Gear for above average girls?

[Night goat]

Not trying to subject generalize or be an overbearing guy.....

My girl has no shame admitting...

She has a big butt....

Standard gear you find at the store ain't working...

She says buying stuff online with given dimensions is impossible. Driving store to store is useless cuz its all the same.... She aint BIG, and she is editor of this thread....   

Where do you find gear for a chick that doesnt fit the Barbie mould??

I do not dare say plus-size, because it hardly applies.....

Where and who makes gear for chicks that don't fit the girlie profile??

My man stuff doesnt work for my partner, and neither does the girl stuff....


Girls, women, PLEASE help

Seriously, not being insensitive, she says she is tired of gear that doesnt fit girls with big hips....

Girls please give input

[JBar]

What brands has she tried? My wife loves her Firstlite pants, made with 4way stretch material which may help with being a little more muscular in the backside. Sitka also makes some nice stuff or you may try some of the mountaineering brands. Good luck!!

[jnordwell]

Try day one Camo they can do custom pants.. they are not to expensive either. Have your choice of fabrics. Wool,fleece,saddle cloth, cotton....and a handful of Camo options as well.

[Stein]

My daughter prefers men/s hunting coats, she isn't big at all but throws shot and discus and finds the women's stuff is too tight through the shoulders.

[swanny]

Prana. My wife loves the women's version of the Zion, cant' recall the name. They have great 4-way stretch and my wife is far from having a flat backside.

[highside74]

Unfortunately big companies don't make things for the small 1% of different shape people. My niece is almost 6 ft tall and has 37 inch inseams and she's model thin. She can't buy any pants off of the rack. So they have found a good tailor and she has clothes adjusted to fit her. Your girl is probably going to have to do the same thing. Find the pants that are closest and have the pants adjusted by a good seamstress so that they fit what she needs. Most likely that will mean finding a men's pant and having it taken in at the hips.

[highside74]

Prana. My wife loves the women's version of the Zion, cant' recall the name. They have great 4-way stretch and my wife is far from having a flat backside.

That's a good thought right there.  Skip the camo bottom and find a good outdoor pant in solid color to hunt in.

[CoryTDF]

My sis in law has a rather round back end but is not a big girl. She just got that Kim K butt. Anyway, she has luck with Under Armor and even some Sitka. 

[724wd]

My sis in law has a rather round back end but is not a big girl. She just got that Kim K butt. Anyway, she has luck with Under Armor and even some Sitka. 

I'm gonna tell her you said that! 

[mburrows]

Prana. My wife loves the women's version of the Zion, cant' recall the name. They have great 4-way stretch and my wife is far from having a flat backside.

 

[Sandberm]

This thread is useless without...

 

[KFhunter]

What type of hunting does she do?

sit in a blind? up in a tree?
chase elk up a mountain side in September?
crossing rocky ridges chasing goats?
walking in behind locked gates a couple miles?

We gotta narrow this down some before we toss out too many suggestions.

[NoBark]

There is a womens brand out there. Prious (or something close to that) but I have '0' knowledge of it's sizing.

[KFhunter]

I've come across this stuff before when getting stuff for my girls

SHE outdoors

https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/SearchDisplay?categoryId=&storeId=715838534&catalogId=3074457345616676768&langId=-1&sType=SimpleSearch&resultCatEntryType=2&showResultsPage=true&searchSource=Q&pageView=&beginIndex=0&pageSize=24&searchTerm=she+outdoor


didn't look too bad

[CoryTDF]

My sis in law has a rather round back end but is not a big girl. She just got that Kim K butt. Anyway, she has luck with Under Armor and even some Sitka. 

I'm gonna tell her you said that! 

You can tell her or not but it makes it no less true LOL

[KFhunter]

My sis in law has a rather round back end but is not a big girl. She just got that Kim K butt. Anyway, she has luck with Under Armor and even some Sitka. 

I'm gonna tell her you said that! 

You can tell her or not but it makes it no less true LOL

In cases like this, it's usually the messenger that gets smacked

[CoryTDF]

My sis in law has a rather round back end but is not a big girl. She just got that Kim K butt. Anyway, she has luck with Under Armor and even some Sitka. 

I'm gonna tell her you said that! 

You can tell her or not but it makes it no less true LOL

In cases like this, it's usually the messenger that gets smacked

HAHAHA she is a good sport about her gift.

[Night goat]

What type of hunting does she do?

sit in a blind? up in a tree?
chase elk up a mountain side in September?
crossing rocky ridges chasing goats?
walking in behind locked gates a couple miles?

We gotta narrow this down some before we toss out too many suggestions.

Got the sitting in a blind covered, she wears waders or I got a big poofy pair of camo pants that is good for that, but I'm talking about gear for elk deer and backpacking, hiking just looking to get her reliable gear.

We realized that we need to hunt harder and go further than a few hours hike from wherever we can get my jeep into, while that can be ok, we figure if I can get my jeep up into some area, and hike a few hours from it, there are probabpy about 25 other people that have done the same thing, and with my cabin up in the mountains having hundreds of miles of trails we also want to start backpacking further too, and we all know the right gear makes an otherwise miserable trip awesome

[KFhunter]

lotsa layers then

look outside the hunting world for high quality base and mid layers (think merino wools and blends) putting on a baggy thin top layer isn't so bad if your base and mid layer is solid.   I just get muted colors like black for base layering 

[CoryTDF]

What type of hunting does she do?

sit in a blind? up in a tree?
chase elk up a mountain side in September?
crossing rocky ridges chasing goats?
walking in behind locked gates a couple miles?

We gotta narrow this down some before we toss out too many suggestions.

Got the sitting in a blind covered, she wears waders or I got a big poofy pair of camo pants that is good for that, but I'm talking about gear for elk deer and backpacking, hiking just looking to get her reliable gear.

We realized that we need to hunt harder and go further than a few hours hike from wherever we can get my jeep into, while that can be ok, we figure if I can get my jeep up into some area, and hike a few hours from it, there are probabpy about 25 other people that have done the same thing, and with my cabin up in the mountains having hundreds of miles of trails we also want to start backpacking further too, and we all know the right gear makes an otherwise miserable trip awesome

Check out the Eddie Bauer First Ascent stuff. The pants are freaking awesome and they are made with that stretch fabric. You can get them in tactical colors like khaki and OD green and they would work just fine for hiking and elk hunting. My wife is tall and she has a hard time finding pants that work for her and she loves her EB stuff. 

[724wd]

My sis in law has a rather round back end but is not a big girl. She just got that Kim K butt. Anyway, she has luck with Under Armor and even some Sitka. 

I'm gonna tell her you said that! 

You can tell her or not but it makes it no less true LOL

In cases like this, it's usually the messenger that gets smacked

HAHAHA she is a good sport about her gift.

I'm just jealous of the deer she shoots!!! 

[kellama2001]

I can sympathize with the OP's huntress, finding any pants to fit, especially quality hunting pants can be a difficult task. I've yet to find the perfect brand, I usually just buy men's pants and cinch the waist with a belt or make do with uncomfortable women's pants. The suggestion of using a seamstress is a good one. I'd also like to find somewhere to try on the higher end gear (First Lite, Kuiu, etc.) before spending that much. Sorry I don't have any advice, I guess I'm mostly tagging along to see if anyone has any brilliant suggestions