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Rick
I wear Merino socks exclusively. The late Warren Prax
( Owner of the Prospector, here in Fairbanks) got me started, he claimed he was nothing but a glorified sock-seller. Warren had a great personality.
Anyway I started wearing the socks Warren had produced by Fox, but later found that Wigwam has the longest wear life.
I use the light hikers and a pair will wear for a year or more , in my sock rotation. Try a pair, there warm in winter and cool in summer...

Perhaps the pants I saw that I thought were OG 107s were something else entirely.
Can't argue about the shirts.

The Columbia Gallatin/Monarch series have served me well at the right times of the year. Aint Filson but works good for me and they are also comfortable enough to wear around the house on real cold days.

As I made abundantly clear, I dislike fleece/pile unless covered by a shell (which are generally too noisy for hunting). My next pants purchase will be a pair of Schoellers, probably Mammut Champs.

However, for -10 and colder I'll stick with heavy wool.

Un-insulated Revolution Fleece,answers all equations..................

Bullsheit...

Compelling.

When did they fail you and in what conditions?.......................

Wet dreams,living vicariously through me...don't count.................

For my style of hunting and the temps/weather I'm usually hunting in I'll take wool pants. Fleece uppers (until about 25 degees), below 25 on most days I'll go to wool on the top as well. If it's below 0, I'm layering fleece under my wool coat.

NH Hunter.

After backpacking all my adult life using synthetics, I switched to Filson exclusively a couple of years ago. For me, it's breathe-ability is very superior to any synthetic I have tried. YMMV. Went to England last May and it rained every day. Did NOT bring my Filson shell, but a North Face "breatheable" one. I was miserable. The thing was wetteer on the inside than the outside after doing some hiking around-even with pit zips. Won't leave the Filson home again.
For the type of hunting and outdoor activities I do now, I regard the Filson "system" as the best.

There has been some allusion to it earlier on this thread, but I look at all the outdoor clothing I wear as a "system" of layering. I have a couple of shells (Filson) that frankly work in most conditions here in NoCal. I own 2 different weights, depending on conditions. I now own several Filson liners for those shells, that zip in and are of different weights, depending on conditions. I also have a pair of the waxed cotton Filson pants for hunting in terrible conditions, and if it's cold I'll use woolen long johns under them.

Wet is the friend of cold, and the idea is to try to keep from getting a soaking. The Filson stuff is very waterproof, and I've hunted a lot in the rain here in NoCal. So far Filson seems drier to me on both the outside and the inside.

In any event, using a system is the way to go, and not trying to use one garment for all conditions. For example last fall hunting in Wyo, I used a wool shirt, and wore a wool jacket over it for hunting in dry conditions with snow on the ground. Here in NoCal, pig hunting, I may wear a shell with a fairly light wool liner with my hunting pants in rainy and (not so) cold conditions. Sometimes here in NoCal only a shell is required for many conditions, as it deosn't get really cold except in the mountains. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

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Only the BEST wool hunting clothing there is.

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That's like saying "he's a cute guy".

Gimme fleece and the womenfolk................