Sticker Shock

[sierra1995]

its been a while since i've bought anything new, but i have a pants, bibs, a shirt and jacket from Predator camo in fall grey. seems less expensive than what you saw at scheels. https://www.predatorcamo.com/

 

[Obi-Wan]

There’s options for stuff sowed here but the prices are even more expensive and there are not enough places that still sow in America to keep up. The other reason is no fabrics are developed in the USA . Gore and schoeller are both researched because the pfa out of country. A lot of the clothes can’t even contain pfa for dwr any more witch had added more cost to develop coatings that will perform the same with out those chemicals.

I look at it this way 500 for a pair of bibs I use them for 10 years that’s 50 dollars a year. I spend more than 50 at the gas station going scouting every time I go so it doesn’t seem like that bad of an investment. Then the customer service that comes with that price is worth it.

you reap what you sew or is it sow, I am confused

 

[johnr]

I am way to cheap to purchase any of that $800 and higher BS.

As others have stated, my 30+ year old bibs and such have never left me cold. I too need to keep the feet and head warm.

My favorite high end clothing situation was pheasant hunting a couple years back, and the wealthy fuckers I was hunting with all comparing their outfits and dollars spent on them like a bunch of NYC house wives, it was embarrassing, however they did not see it. Gaaaaaay...

 

[Kurtr]

Here’s a big difference you can walk back to the pick up in either Dakotas . Go out to the mountains and live a week out of your back pack and let me know how the cheap shit works. Sleep a few nights in these kind of conditions. We stayed 5 nights and temps were single digits at night and 20’s during the day. Had to keep water filters in sleeping bag or in person at all times . Boiled water each night and put in the Nalgene and in the sleeping bag at night so it didn’t freeze and added warmth. It lasts longer if you hunt four times a year it doesn’t matter. It’s why people don’t understand alpha glass unless you spend hours behind it. I had to use enough junk when I was broke I’m not broke any more.

 

[bucksnbears]

That's WAY different then 99% of hunters nowdays.
For the most part, never more then a 1/2 mile from thier truck.

 

[Twitch]

Absolutely Kurtr…..backcountry hunting will make anyone a believer in quality gear