My sweet wife thinks it is illegal, immoral, inappropriate, inopportune, and probably insane to hunt in clothes that have an obvious hole or tear. She thinks patches are barely O.K.
On the other hand, I often rip a new pair of hunting pants first or second time out. In truth some of my hunting clothes are 20+ years old, with patches and/or holes. The cuffs often get raggedy from wear. I kind of like them AS-IS. My bird dog doesn't seem to care how old my hunting clothes are -- and some are older than she is. My hunting partners don't care, and wear similar well-worn hunting pants, coats, vests, etc.
Question: When do you discard old hunting clothes ???