Hunting Clothing Options
There are several hunting clothing and hunting footwear options depending on your hunting needs. While hunting waders, camo hats, gloves and other hunting apparel is essential, start with a few key basics. Whether you are in need of hunting apparel for men, women, or kids, the following essentials are available in each option.
- Hunting Jacket - Everything from insulated hunting jackets to lightweight jackets
- Pants for Hunting - Many of which are water-resistant pants and lightweight for easy movement in the field.
- Hunting Bibs and Coveralls - Available in a lightweight option as well as insulated bibs.
- Hunting Boots for Women and Men - Field boots, snake boots and rubber boots meet the demands of a variety of hunts to shield and protect your feet from the elements
Buying Considerations
Whether you are just starting to hunt or a seasoned veteran, keep a few basic considerations in mind when purchasing your first or next piece of hunting clothing.
- What type of hunting will you be engaged in the most?
- There are specific camo patterns depending on the type of hunt.
- What type of terrain and weather conditions do you anticipate?
- Hunting clothing like camo rainwear and water-resistant hunting clothing is essential for any hunting bag for those sudden rain storms and snow showers.
- Insulated hunting clothing and base layers to control body temperate are specifically designed for extreme cold weather hunting like some waterfowl and big game where you typically cannot rely on excess body movement to generate heat.
- Lightweight hunting clothing is one option for hunts like upland where there is typically more movement than hunting big game or waterfowl.
- Scent control and containment hunting clothing such as ScentBlocker, hunting apparel from Under Armour and Field and Stream offer this technology to keep your odor in check during all weather conditions.
- How much are you willing to spend on hunting clothes?
- Keep in mind: hunting clothes that are at a higher price point typically include more essential features as mentioned below.
- Common Hunting Clothing Features & Technologies:
- Omni-Heat, Omni-Shield and other Omni-technologies by Columbia. Each serving its own keep your body cool in hot conditions, warm in cool conditions.
- 3-in-1 Systems Jackets: Water-proof outer shell, fleece-lined for warmth, vest ready all in one jacket
- Scent control, antimicrobial and more to keep odor in check
Expert Advice and Tips
- Scent control and ScentBlocker are the best hunting clothes for when you do not want animals to pick up your scent.
- Jackets with side pockets are the best hunting jackets for when you need quick access and storage of gloves, chap-stick and even ammunition
- Fingerless gloves are particularly handy when you need to make a quick shot
- Layering and moisture management is key no matter what you are hunting in order to enhance comfort and flexibility
*** Check with your local game and parks site for state hunting laws and regulations as most require some amount of blaze orange clothing depending on what you are hunting
Hunting Apparel By Game
Waterfowl Hunting Clothing - Hunting clothes that are insulated and water-resistant are key. Start with purchasing basics like:
- Waterfowl camo pattern jackets and pants
- Bibs and coveralls, waders work well in some instances too where you need to set up decoys in the water
- Hunting boots that are waterproof and insulated depending on the weather conditions
- Camo hat or fur hat
- Base layers depending on the weather conditions
- Hunting gloves like insulated hunting gloves for colder weather hunting
Big Game Hunting Clothing - You will need many of the same basics that waterfowl entails, however be sure and check out jackets that have a big game camo pattern as well as scent control or ScentBlocker jackets
Turkey Hunting - Lighter weight hunting clothing should suffice for hunting turkey. Snake boots come particularly handy here as well.
All types of hunting require some sort of hunting apparel even if it is just a hunting t-shirt and a pair of durable field boots. Determine what features are important to you and you can build a custom list with hunting clothes and footwear designed for your type of hunt.
No matter what your game is, let the hunt for hunting apparel and boots end at DICK's Sporting Goods.