I wear past army clothes, just trousers, shirt with t-shirt underneath. Also Meindl Himalaya for footwear, and hunt wild partridge mostly and hare in a very rough mountain terrain in Cyprus (Odou village). Everything is torn up by the end of the season, especially trousers. Different area, different style.
Do you have the capability to get hold of a 725 game g5 to give an overview of it as It would be very interesting to get your opinions on from a person in the know.....
Personally I think it’s very subjective, I never understand the whole no zip up, I can’t get comfortable in them otherwise. I prefer a shooting waistcoat myself, but wear a Barbour over or Tweed Shooting jacket if the weather looks like it may turn or it’s cold. And in my area garters are on show no need to specifically tuck them in.
Can you hunt deer in the UK? If so do you wear the same clothing or is this just for bird hunting? Would be fun to deer hunt with a No. 1 Mk 4 Lee Enfield.
The bottom button of the waistcoat is left unfastened as a famous royal shot got too fat to fasten his and everyone copied him because he was the king.
What I dare to bet a lot of us also would've loved to see, is how these shooting socks and garters should be worn and tied ;). Also, a slight note on those socks: if the tie isn't green, should it be in the same color as the garters or rim of the socks? Any color considerations to note when selecting socks? (somewhere else on RU-vid, someone mentioned the color of your dog)
YaoiMastah The whole is very subjective, I pick my socks in accordance, with the intersecting colour lines within my tweed breeks, so that the top rim of the sock where the pattern is matches the breeks intersecting colour. The garters usually come with the socks unless they’re cheaper, so no need to pick as such. They prefer to tuck garters in but again that’s subjective I like to have them dangle about an inch or two on the outside of the wellington boots.
I’d estimate $1500-2000 for the whole ball of wax….tweed is pricey but will last forever, I mean you aren’t really walking through brush like walk up bird shooting as we do in the US…something like that tweed suit is more for driven shooting where there isn’t much chance to damage your clothes
May I make a suggestion? A pair of braces would be better than the belt to hold up his trousers. The belt creates a most unsightly bulge beneath his waistcoat.
If I went shooting dressed like that in Michigan, other hunters would give me some strange looks. (But really just because they'd be secretly jealous.)
In Texas if you dressed like this they would wonder what planet you came from. Blue jeans, long sleeve shirt and hiking boots is what we wear. Then again, most hunters in the state use 3 shots for migratory birds. I use a beretta 686 which makes me unique, now all I need to do is dress up and wear a tie.
I was going to say the same think about chukar hunting in Nevada in this gitup. You dress like your going for a sheep hunt when you go after these birds! However when in Rome.
For a more casual shoot, I would suggest corduroy breeks. A hunting jumper with v-neck instead of a waistcoat. And a more modest cotton tie (which is easier to clean if it collects mud, or pieces of the sausage or pork pie you just gobbled down from the back of the Landrover).
Casual shoots still uphold etiquette, so tweed breeks should still be worn if you have them, although mole skin breeks aren’t frowned upon. As mentioned jumper and Schöffel will do the trick although those can also be seen on commercial shoot days.
No it doesn’t. If you’d like to blend in with the rest of the Tom, Dick and Harry then by all means go ahead. I personally chose to change this season to a darker brown. If you follow social media such as Hotshotlittle on Instagram or Facebook you’ll see he sports a purple tweed. My favourite though has to be of one of the guns, he was wearing a navy with dark blue check.
Adrian Fern About that but corners can be cut, no need for leather lined or Zip up, could always get their buckle ones which are cheaper. Could also negate the waist coat and wear a jumper or Schöffel instead.
My setup totalled 280 euros (approximately), the tweed breeks were the most expensive (120 euros). The shirt the cheapest (7 euros at the outdoor & army surplus store).
Whilst I couldn't disagree that he did look the "traditional" part, the whole ensemble cost what??? There are more relaxed game days and syndicate shoots where the dress code is more relaxed, and turning up dressed like a "toff" will get you ridiculed.
I hate ties, a useless symbol of subservience and I don’t do subservience. The field coat is a poor second to a standard issue US army field jacket, a truly exceptional example of form and function. The older its gets the harder it looks and looking inbred just is not my style.
The English always have to be dapper about how they dress even to go hunting. No self-respecting American hunter would sport a tie afield in his right mind. I'm all about function, comfort and personal safety for clothing outdoors. I'm not into fashions.
In the US, appropriate clothing in the field varies a great deal by geography and quarry. Why the Brits. tolerate waxed cotton or linen jackets/coats is beyond me. They are hot, don't breathe and quickly become very uncomfortable. Rubber Wellingtons are also uncomfortable, esp. the tall ones. They may be all right for the first mile or so of walking, but after that...well, there are much better choices. Maybe they are OK if you're going to be walking in ankle-deep mud all day, but wants to hunt that?
I think Plus fours outdo ever other type of outdoor trouser, and if they did technical material ones with big pockets I would wear them over trousers as a preference for any outdoor activity
Never worn any so can't honestly say yet wool seems only ever to serve sheep in the wet. However my point was more to do with our entrenched focus on style over substance. Example Barbour.. Has there ever been a better chocolate fireguard!
