Trad Gang
Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Lin Rhea on March 27, 2008, 08:47:00 PM
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I'm wanting to get me a new hat that is not too hot and with a moderate brim.
What do you guys use? Where'd you get it?
Thanks, Lin
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DO-Rag at tradgang
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Boonie hat--oversize so it is loose, but modify chin strap to go behind head, with a slide clamp of some type outside the crown in front to provide wind defeating tension. Dull colored snap to pull brim up on front or string side, another in back if carrying tall pack. Wear over cotton bandana doo rag with long tail hanging down neck and covering ears. If it gets cold, replace bandana with thin watchcap or beanie.
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"Hat to the back"...ball cap turned around so the bill doesn't get in the way....
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are wool fedora hats hot
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Guru, I use to critisize my kids for those kind of antics. Don't be makin me sound like such an old fool.
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I second the Trad Gang Doo Rag
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Thanks guys. Keep them coming. I'm leaning towards a Boonie, but an considering a fedora, if I can find one in camo or olive.
Lin
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parachute silk doo rag
OD Green
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camo doo rag mostly or a ball cap.
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The cotton boonie hat is unbeatable! I can't stand for my string to touch the brim of my hat, and you can flip the brim on a boonie hat up out of the way.
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simple doo rag - though I am jealous of Terry's.....
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For turkey I use a camo web cap, free from the local cap factory, I cut the brim down to an inch or so. Really ugly.
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Recently I have been looking for a warm weather hat for my bald little head and I found what I wanted at Bass Pro Shops. The RedHead Air Mesh boonie has been working for me pretty good.
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Boonie hat, keeps the sun off me ears.
David
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I wear a Filson oilcloth packer hat when it is cool, a Stetson bucket hat (sort of a boonie-style but with a little shorter brim) when it is warm. When it is really hot, I wear a cheap straw fedora from the "mart." They all have short, flexible brims.
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I'll second the air mesh boonie from Bass Pro - very good hat for warm weather!
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3-D leafy boonie hat, in the winter I wear a wool beanie under the hat.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/mysticguido/1stbuck.jpg)
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For a great warm weather hat you can do the Dean Torges boonie with the brim sewn shorter and top cut off with some elastic sew in so it stays on your head.
Had a sew shop make me one years ago but someone at a shoot wanted it more than me. Been meaning to have another one made. Just plain ole great hats for hot weather.
You can see an example of it in his BBO video.
Also the turned around ball cap works great.
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My Old Fedora style hat or my USMC Boonie.
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Cotton boonie with the brim trimed down.
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I checked out the Full Mesh Boonie from Cabela's. Nice hat and good price.
Very good suggestions. Still considering them.
Thanks, Lin
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cloth dress hat $5.00 at Wally world
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I wear my traditional only ball hat from three rivers, turned backwards when I am shooting.
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Don't give up the hat Buff it's to cool,and I'm sure it works great!Good video by the way .
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Buff,
I saw your video (great, by the way) and noticed the hat too. It got me thinking about fedoras. I'm sure I'll end up with one for cool weather hunting. Yours looks light weight enough for what I'm wantin.
Thanks, Lin
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/frankt/breezerhat.jpg)
I think this Breezer from cabelas would probably work pretty good.
When it gets really sweaty hot, I go to a Do Rag too, it keeps my bald head from getting burned and keeps the sweat out of my eyes.
Where can I get one of those leafy boonie hats pictured in the post above?
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An olive drab cotton "crevase". Can be purchased at Army surplus if you can find it. Comes out of the old first aid kits to sling a broken arm. Its in the shape of a large triangle and ties up around your head easily like a doo rag. I've used one for years.
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I'm going to try this hat, http://www.shoebuy.com/country-gentleman-dickens/231242/495537 It's the lite felt, with the vent holes on the side and real comfortable.
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I like the tilly hat for fishing,butit can a little warm int he summer, they have light weight style also. i like to wet all my hats and let the water evaporate...poor mans a/c
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can't beat the backwards ball cap
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(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y275/420W/IM000588.jpg)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y275/420W/IM000791.jpg)
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(TILLEY) GREAT HAT and they sell several differant styles with air flow. lifetime warrenty
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I gotta say I personally like a standard baseball cap BUT with the short bill! Man I just wear mine all the time. Nothing says your a bowhunter like a short billed baseball cap. I've gotten so use to wearing it when I put on a regular baseball cap it feels like I got a duck bill out in front of me. Personally I never could understand turning a baseball cap backwards. I've got buddies who go carping with me who do that then complain they can't see? Oh well more carp for me! Problem is they are hard to find. I've got one buddie who takes a standard baseball cap and cuts the bill to fit, heck it seems fashionable nowadays to buy new hats with the bill frayed so heck he's now in style.