Some form of short little gaiters is a good idea.
There are thorns on everything.
There was a grass that had black skinny seeds that they called blackjacks. They stick to everything and are hard to remove from some fabrics. Next trip I might have them stop at an army surplus store and I will buy a couple of SADF sweaters, and just leave them at the end of the hunt with the staff. Beats picking the blackjacks out of my sweaters when I get home ( last day I belly crawled for my gemsbok and was covered in blackjacks).
Some light leather gloves may be handy.
You will get scratched by thorns, whether you wear short sleeves and shorts or long sleeves and pants. I'm not used to the thorns, tend to burn easily and hate bug dope and sun screen. I wore Cabelas lightweight Microtex shirts and Cabelas 7 pocket hiker pants. Texas Huntco gaiters and uninsulated Meindl lightweight hunter boots. All worked well. If I changed one thing, I wish I could have tried a high top Lowa Zephyr boot. They may have been even more comfortable.
