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Sitka or Kuiu??
sagewalker:
I bought Kuiu's Guide Jacket as well as the Guide Pants. I also purchased their Merino base 230 top and bottoms. I have used the jacket quite a bit, and I gotta say I absolutely love it. It is quiet and light weight as they come. Im in the Yakima area and it has been cold, cold, cold here. Not only is it light weight but it is also very warm when layered properly. I am 5'10'' and 190lbs and wear a size 34 in pants. I bought the jacket in a large, and the pants in a 36 to give me some room for layering for colder weather. The base layer tops I got a large and the bottoms as well. The base layer bottoms were a little small so I had sent them back and got an XL, which are now perfect. I am going out tomorrow morning to go do some dog hunting/hiking, so I will be able to better inform members on the gear when I get back from my trek. A lot of my friends own the Sitka gear and they love it so far, I wanted to give this stuff a shot and see how it performs. Seems great so far! Thanks for the opinions, keep um coming!!! :tup:
RadSav:
Kuiu is great stuff if you have the body for it. Unfortunately I do not. That is why I am still a Sitka guy. Sitka is better for those who don't miss many meals and find hard workouts painful :chuckle: If you are a human mountain goat and are physically built to play the part you may very well like the Kuiu better.
Bean Counter:
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Shouldn't you be out hunting Coues whitetails? :)
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That six week, during-the-rut season has come and gone. Ends January 31. I found a new honey hole with four bucks and two shooters. Public land with tons of road access. Those clever buggers managed to outwit hunters from four gun seasons and a few weeks of archers. Yours truly included. :bash:
C'mon August!
RadSav:
--- Quote from: Bean Counter on February 07, 2014, 03:39:54 PM ---That six week, during-the-rut season has come and gone. Ends January 31. I found a new honey hole with four bucks and two shooters. Public land with tons of road access. Those clever buggers managed to outwit hunters from four gun seasons and a few weeks of archers. Yours truly included. :bash:
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I sure miss spending my Januarys down there. When I finally sell the business and retire I hope there is still a little land left down there to tag some deer and tasty peccary.
You are running a little north for coues by the looks of that photo. Most of them I hunted were between Wilcox and Ft Grant. Actually my best was so close to the penitentiary the guards would get a little nasty once they noticed I was from out of state. :o
:sry: for getting off your topic sagewalker
trophyhunt:
I love my kuiu gear, also have some sitka. My sitka coat and pant also tore on the sticker bushes, got soaking wet with the sitka coat. But it was really wet and it wasn't 100% rain gear.