Old Time Hunting

[BlackPowderLove]

I know many of you hunt with old time guns and rifles with CB. How many folks here hunt also with other items of old time clothing and equipment? I have hunted with my reenacting gear, but tend to "modern" hunt with older gear as well, and even sometimes in kilt or lederhosen.

[Rick Hodges]

I have hunted with Patched round ball black powder replica rifles but always with modern clothing. Among other reasons, I have to wear blaze orange to legally hunt with a firearm of any age in my state.

[rking22]

I hunt with vintage, reproduction flint guns, and revolvers and for the most part no optics. I don't own any hi tech clothing or much camo. So yeah I hunt in old style attire, cotton or wool pants and some shirt or jacket that fits the weather conditions. I do have some camo shirts and jackets, cause they were Really cheap when I needed something. My knife is carbon steel and would not look out of place in the 1800s. I will throw on whatever orange is required, quietest and cheapest available. Kubota hat is orange, and was free. I don't try to dress any paticular way to hunt, but then I wear what is comfortable the rest of the time too. Be still, move slowly and quietly and all is good. Now if I lived where it got really cold, I would have me the bestest and warmest clothing I could afford, but I dont.
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Kinda like this

[Texas by God]

If you count moccasins or cowboy boots and cowboy hat, then yes. With a .54 Plains Pistol.

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[Leslie Sapp]

It's a matter of perspective. If you're young enough, you don't have to go back as far to use "vintage" equipment. This is my son about ten years ago, when I noticed what he was wearing and carrying, I did a sepia toned version.

[WebMonkey]

Nothing wrong with any of it.

For me though, I hunt to eat. I hunt alone so no one will see/judge me.
So I wear cheap, semi-modern camo that will keep me warm.


An exception is when function is better with something older.

My rabbit hunting vest is old school.
Pockets for shells and pocket in back for game.

[BlackPowderLove]

To clarify, although I have done the "historically correct" thing at times, I am sort of thinking along the lines of my modern rifle season. Although I may have a hunter orange parka and hat, I am otherwise content wearing wool and wool. No gortex, no Under Armour, no poly, no camo. Nothing wrong with doing any of that... I just don't think it is necessary and I personally am most comfortable in wool, linen, cotton, and plain old leather boots.

Can't find any hunting photos (don't do them very often), but here is a photo from hunting the allusive Christmas tree with my wife and daughters. This is basically typical hunting attire for me. Wool pants, simple shirt, wool sweater, out garment (down vest here), and a hat.

[MT Gianni]

I don't recall a hunting trip where I left home in a horse drawn wagon. I wear clothing that will keep me alive in the weather I hunt in and could care less how it looks. I do comply with legal requirements.
I knew a neighbor girl that shot an elk as it ran through their back field wearing pajamas and an arm through an orange vest. Being under 14 she was the only one who could shoot a cow so they got her up.

[pworley1]

I almost always hunt with antique rifles and cast bullets, but I use modern gear and comfortable clothing.

[brewer12345]

You won't find me in buckskin (yet). However, I don't do a lot of synthetics for clothing aside from neoprene waders. Enough of my hobbies involve fire up close that it has become habit to stick with at least outer layers of wool and cotton.

[waksupi]

Depends on the weather. Buckskins or wool.

Something I have noticed over the years, is I spot hunters with camo on more readily than those who are dressed in anything else.

[rking22]

Blackpowderlove, I pretty much see it the same way, but the modern fleece is just too pratical to ignore. Living and hunting where and how I do, it works well. The camo has become ,sort of, a "uniform" and puts it somewhat against my nature. I use what is practical, economical, and quiet when I move thru the woods. The fact that it looks appropriate cardying my prewar hunting rifles is fine as well. The hunters of that time, like my Grandfather, would dress much the same even with the fancy(and expensive) clothing now available. No need to dress for -20 deg when it won't get below +30 and I am half a mile from home. Camo is like fishing lures, designed to sell, not catch fish. If you move, you are busted, camo or flannels, no matter.

[Beerd]

Depends on the weather. Buckskins or wool.

Something I have noticed over the years, is I spot hunters with camo on more readily than those who are dressed in anything else.

Could be because of what rking22 said, movement.
Flannel & wool guys are moving slow if at all. Camo guys think they are invisible.
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[Les Staley]

Mt Gianny, what color pajamas was that cow elk wearing? Might be helpful for those of us who have trouble spotting elk..looking for the wrong thing..😄

[sharps4590]

I have hunted in my re-enacting clothes, mostly squirrels and my eastern longhunter gear. In the past, when I was re-enacting the fur trade era I did hunt in some buckskin clothing. These days I don't hunt a lot but when I do it's pretty much as Blackpowder love described, wool, cotton or linen and I will wear one of my Tyrolean hats.. As with him, I'm most comfortable in natural textiles. Personally, I abhor GoreTex and Velcro.

[waksupi]

Could be because of what rking22 said, movement.
Flannel & wool guys are moving slow if at all. Camo guys think they are invisible.
..

Most likely. Many times I don't see game until it moves.

[truckjohn]

sometimes in kilt or lederhosen.

Huh? Seriously - those funny looking leather shorts with suspenders or a kilt?

In Wisconsin?

During hunting season?

In Wisconsin.... Where political hyperbole freezes solid by December..... And it gets so cold that Japanese cars won't start....

This has got to be some sort of hoax....

[Cheeto303]

I know many of you hunt with old time guns and rifles with CB. How many folks here hunt also with other items of old time clothing and equipment? I have hunted with my reenacting gear, but tend to "modern" hunt with older gear as well, and even sometimes in kilt or lederhosen.

If I hunted in Wisconsin I'd wear one of those cheese head hats to meet the visibility standards.

[truckjohn]

Ok. Now I have to see some pictures of this!!!!

Hunting

In WISCONSIN in the winter...

Wearing a Kilt and a Cheeto's orange Cheese-head....



Am I the only one here thinking "Hey man, hold my beer!!"

[MT Gianni]

At age 14 I sure wasn't going to look at the young lass in her pajamas. Good grounds for a divorce. Knowing her, there were no feet in them.