Help with my clothing setup
 

My current setup for my upper body is the following:

Cabela’s Merino wool base layer
Rivers West Merino wool Henley
Cabela’s primaloft Vest
Cabela’s Grand Teton primaloft jacket
Generic orange softshell

I hunt from a tripod stand and try and sit as long as I can. I hunt in MN in early November.

I stayed mostly warm in the 20s-30s but the softshell just wasn't cutting the wind out on the second day. (15-20MPH)

Looking for advice if I should replace the softshell with another outer layer? If so what would you recommend that is lightweight but still windproof?


Thanks
Chad

Any type of Goretex would block the wind.
Or I use a Milwaukee heated vest. Takes the chill away.

JW

Sitka Gear

I agree, one of the most quality brand on the market nowadays.

Ditto. I started hunting in Sitka gear last year and it is hands down the best gear I’ve ever used. Love it.

Quality material helps immensely but I do get experimental when dealing with freezing conditions in a treestand. I like using the elastic part of an old hunting sock around my wrists with a heat pack placed over my pulse. Then I take the lower part of the socks and make a necklace out of them with some shoestring and place them over my chest with a heat pack in them. Little things like that help ALOT if sitting still in a stand.