Best hunting rain gear for CRASHING BRUSH

[Bango skank]

You mentioned the fl seak stormtight.  Mine arrived today.  Im going to take it with me for early rifle deer, im thinking ill get rained on a lot.  Ill let you know what i think of it after a bit of use.

[tjthebest]

My buddy has the Sitka stormtight from head to toe. He stayed dry during a weekend of rain in the Olympics this year

[jagermiester]

Filson.

[Ingwe]

I have been wearing wool for many years if it is not hard rain. If raining hard I wear Grundens rain jacket and rain pants. You will sweat some if you  walk to fast. I have killed many deer and elk  wearing my grundens

[whackmaster]

Sitka and Kuiu are just ok if you like to pay that price for things made in china 

[SteelheadTed]

My buddy has the Sitka stormtight from head to toe. He stayed dry during a weekend of rain in the Olympics this year

Sitka Stormtight?  You mean Kuiu?

[opdinkslayer]

 What you are looking for does not exist. Hiking in the nw rain and wet brush you either get wet from the outside in or the inside out. I have the FL stormtite pants and the new lw vapor stormtite jacket. They are very comfortable but you will get wet eventually on a real wet day in wet brush. I would like to try the heavier stormtite jacket to see how it does. I have a friend with the heavier kuiu  gear and he likes it quite a bit but its not very packable. There are tradeoffs with it all.

[Buzz2401]

are any of the pants actually "breathable" ?  i know its probable TMI but i get a real bad case of swamp crotch wearing water proof pants...sorry for the crude description but i don't know a better way of putting it.  just got back from a 3 day muzzie hunt in the pe ell south area and it was terrible...i think hurricane Michael hit that area thursday afternoon and not sure if it was worth it wearing water proof pants

I wear wool pants.  Even when wet they are warm and I don't mind being a little wet in my legs but I hate that same damp feeling in my upper body, hence the search for the unicorn waterproof/breathable/quiet/durable jacket.

  I still wear a wool coat but agree it would be awesome to find something that is quiet and waterproof.

 

[Fl0und3rz]

What you are looking for does not exist. Hiking in the nw rain and wet brush you either get wet from the outside in or the inside out. I have the FL stormtite pants and the new lw vapor stormtite jacket. They are very comfortable but you will get wet eventually on a real wet day in wet brush. I would like to try the heavier stormtite jacket to see how it does. I have a friend with the heavier kuiu  gear and he likes it quite a bit but its not very packable. There are tradeoffs with it all.

I like Grundens for when it is pouring, but if you are moving too fast, you'll be wet with sweat. 

I also use a milsurp poncho for the unexpected heavy rain.  But otherwise, I just use poly/wool layers and gamehide and try to keep the wet brush from soaking it too thoroughly.

[ffbowhunter]

Call camofire they should have core4element rain gear. Hands down the best in my opinion especially if you are beating the bush, super quiet.

[Eric M]

The military BDU pattern goretex rain jacket and matching pants. You'll pay half what everyone else is paying. They are loud but sounds like that's not an issue for what you are doing. Grundens is pretty much rain proof. I've been wearing them for 20 years but if you are very active they get hot. You will be wet anyway. I can't believe what guys are paying for some of the raingear they use unless they are just buying it for the pattern.

[highside74]

https://www.hunterselement.com/
not made in china

Thanks for the link.  I have not heard of this company but I'm impressed so far reading their website.

This company and camo pattern look very impressive

[Russ McDonald]

I have Kryptek Vellus. Light to mid weight jacket.  Been in the rain kept warmamd dry also wear River West pants.  You sweat in those. Kryptek made by veterans here in America is what i read. 

Sent from my super duper thingamajig

[KFhunter]

looks like a good review here, most reviews though are of the "stand under a shower for 10 minutes" variety and don't hold true to contact wet with rain soaked brush.  I think that water shedding ability and wet contact with brush or sitting on wet surfaces are two different things.  Not many test show the latter and this one isn't much better of a test. 

http://www.rokslide.com/gear/clothing/269-let-it-rain-light-weight-rain-jacket-shootout



I've been eyeballin' the first lite stuff but due to the boxers wearing out so soon I've held off.  I sure loved those boxers until a hole developed.

[RadSav]

I don't think any of the extreme mountain hunting raingear is worth the money if you are a W. Washington brush beater.  Those lightweight packables just aren't made for briars, devils club and clearcuts.  Unless you like buying new $300 rain pants every year or two, which I do not!

I use waterproof bird pants and have enjoyed them.  Just now starting to see some wetness around the crotch after ten years.  And the ones I have are soft and quiet.  No packable rainwear can compete for durability.  Their only draw back is they did start to get heavy once the repellant treatments wore off. 

Tin and slicker bibs like the old commercial fishing Hell Hansens are hard to beat for toughness.  Though they are tough to get used to if you are accustom to premium mountain gear fit and movement.  While guiding in Oregon I used my fishing bibs anytime we would drop into the nasties to recover bear.  Our water proof boots would fail before those things would!  And best of all they were devils club resistant!!

For reasonably lightweight performance rainwear that can withstand W. WA clearcuts and deep hole nasties I have only found one that holds up.  That being the coastal Canadian company Arc'teryx.  Their top end hardwearing shell bibs are crazy good!  But they come with an insane/crazy price too.  But if you don't mind paying $600 for the best range of motion in a tough as nails rain bib they would be the ones to have IMO.

But, I'll probably continue to beat the wetside brush during October and November in my Gore-Tex birding pants.  Though I do need to find a new supplier as Cabela's replaced my favorites with a cheap copy that doesn't work.