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I personally try to stick with 100% cotton. I have found that other material and blends sometimes have a sheen to them that could potentially make you stand out in the Turkey woods. What do you think?

I agree with you, I'm usually wearing all cotton. I do own a pair of lightweight ol Tom pants and a leaf jacket for days where it's just too hot. I try to keep myself in cotton with no shine

Ken. Good Thread. I use all different clothing made of different material. In my case, I wear Shannon's Bug Tamer and North Mountain leafy wear jackets, so my under garment materials are not visible. But you are correct, I would think cotton is the least visible due to the lack of sheen or shiny finish.....

In addition to avoiding camo fabrics that I think are going to have a sheen or otherwise stand out unnaturally in the place I am hunting, my other concern is the noise factor in fabrics.  Some fabrics are just too noisy.  Fabrics composed of Nylon are a great example.  Seems like every move you make wearing Nylon material sounds like a cat scratching on glass. 

A certain vest I have fits every need I want in a vest.  However, the darn thing is made of Nylon and just makes a racket whenever you move.  Every year I get it out, apparently thinking somehow the fabric has changed while it sat in the closet for a year.  After all these years, it is still the same...and ends up back in the closet again.  ...Funny how that works...   ;D :D

Quote from: GobbleNut on March 26, 2024, 09:28:42 AM
In addition to avoiding camo fabrics that I think are going to have a sheen or otherwise stand out unnaturally in the place I am hunting, my other concern is the noise factor in fabrics.  Some fabrics are just too noisy.  Fabrics composed of Nylon are a great example.  Seems like every move you make wearing Nylon material sounds like a cat scratching on glass. 

A certain vest I have fits every need I want in a vest.  However, the darn thing is made of Nylon and just makes a racket whenever you move.  Every year I get it out, apparently thinking somehow the fabric has changed while it sat in the closet for a year.  After all these years, it is still the same...and ends up back in the closet again.  ...Funny how that works...   ;D :D

Great point here.......

Just mix match camo cotton mostly. I agree with Gobblenut, i look for stuff that doesn't make noise, including rain suits ..etc

If Cabela's/Bass pro would offer their microtex in a lightweight version as they once did...

Cotton for me


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Quote from: ScottTaulbee on March 26, 2024, 10:05:41 AM
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Quote from: Greg Massey on March 26, 2024, 09:33:56 AM
Just mix match camo cotton mostly. I agree with Gobblenut, i look for stuff that doesn't make noise, including rain suits ..etc

I agree with the mix and match and the more contrast the better matching the environment you are in.

Quote from: GobbleNut on March 26, 2024, 09:28:42 AM
In addition to avoiding camo fabrics that I think are going to have a sheen or otherwise stand out unnaturally in the place I am hunting, my other concern is the noise factor in fabrics.  Some fabrics are just too noisy.  Fabrics composed of Nylon are a great example.  Seems like every move you make wearing Nylon material sounds like a cat scratching on glass. 

A certain vest I have fits every need I want in a vest.  However, the darn thing is made of Nylon and just makes a racket whenever you move.  Every year I get it out, apparently thinking somehow the fabric has changed while it sat in the closet for a year.  After all these years, it is still the same...and ends up back in the closet again.  ...Funny how that works...   ;D :D

Fabric type is more important than any camo pattern to me. Cotton can be noisy too...depends. Fleece and wool are pretty quiet. Dragging or scratching your finger nail across the fabric can tell you how noisy it might be against brush.

I wear camo but also wear some stuff with just earth tones. Visually wearing one camo pattern all over accentuates the blob affect. You look like a human form from a distance. Wearing some solid colors with broken colored clothes helps break up the human form.

Cotton for turkeys.

I agree. I got away from any shiny stuff. Not sure what it looks like through their eyes but if it's anything like mine, too visible in the least bit of sun, which I try to avoid sitting in anyhow. I hunt some limestone country and got me a pair of thin Nomad pants (not sure the name of them) but they work great. Everywhere else, I am wearing Ol Tom pants and super thin button up shirt. Pretty much wear the Ol Tom thin shirt all the time. I don't worry about matching up great lol, I am not headed to a beauty pageant. Nothing wrong with it because sometimes I do match up.

Good question. I think sitting still is the important thing.

I agree about avoiding sunlight .
Not sure how turkeys feel about shiny or sheen.
If it was much of factor I would think old timers would have really struggled with their shiny guns. They didn't.

I'd also think more people would be struggling with red dot glowing.   They're not. 

My favorite right now are the banded technical turkey pants. I like the water-resistant material in the butt and the fact that they actually fit right. I'm not a huge fan of the rest of the material on the pants, although they have been durable. If these were made with something like a saddle cloth material, then I would be happier. Cotton has been my favorite for years, but I always blow the crotch out of them in short order. If someone actually made a good, heavy-duty cotton pant with heavy duty stitching and a canvas like material in the butt/crotch area and it actually fit right. I would be thrilled. That would be something i would pay some money for. I am going to be trying the ol Tom Pants some this year, but when I compare them beside the banded, I feel they aren't as good. That and the rear on the ol Tom's definitely isn't water resistant.

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I think that they are out of Business now or maybe going by another company name but there was a Jean company called "Diamond". They also made camouflage jeans, they had a Diamond piece in the crotch. Was the best ones ever made. A feller has to have room!

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I mix and match also on certain things but mainly stick to cottons. I really like the Duluth mobl pants.

100% cotton ripstop. The original Tibbee stuff from Mossy Oak was my favorite. The trouble with the newer cotton clothing is how badly it fades, sometimes without even being washed. I have some stuff from the 90s that still looks like it just came off of the store rack!

Here I was, all excited to try my new warm-weather outfit.  Recently bought a poly/spandex combo from Kryptek in hopes of fighting the heat a lil better this year. 

Now y'all got me paranoid over the fabric  :help:

Quote from: RustyBarrels on March 27, 2024, 05:26:42 PM
Here I was, all excited to try my new warm-weather outfit.  Recently bought a poly/spandex combo from Kryptek in hopes of fighting the heat a lil better this year. 

Now y'all got me paranoid over the fabric  :help:

Just go with the Sitka thong. You won't have to worry about crowded parking areas either. That's how I roll.

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A sitka thong, eh?  Might have to empty my piggy bank, and maybe draw on my 401k.
Does it come in optifade?

I heard it doubles as a survival slingshot. Or an emergency fire starter if you run fast enough.

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To hot to be wearing cotton.  Dry fit. Light weight everything.  I dont worry about a sheen.  Stay out of sunlight.

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I have a pair of original Tree Bark camo pants by Trebarj in the in 55 cotton/65 polyester. Known for quality construction and very quiet. Wear mostly Bottomland long sleeve shirt and Shannon Bug Tamer jacket. Years ago while sitting with my back against a tree on a field edge, a couple hens came across the field and one of them stepped across my leg stretch out on the ground, actually stepped on my leg.....guess she thought it was a log. Had a big tom jumped on top of my head once....was giving him some soft purrs and he like to knocked my hat off....strange things happen in the turkey woods if you look like a stump sitting there.

Quote from: runngun on March 26, 2024, 10:35:01 PM
I think that they are out of Business now or maybe going by another company name but there was a Jean company called "Diamond". They also made camouflage jeans, they had a Diamond piece in the crotch. Was the best ones ever made. A feller has to have room!

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I believe the name of the company was Diamond Gusset. Referencing the diamond gusset in the crotch.

I only know of one company (I'm sure there are others) making a pair of pants with that type of crotch anymore, and they don't sell them in camo. The company is Mountain Khakis. They do make a dirt colored tan that might work in some areas.