Just finished reading the "The Electronic Hunter". And yes, I can remember cotton long underwear, my cotton/synthetic blaze orange coat my mom sewed a couple extra pockets in so I wouldn't smush my sandwich, Monkey Wards boots slathered with Sno-Seal, and cotton gloves. We didn't carry flashlights or binos either--we "glassed" game with our scope. I can still remember the first time I ever saw a hunter with a daypack--quite the curiosity.
These days, I pick up my daypack (which seems to be unnecessarily heavy) and wonder about all the crap I'm carrying........
