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Hunting in period gear....
JW_Halverson:
I've hunted in 1770 era regalia for years with my flintlocks, adds a wonderful feel to the whole experience and freaks the crap outa the game wardens when they run across me. I've not hunted much with the bow, but I have spent a few days in my muzzleloader gear packing the bow and doing some stump shooting. Even that feels much more "right".
I start with a pair of center seam moccasins made by Mark Roster (Dakota Rooster) up in North Dakota, solid footgear! Then I add woolen stockings up over the knees held in place with a pair of leather garters with brass buckles below the knees. Over these I wear a pair of heavy linen kneebreeches with buffalo horn buttons. A pair of thin buckskin leggings over the stockings and lower part of the kneebreeches takes care of the legs. Then a mid-thigh length hunting shirt (or up to three, depending on the weather) and a woolen weskit (waistcoat or "vest") takes care of the upper body. Top it all off with a flat brim hat with the back side pinned up with a turkey wingbone call. Add a neck knife, oilcloth snapsack, fingerwoven sash around the waist with a tomahawk tucked in the small of my back and I am ready to thrive.
Cromm:
Less words and more photos of the gear you dress in people!!!! ;D
hawkbow:
Here are a few pics....
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hawkbow:
late fall... elk skin shirt, mountain lion quiver and bowcase..
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david w.:
What if this gear is "no gear" ;D
Still want a picture >:D
Can't get any more primitive
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