As the title says, what is your layering system? An October hunt in Utah can go from 75 degrees and sunny to two feet of snow on the ground and miserable the next day. There’s so many clothing options these days. Hard to know what pieces I’ll actually want/use in the field now that the blaze orange restrictions are a lot less restrictive.
I was considering asking this myself, but I’ll share what I have.
I try to follow that 8 piece system methodology, but I a little too boy scout for that.
Base layer are Merino wool - I have 145 g/m and 200 g/m (Kuiu/Black Ovis).
Pants - Sitka Timberline and Kuiu Attack.
Mid layer - Sitka Ambient Jacket or Fanatic Hoody
Jacket - Sitka Jetstream
Puffy - Kuiu Super Down Pro / Sitka Kelvin Lite Down 3/4 Pant
Rain - Sitka Dew Point
I bought everything used or on sale - I like Kuiu and Sitka and don’t care too much about mismatching. Like they say, the animals don’t care. When I used to have cheap camo, I really suffered in bad weather, so I lean into buying quality now.
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Crispi summit gtx boots with darn tough socks.
Regular long sleeve shirt with hoodie. Base layers feel uncomfortable to me so I’ll only wear a merino thermal of I know for sure it’s gonna freeze.
Big Sitka puffy jacket I put on in the mornings.
Sitka rain jacket is lighter so I wear that if it’s just cool. And if it’s freezing, I put the rain jacket over the puffy.
For pants I take a lighter Sitka and a thicker Sitka and decide each morning what I want. No thermals unless necessary for me.
Works for me.
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Thanks for asking your question, I was thinking about hunting clothing the other day.
Our concept of layering down here in the Southeast United States is a bit different.
Layer 1. Something with deet, and lots of it. Our mosquitoes will often get picked up on the FAA radar.
Layer 2. Sunscreen. SPF 30 or more.
Layer 3. More Deet. It’s also red bug season down here and if you’ve never experienced a red bug infestation, just think of the thing that is itched the most in your life, then create a scale for that, then move the decimal point two places over to the right.
Layer 4. Cover scent. Lots of commercial products available. Or the redneck way find a cedar tree and just rub it all over you.
Layer 5. Your clothes, lightweight and breathable hopefully.
Layer 6. Attractant. Again, lots of commercially available products.
Layer 7. Snake protection. Keep in mind we have at least four indigenous poisonous snakes around here and all of them love the deer woods and swamps.
And if you have some extra room, layer 8. More Deet.