I have $250 in gift cards to cabelas to spend and I can't decide on a new pair of pants. I have been debating on either the MT050® Whitetail Extreme® Pants with GORE-TEX® and 3M™ Thinsulate™ or the Wooltimate pants with 4most windshear. I'm leaning toward the MT050 but having a hard time pulling the trigger on $240 pants that I haven't even seen in person. Any thoughts or other cabelas recommendations? I will be hunting elk and deer October-November in Nevada so a lot of walking but also a lot of sitting and glassing.
Cold Weather Pants Recommendations
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I prefer layers, so would not get the insulated pants if doing lots of walking. Many good choices, but I rarely need more than medium weight long johns and heavy cotton/canvas pants. If real cold a pair of old Codet green wool blend pants go over the long john bottoms. I do carry rain gear, been known to slip on rain gear to sit and glass.
KUIU attack pants have a large following, as do Sitka and several other hi end hunting apparel makers, many well under $250. I have been considering an upgrade of pants, well under $100, Prana Zion pants, but I have not gone and looked at them yet so have no idea if they would be suitable for cold weather even with a base layer. Last time I was at Cabelas, I saw several $140-180 range hunting pants, Browning and others, not insulated, but good quality synthetic pants.
Nice problem to have...
KUIU attack pants have a large following, as do Sitka and several other hi end hunting apparel makers, many well under $250. I have been considering an upgrade of pants, well under $100, Prana Zion pants, but I have not gone and looked at them yet so have no idea if they would be suitable for cold weather even with a base layer. Last time I was at Cabelas, I saw several $140-180 range hunting pants, Browning and others, not insulated, but good quality synthetic pants.
Nice problem to have...
wy-tex
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stevevan
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I like the First Lite Corrugates. Lightweight and comfortable. Layered up with a good Merino base layer and you're good to go for an active cold weather hunt. Plus they're available in a solid color as I'm a bit luke warm for camo pants.
Now I'm leaning toward the sitka 90% pants. Anyone else have experience with these? October to November in nevada can be 50 degrees or 10 and a blizzard. Was hoping for something with at least wind stopper but people seem to be happy with these most the time or 90% of the time....
Work2hunt
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Check out the Cabelas Instinct line. The have a backpacking layering system now that doesn't look too bad. Nice thing about cabelas if you order it you can return it very easily.
It's awfully hard to beat wool pants for most anything, that said unless it's COOLD I really like the Sitka Timberlines and I'll have to say that these KUIU zip off merino wool bottoms are the slickest invention that's come along in quite a while (hard to believe nobody else thought of it or has tried to emulate, being able to dump your long handles virtually "on the run" changed everything for me) BUT I still pack a pair of Filson or Woolrich wool pants
Matthoek21
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I have the Timberlines and the 90% pants and the durability of the knees and butt of the Timberline make me pick my Timberlines every time over the 90%. Good call going with the Timberlines. Layering and you should be fine hiking with these in Nevada. Good luck. Let us know how they work and how you do.
JScams
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Cabelas has a pretty nice sale going on for Hunting gear and Guns. Just a FYI make that gift card stretch out a bit more.
hoshour
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+1 on the Timberlines for mid to late season hunting. They're very well thought-out, very comfortable, extremely durable, block the wind, yet breathe and you can layer under them.
I also like the high-quality suspenders that come with them. I think they're more comfortable than a belt, and your top layers don't end up getting out of place to where you have to stop and tuck everything under that cinched belt again.
I also like the high-quality suspenders that come with them. I think they're more comfortable than a belt, and your top layers don't end up getting out of place to where you have to stop and tuck everything under that cinched belt again.