants would last 3 years.

I have a few pairs of the German wool issue pants and they are great

Today the Cabela's windshear pants and shirts seem to fill the same needs with less weight.

For you folks who wear wool shirts, pants or base layers, do you have any problems washing them ie do they shrink much?

Used to wear quite a bit of wool but most items have been replaced these days. I wouldn't mind trying some of those German army surplus wool pants but only if they are reasonably easy to look after..

I've don't believe I've ever tried washing these woolens. The dry cleaner nearest where I live now charges $2.50 apiece to clean them, so I probably won't try the washing machine any time soon.

About 15 years ago I got some military surplus gray wool pants (German? Swedish? I can't recall) from Sportsman's Guide. They're still going strong. Still have a heavy plaid Melton "Wintermaster" shirt that I'm pretty sure is all wool but doesn't say so on the tag. Just says "dry clean only"... Would that be wool? Bought it in 1973! Have worn it just about every hunting season since. Even shot my first (and only) mule deer wearing it in 2006 in Wyoming and the biggest whitetail of my life wearing it in 1989. Around here, deer season, (gun) starts next Saturday. You know what shirt I'll have on!.. It's become a tradition.

Absolutely.