What do you feels best to wear on a stalk?
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Depends on what you expect the weather to be.
Early start on a cold morning usually means I have a base layer (Aldi), an under Tshirt (Mountain Wearhouse), thick over shirt, sweatshirt and then my camou jacket.
Warmer morning then leave the base layer at home.
Legs are usually base layer (Aldi) and camou trousers (Asda) irrespective.
Nothing fancy or expensive (can't afford expensive) since it makes no difference to the deer,if you stalk it well, how expensive your kit is.
Ed
Early start on a cold morning usually means I have a base layer (Aldi), an under Tshirt (Mountain Wearhouse), thick over shirt, sweatshirt and then my camou jacket.
Warmer morning then leave the base layer at home.
Legs are usually base layer (Aldi) and camou trousers (Asda) irrespective.
Nothing fancy or expensive (can't afford expensive) since it makes no difference to the deer,if you stalk it well, how expensive your kit is.
Ed
Chasey
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I just baught a Harkula Metso-Active jacket which for £250 I thought was very reasonable. Its shorter and much much more breathable than my Harkula Prohunter X and so when stalking I am not sweating my nuts off.
My ProH X is great in a high seat and wen its minus something temperatures but just too hot for long stalks in anything over zero C
Its only got waterproof shoulders but thats enough for most weather ill bother stalking in. It was raining today and we did a two and a half hour walk in it and I was fine and dry in about 4c with just a shirt and base layer under it.
The arms would fit an orangutan (no idea what animal Harkulla use for a size chart but its defo not human) and on the plus side it doesent have bellows pockets so they wont just randomly fall off as the did on my seeland jacket and in less than a year on my Prohunter X
I think the Prohunter X is a bit crap frankly, but I do recommend the Matso Active
Harkila Metso Active Jacket
My ProH X is great in a high seat and wen its minus something temperatures but just too hot for long stalks in anything over zero C
Its only got waterproof shoulders but thats enough for most weather ill bother stalking in. It was raining today and we did a two and a half hour walk in it and I was fine and dry in about 4c with just a shirt and base layer under it.
The arms would fit an orangutan (no idea what animal Harkulla use for a size chart but its defo not human) and on the plus side it doesent have bellows pockets so they wont just randomly fall off as the did on my seeland jacket and in less than a year on my Prohunter X
I think the Prohunter X is a bit crap frankly, but I do recommend the Matso Active
Harkila Metso Active Jacket
Pair of black combat trousers, which ever t-shirt I pick up and usually my ridgeline smock if it's fresh out. I'd love to spend big money of clothes however 1 i can't afford to and 2 it doesn't make you any better! Then there's the if you fall over in a big cow pat or bog lol
Forgot to add whatever your wearing make sure you mount your rifle in exactly the same way.
Different amoumts of clothes can shift your point of aim so that you miss the intended kill zone.
Wearing a t-shirt to the range on a warm summers day is totally different to three or four layers in winter.
Ed
Different amoumts of clothes can shift your point of aim so that you miss the intended kill zone.
Wearing a t-shirt to the range on a warm summers day is totally different to three or four layers in winter.
Ed
HappyHunter
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Layers are definitely best with a wind and waterproof over layer. Silent fabric definitely a plus and be wary of velcro pockets!
Camo is not a must just drab colours.
I bought deerhunter outer layers when on sale in Sportsman Gun Centre but the rest is all supermarket and decathlon stuff.
Decent socks and footwear a must but it needn't be expensive.
Camo is not a must just drab colours.
I bought deerhunter outer layers when on sale in Sportsman Gun Centre but the rest is all supermarket and decathlon stuff.
Decent socks and footwear a must but it needn't be expensive.
Face veil, gloves and a snood. A snood can go in the pocket and is like another coat. Take it off when walking and put it back on when up a seat. I always have a soft jacket in my roe sack for really cold days. It weighs next to nothing. Don't forget a foam sheet/cushion too. If you're cold you will not enjoy the experience!
If in a high seat then get good gloves! And maybe a small insulated foam waterproof cushion such as used to be sold for use in rowing boats.
Freeforester
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Try to obtain clothing that makes you hard to see against the background, rather than looking like something out of the Frankonia catalogue; dead grass and dun make for better camouflage than near black tones...
Or grow a decent beard!
+1
An essential peice of kit but be sure to get one in Merino wool. Pulled up at the back too and tucked under a hat keeps your ears and head real toasty and does not adversely impact one's hearing. I can still hear a squirrel's claws on timber at a distance of something approaching 100 yards. OK, knock off 25 as I'm clearly typing this on an internet keyboard!
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Scapegoat
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Good boots, quiet trousers I have an elderly pair of laksen goretex for when it's cold/damp, but army surplus combats for drier days. I like my paramo cambia baselayer, with a thin fleece over the top, and a paramo jacket. if i'm going to be sitting out in this weather I have a Snugpack windproof smock which folds into its own pocket as a midlayer. Merino buff, windproof/waterproof gloves by Sealskin. I like a tweed cap, and the jacket is hooded if needed. All designed to be light, breathable and warm. A trick from my cycling days- if you only have windproof gloves on a wet day wear a pair of latex/nitryl gloves underneath them as a waterproof layer.
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