When I started hunting for the first time, a broke kid, I purchased some long sleeve shirts, fairly heavy cotton ones. I couple of flannel long sleeve shirts with the pockets for my smokes. Now 37 years latter they still oddly fit, and have never upgraded any of it. Never been cold, I have been too hot, but I just peal a layer off and I am good to go.
I hunt with several different groups, and when I get to the season ending pheasant blast down in the Regent area, the fellas that attend this excellent hunt are all showing off their nifty fancy outfits, and parading around like they are on a runway. Always makes me laugh, as I stand there in almost 40 year old hunting clothing, having spent nothing in decades. I feel as though they are buying some of this stuff just to be in the fancy pants club... It almost has a gay feeling to it all.
To be clear, I am not saying there is anything wrong with spending a months wages to get a new outfit. It just isn't important to me, and I also don't go on extravagant hunts requiring long hours and potential over night stays.
