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What outer wear clothing would you recommend for a Nov 2nd muley hunt in WY? It is a pack in on horses then a spot and stalk from camp. ANY good selection would be appreciated. This is also a self guided hunt.
Thanks

Given the time of year and locale, and the fact you're letting the horses do the work, I'd definitely consider lots of wool clothing. Yeah it's old, and "low-tech" for 2012, but it's also proven to work when the chips are down. That sounds like a cold, windy, snowy hunt. Wool with a wind breaking layer would be how I dressed.

i like my wool layers.

I do have First lite wool under layers. I also have wool pants. Need a good jacket though.

For real cold conditions, I like under-armor level 3 or stage 3 long johns inside cabela's outfitter fleece wind-shear pants.

Up top I'm wearing the same long johns, a wool shirt, sometimes a down vest, under an old browning down coat.

I don't really like hats, but a thick wool stocking cap comes in mighty handy when its real cold.

Foot gear .. depends on whether I'm walking and how far. If I'm sitting a lot, Sorrel pacs, if I'm walking, I wear loose low tops, heavy wool socks, and gaiters to keep the snow out. Most regular boots cut off the circulation and I get colder feet with them, even insulated, than I do with the low tops + gaiters.

Tom

I get laughed at for wearing it hunting , but i have an old mackinaw cruiser jacket. It's warm but can get heavy when it's wet.

For clothing in the wet (rain, not snow), I have a different approach: if it's really seriously raining, I go with Helly-Hansen neoprene over (gasp) jeans and a cotton flannel shirt, if it's just barely raining, then I sometimes use GoreTex stuff.

YMMV.

I'd like to try some other stuff, but of course the time to do that is summer, not the day before hunting season, and I'm usually not thinking of rain gear when I hit the sporting goods stores at 105 degrees.

Tom

For cold weather when any moisture will be frozen, I have been happy with the cabelas wooltimate pant has been good for me. A lightweight merino baselayer under has kept me comfortable well into single digits. Up top, a light merino layer, mid-heavy merino layer, lightweight fleece outer layer and a lightweight shell to break wind give me adequate warmth and flexibility for active hunting v. glassing. For the Head I bring a beanie as well as a winter hat with earflaps, and a neck gaitor.

Another item that I find makes a big difference for me is I cut a piece off a closed cell foam sleeping pad and lash onto my pack. I use this for sitting. It takes no pack space, weighs almost nothing, and makes a world of difference in how long I can sit in cold weather before I need to get up and start moving again to warm up.

If it's going to be wet, I would caution the use of wool as an outer layer due to weight when saturated.

No offense to Tom, but anything more than 30 minutes from the trailhead demand 100% cotton free clothing for me.

Happy hunting!

Wool for both cold and light snow. I have several different wool sweaters that I can layer. Light weight poly for undergarment. Wet and wetter is Gortex rainwear with less clothing undereneath. Like steve I also carry the pad for sitting.

Seems like an ideal set up.

Hey chas1... If you are going to spend significant time on horseback, the seams inside the leg of regular jeans are a big pain in the butt for me due to chafing. I found some light wool pants at RangerJoes.com a few years back with cargo pockets that eliminated that particular problem for me, and wool slides better on leather and makes far less noise when brush snags it than jean material. Make sure the crotch isn't too loose or too tight, cuz otherwise the family jewels either get chafed or crushed. Don't know how cowboys do it in cameltoe wranglers...must be numb.