Bought some new wool bibs today

[Mike Vines]

Thanks Ken.  That was very nice of you to say that.  I want to see pictures of the bow once you get it back.  What you are doing is only going to add beauty to it.

As for my base layer, I wear enduraskin skivvies, and only 1 pair of long johns then I put my top layer on. in the past my top layer was fleece, and the top of my thighs would get cold.  once I get better, I'm going to give the same base layer a try with the new wool bibs as a top layer, and I will let you know my findings.

Mike

[Okie man]

It looks like Midway USA had those bibs for $75 but they are now "discontinued by the manufacturer"   I've been thinking about some wool bibs but, if it is really cold, I break out the quilted waterfowl bibs and make due. Is wool really worth the extra care and expense? Living in OK, I can usually stay warm with fleece and a jacket to block the wind.

[blueslfb]

Originally posted by Grapes:
Blueslfb...Do you have the Columbia wool?

GrayRhino...I thought about the pants, but I know my tendencies to get larger, so bibs were a no brainer.

I have the Columbia Gallatin series.  I just got the pants last year in snow camo and I really like them.  I wear the bibs when it is really cold because I can put more layers on.

[PEARL DRUMS]

Grapes you will love those bibs. I have the coat and pants and wear them all the time, have for 6-7 years. You cant beat the price and the camo is perfect, you dissapear againt a tree trunk. Good buy! I have never dry cleaned mine. I only "washed" them once. That was a five gallon bucket of water and baking soda soak and I hung them out to dry, it didnt hurt a thing.

[Mudd]

I found a pair of them over the net and since I had a $10 coupon they cost me 69.98 to my door. They gave me a delivery time between Nov 30 and Dec 8th.

Thank you Grapes for starting this thread, it got me motivated to take care of something I really needed to do before winter really sets in rather than sitting around waiting for my size to show up on the classifieds.

God bless,Mudd

[Mike Vines]

For the guys who do own these bibs, did you have the inseam hemmed up, or just leave it long?

[PEARL DRUMS]

I had my sis hem them up. They will fray quickly if you dont. I also suggest hemming them a touch higher than usual also, keep them clear of the ground.

[mmisciag]

Kenny,

Thanks for the advise. I now need to aquire the wool mid-layer and the wind stopper as well as the bibs.

Martin

[iawoody2]

I got mine from Cabela's, go to their home page and type Columbia wool in the search field, you them get the shirt-jac, pants, hooded jacket, and the bibs. Thanks, Bob

[Day Dreamer]

Check out the fleece windshear pants that C*b@la's selling (on sale)lots of good reviews. Might be the ticket under those bibs.

[Eric Sprick]

Received my Columbia bibs in the mail today.  The quality seems very well done.  I also ordered the jacket which should be here Monday.

We have a couple more weeks of hunting here so I'm hoping to do some field testing soon.

Eric.

p.s. Depending on the temps I will go with some of my UnderArmour underneath.

[hvyhitter]

Wash them a couple of times and the weave tightens up a good bit to help keep out the wind. I have both the pants and the bibs, love em.........