I told myself I would wait till February, but I'm ready to walk through the woods a little. I still have a week of hunting left, but it is supposed to be really windy tomorrow so I think I will walk through one of my spots that I am done hunting this year and see what I can find. Anyways....I got to thinking while I was on stand today. Any of you guys wear anything is particular while shed hunting? Good walking boots are a given, but what pants? The reason I ask is because I had a thought today. I have a pair of brush pants that I use for upland hunting that are designed to shed of burrs and briars if you walk through them. I said to myslef, "Self, those would be perfect for shed hunting." I always seem to end up walking through some sort of nastiness, and they are no less comfortable that regular jeans.... I think I am on to something here:d Do I have any investors to the first shed hunting apparel line?? This is what I am talking about.
I wear Rocky Bearclaws for boots and carhart uninsulated work bibs. Briars never get me through those
While I agree those pants would come in handy. I'm not sure about the "tool" feeling I would get while wearing such fancy pants.:evil: When I come up to those giant thickets of thorns.. I just roll up my sleeves and crawl in. No skirt wearing for this shed maniac. Perhaps we should dub these new fancy pants.. "The Fergs"... maybe sell them with game cleaning gloves.:d But I will say this.. Sheddin' like pimpin' ain't easy.
Being a bit of a mashochist, I went out yesterday, wasn't really sure what to wear since it was a balmy 5 degrees out, but after a couple hours I was pretty sweaty, so I must have figured out a pretty good walking outfit. Start out with a couple pairs of socks, (tube and a lightweight wool) pair of duofold long underwear and for pants a pair of flannel lined cargo pants from Cabelas, they are heavy enough that you can walk through some pretty nasty stuff and the extra pockets will hold up to 6 really small sheds. On the upper part of the body, a tee shirt, long sleeve under armour cold gear shirt, a hooded sweat shirt, a windblocker vest, then a lightweight fleece jacket. Finally a hooded gaiter type hood, along with a fleece hat. Along with a old pair of Rocky boots, wildcats? they make one called that? maybe 400g of thinsulate, been meaning to upgrade the boots (not even close to waterproof anymore) but I haven't been able to find a decent new pair in the price range I want to spend. Top it all off with a pair of binoculars to cut down on the extra walking over to things that 90% of the time that turn out to be false alarms.... Oh ya, I also take a pair of ski poles with me, snow is up to almost waist deep in places and even when the snow drops, the ability to support yourself when worming your way through some thicker areas is a nice bonus.
