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Hunting Pants

by bobkat , Posted to Fishing Buddy on 10/24/2011 09:39 AM | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
bobkat

Joined: 12/16/2001
Location: ND
After belly crawling for antelolpe a few days in Montana and scouting for deer here in ND, I'm still picking out cactus from knees and other parts of the anatomy.    I wear those canvassy brush pants, but they simply don't stop many prickly pear thorns!

Just wondering what everyone else wears.  Is there any company that makes pants with  a thin sheet of kevlar over the knees and butt or at least something  impervious to cactus? 
Wouldn't have to be kevlar, but something thorn proof.  Heck, I have kevlar lined bicycle tires (I hate changing flats) and they aren't very expensive, so cost of a thin layer would be acceptable, especially if you only wore them hunting or scouting. 
Any suggestions??  
Re: Hunting Pants
by Horsager on 10/24/2011 08:32 AM | Reply #1 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
Horsager
Joined: 08/12/2003
Location: ND
 The newest iteration of Sitka Gear Mountain Pants have some sort of knee pad deal.  I don't have them but I bet someone here does.
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Re: Hunting Pants
by Fox Island Outfitter on 10/24/2011 09:40 AM | Reply #2 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
Fox Island Outfitter
Joined: 02/25/2002
Location: ND
I was going to recommend the same Horsager. I haven't used them yet, but it looks like it should do the trick. Also knowing Sitka's quality first hand, I'd put my money on that they work.

I use knee pads for spot and stalk.  Best think I've tried so far.
The kill is the satisfying, indeed essential, conclusion to a successful hunt. But, I take no pleasure in the act itself. One does not hunt in order to kill, but kills in order to have hunted. Then why do I hunt? I hunt for the same reason my well-fed cat hunts...because I must, because it is in the blood, because I am the decendent of a thousand generations of hunters. I hunt because I am a hunter.- Finn Aagard
Re: Hunting Pants
by moosehunter09 on 10/24/2011 11:56 AM | Reply #3 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
moosehunter09
Joined: 05/19/2009
Location: nd
double tin chaps
Re: Hunting Pants
by Horsager on 10/24/2011 12:00 PM | Reply #4 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
Horsager
Joined: 08/12/2003
Location: ND
 
moosehunter09 Said:
double tin chaps
Only if you can put earmuffs on the antelope/deer 1st.
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Re: Hunting Pants
by Mad Dog on 10/24/2011 3:05 PM | Reply #5 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
Mad Dog
Joined: 01/07/2002
Location: ND
I preferr not to wear any.  Just go no clothes.  It really confuses the animal.
Re: Hunting Pants
by MathewsZman on 10/24/2011 3:18 PM | Reply #6 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
MathewsZman
Joined: 08/02/2010
Location: SD
Mad Dog Said:
I preferr not to wear any.  Just go no clothes.  It really confuses the animal.


Especially if you dab a bit of doe in heat behind your ear . Leastwise thats what Huntdux told me .
 
Re: Hunting Pants
by murdock1978 on 10/24/2011 3:22 PM | Reply #7 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
murdock1978
Joined: 07/12/2003
Location: ND
Belly crawl??what are you hunting with a spear??any pictures??,
Re: Hunting Pants
by jmidjet on 10/24/2011 4:33 PM | Reply #8 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
jmidjet
Joined: 06/17/2011
Location: ND
Yeah.  That sucks.  I knealt right down on a cactus a couple years ago.  One time I even laid down on one and got a thorn in my gut.  It festered and got all infected till I pulled it out with a tweezers.
Re: Hunting Pants
by Swanson on 10/24/2011 4:37 PM | Reply #9 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
Swanson
Joined: 09/07/2007
Location: ND
if your doing the belly crawl correctly you shouldn't have to use ur knees

Re: Hunting Pants
by bobkat on 10/24/2011 4:39 PM | Reply #10 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
bobkat
Joined: 12/16/2001
Location: ND
My grandon got a buttful sliding down a bank.  His yelling sure taught us that antelope can hear just fine at 1/4 mile!  I'll bet his mom is still pickin em out.
Thanks for the suggestions - I'll look into the Sitkas.  I thought of kneepads, but keeping the darned things on might be problematic. 
SandBurrs and goat heads are tough on human hide, too.
Re: Hunting Pants
by Horsager on 10/24/2011 4:41 PM | Reply #11 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
Horsager
Joined: 08/12/2003
Location: ND
 
swanson Said:
if your doing the belly crawl correctly you shouldn't have to use ur knees
Crawling from your present position to a commode in a drunken stupor is differenter than crawling up sneakily on a creature.
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Re: Hunting Pants
by Horsager on 10/24/2011 4:42 PM | Reply #12 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
Horsager
Joined: 08/12/2003
Location: ND
 
bobkat Said:
 
SandBurrs
Nothing worse than sandburrs, I hate those damned things.
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Re: Hunting Pants
by Swanson on 10/24/2011 4:50 PM | Reply #13 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
Swanson
Joined: 09/07/2007
Location: ND
Horsager Said:
 
swanson Said:
if your doing the belly crawl correctly you shouldn't have to use ur knees
Crawling from your present position to a commode in a drunken stupor is differenter than crawling up sneakily on a creature.


somtimes its hard to seperate what is real and what is fiction

Re: Hunting Pants
by kdm on 10/24/2011 4:59 PM | Reply #14 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
kdm
Joined: 09/05/2008
Location: ND
Jiffy's got some chaps you could probably borrow, but I'd wear long johns as I heard the backside is a bit drafty.......
Re: Hunting Pants
by svnmag on 10/24/2011 5:56 PM | Reply #15 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
svnmag
Joined: 11/03/2002
Location: ND
Filson makes good stuff, plus, when it's time to re-wax this can lead to more adventure.
svnmag



                                                                                                    
Re: Hunting Pants
by HNTDUX on 10/25/2011 08:25 AM | Reply #16 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
HNTDUX
Joined: 12/04/2007
Location: ND
I have a pair of oil canvas pants, need to wear long jons or some other type of layer under them as they are a bit chilly but they repel buck brush and anything else I have encountered. I believe they are Key's or Filson can't recall but they were $120. Never crawled through cactus though.

LIFE...It's nature's way of keeping meat fresh!

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Posted On: 10/24/2011 09:39 AM
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