quiet raingear

[rock]

i gonna be hunting the westside next year. does anyone know of quiet waterproof raingear?

[bow4elk]

PVC 

[deerslyr]

I have a pair of guides choice pants that are extremely quiet and keep me dry but from some reason I cannot find another pair of these pants.

[280ackley]

There not really "quiet" but here is a link to some great raingear.

https://www.hellyhansengear.com/s-16-hunting.aspx

[DeKuma]

I love my Rivers West gear, other than it does get warm and opening the leg vents just lets the water in.

[7mag.]

River's West, Game Hide, Under Armour, Browning, to name but a few. They are useless unless you are stand hunting, because they don't breathe, and if you are still hunting or hiking, you'll sweat to death.

[PolarBear]

Grundens.  When it really gets nasty I wear my commercial grade Grundens with fleece over the top.  Unless it is cold out I sweat like James Brown but it is better than staying home.  There is no such thing as quiet, breathable rain gear.  I have friends who use their frog togg gear with fleece over the top and it seems to work for them.

[7mag.]

Grundens.  When it really gets nasty I wear my commercial grade Grundens with fleece over the top.  Unless it is cold out I sweat like James Brown but it is better than staying home.  There is no such thing as quiet, breathable rain gear.  I have friends who use their frog togg gear with fleece over the top and it seems to work for them.

That's a good idea if you have noisy raingear, putting fleece over the top. But seeing how you're going to sweat your but off any way, I'll just wear my River's West when it's real nasty. At least I won't weigh over 400 lbs. with water logged fleece when I'm done.

[GlennGTR]

If your swetting too much in your rain gear, it might be because you have on too much underneath. Wearing heavy jeans or other heavy material pants will cause you to over heat. If I am going to wear rain pants then I would wear some summer weight trousers underneath. The kind you see hikers or flyfishermen wear. This will help a great deal in preventing heat buildup.

[TheHunt]

Here is what I use and what I have learned.

1.  Helly Hansen Impertech bib and pull over jacket will keep you dry in the heavy to monsoon type of down pours.  When it is raining side ways with huge winds this stuff will keep you dry.  This stuff is some what loud but in that type of rain the deer/elk are not going to hear you.  The Impertech also stretchs a little so you have move through the woods with ease.
2.  For days that it is just rain drizzle out side.  Not hard hard raining just drizzle I use my MT050 from Cabela's.  It is very quiet but does not handle the absolute down pour all day and raining sideways I do not pick wear the MT050 rain gear.  This will keep you dry in a breathable fabric so that it reduces the human perspiration.

Just my opinion.

[boneaddict]

wool

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

+1 on the wool
I spray my regular gear with "Camp Dry", it is a silicone base that has no smell when dry, I will get a little wet, but not too bad.
Still nice and warm, w/o overheating, except my head always seems to sweat under my hat.. 

[alecvg]

My brother and I both have some of the Kings rain gear, and it keeps you dry, and it is quiet.  I would advice if your in the thick stuff, or wet, long grass to also have gaiters to keep it from coming up the pant leg.

[rock]

k thanks i kinda figured that. what about breathable raingear? any suggestions?

[PacificNWhunter]

Breathable raingear? Is there such a thing?

I purchased the Sitka Downpour gortex rain gear. It's the paclite Gortex so it's not as loud as some of the other gortex out there. It is pretty quiet i think, I wore it all weekend in the rain hunting elk in the back country. I am a hiking hunter, so I put on some miles in it and yes you do heat up. I wear UA's heat gear underneath and it keeps me pretty cool unless I am hiking back out of the canyone.

oh...we went 1 for 2 on elk.