I hunted with a guy last fall up north who used the columbia camo package you can get in cabelas. He loved it. Said it kept him dry and warm all day. Conditions were wet, cold, warm, dry, snow, rain; all in one week.
I opt for a Filson jacket and Johnson Mills pants. Have never been cold or wet with that combo hunting here from Sept to March
For the price it is very good. I prefer Weatherby's or Cabela's wool garments though if the temps are really cold and the wind is blowing. The latter garments are more expensive. If that is an important factor, the Columbia stuff is a good alternitve.
Which outfit did you take from Cabelas? I tried their Camo (brownish color) version and ended up returning it as I thought it was really loud. However, I did order the dryplus version and not the normal version, which may have something to do with it.
Mustad...You make an interesting point about being noisy. I have two Cabela's garments. One is the wool parka with Dryplus and the other is their unlined wool jacket. I also have a pr. of Weatherbywool pants and a Weatherby heavy wool shirt and one pr. of Columbia wool pants. I just did a fingernail scratch test. Here are the results. The Cabela's wool are the noisiest of the garments followed by Weatherby. Columbia is the quietest. Even though the Cabela's are the noisiest, they are by no means what I would consider noisy. But it is something to consider. Perhaps the reason the Columbia is the quietest is because it is a looser weave. That is also likely the reason that itthe least wind resistent.
I have the columbia wool coat thats in their greenish-brownish camo. It wont keep you very warm when it gets real cold, but for milder deer hunting, 40s to 60s, i love it. its quiet and very comfortable when worn over tshirt or sweatshirt.
BMOHunter,
I have tried the treestand series and absolutely love it! I also have the cabelas berber series with windshear which is also pheomenal. I guide in alaska and hunt whitetail in Wisconsin so I get a wide variety of weather and have never been let down by either garment.
My partner bought the set of pants and jacket in a nice cammo for our October elk hunt. It was cold and a little wet at times but he claimed he stayed warm and dry. I think he paid about 175 bucks for the set but it was on sale at cabela's. I will probably get a set for next year
okcmco
Columbia Wool
