3 piece suit

OB · October 26, 2009, 01:08:00 AM

Any of you older guys ever dressed in a wool suit to ground hunt? I kid you not, I have collected enough wool clothing, that I may try to go 'real old school' and wear my Pendleton slacks, Filson vest, merino long sleeve shirt, and loose Pendleton plaid jacket, wool tie... yes, I said a tie. Surely I'm not the only one that takes the elk season so serious, that it's worth 'dressing up' for? Interested to hear your opinion...

freefeet · October 26, 2009, 04:01:00 AM

There's hunters in the UK still dress like that no matter what they're hunting. Tie included! LOL

Yolla Bolly · October 26, 2009, 05:20:00 AM

I have another name for a tie---It starts with A and rhymes with anaconda.

broketooth · October 26, 2009, 06:26:00 AM

im not in the habit of wearing a shirt and tie, much less a suit.but my grandfather showed me this pic of him in 1952, when he was the belgium national indoor archery champion

GingivitisKahn · October 26, 2009, 06:38:00 AM

Heh - pass. You had me until you said 'tie'. Had to wear one too many years at school and work. Thanks anyway. :-p

Gray Buffalo · October 26, 2009, 10:13:00 AM

what kind of arrow is that????????

straitera · October 26, 2009, 10:21:00 AM

Very interesting grip Ruddy. Looks to be shooting off his fingers.

Wear wool most everytime in the woods. No tie. Thin dark wool (Sunday) slacks when it's hot.

razorback · October 26, 2009, 10:42:00 AM

Suppose you could use the tie as a drag rope

We need pictures of this fancy shmancy hunting gear.

OB · October 26, 2009, 11:18:00 AM

Sounds like a plan; I'll send out some pics soon.

dragon rider · October 26, 2009, 12:00:00 PM

"Tie?" I don't have to wear no stinking tie - no more, no more, no more.

Otherwise wool is great.

PrarrieDog · October 26, 2009, 12:14:00 PM

Think of it this way, The tie keeps your shirt closed and covers the area that a cool breeze could enter. It also keeps heat from escaping.
The tie has its uses.

Tom Leemans · October 26, 2009, 12:45:00 PM

broketooth-
That is an old tapered blunt arrow for popinjay archery. All us Belgians know that. :D We had this old dude name Maurice that made his own, though they weren't quite that fat on the end, and his were also fluted! All wood except for a thick phenolic ring glued to one end. I remember them to be gorgeous arrows. He shot a lemonwood selfbow with horn knocks, and I don't think he ever missed by more than 1/2"! (I might add that he was about 80 years old at the time) You were basically trying to knock a "bird" off of a rack of steel pins or rods, about 20 yards away. The original game was shooting to knock "birds" off a vertical mast, but it can be set up horizontal too. You can do searches, but here's a pic of what we used to shoot at. http://www.belgianhall.ca/clubs/index.php You had to hit the pin, just in front of a peanut sized plug that was tapped onto the pin to knock the bird off. Simple... knock the bird off and win some money! A round would last until the top 5 birds on that rack were knocked off. In my day, the small birds were worth .50, the kalles were worth .75, sides worth about 1.50 (depending on # of shooters) and the top bird was $2.00 or more. At the end of the night, we'd have a king shoot. Everyone paid X-$ to shoot at the top bird and the first to knock it off won the pot. Everyone who paid got to shoot. If more than one knocked it off, there'd be a tie breaker round. There were, and still are tournaments where you shoot for score though. Back then, the most durable arrows we shot for this sport were microflites. It took a lot to ruin one of those.

ChuckC · October 26, 2009, 12:54:00 PM

I think folks just dressed up more in public in the days gone by. No way would many folks, especially down south, go out in public with a sweat suit or the like on or with curlers in their hair. Part of it was respect for others, part because it was just not cool.

ChuckC

ChuckC · October 26, 2009, 12:56:00 PM

OB I'll do it if you will. Lets start a "new" trend.
ChuckC

OB · October 26, 2009, 01:38:00 PM

I'm there Chuck. Now are we going for non-matching 70's disco reject plaid camo effect, or earth tone goin' ta' Bible study theme?

broketooth · October 26, 2009, 06:39:00 PM

sorry i didn't get to reply as fast about the arrows. mr tom leemans is 100% correct. that is exactly how he had explained it to me. he also told me that during one of his club shoots , the pot for the tournement was enough matrial to make a 3 peice suit. no kiddin.for him to tell me about thes shoots his eyes light up. here is another pic

WESTBROOK · October 26, 2009, 06:57:00 PM

Just keep that tie away from your bowstring!

Eric

NorthernCaliforniaHunter · October 26, 2009, 07:05:00 PM

Really interesting thread. Thanks for sharing!

OB · October 26, 2009, 08:27:00 PM

Westbrook, the tie gets tucked into the Filson vest...or that's at least the plan :D

OB · December 05, 2009, 10:39:00 PM

Well here it went, guys. I wore this for the first day of the elk season and it went well. I rode my mountain bike in the SW Washington mountains, talked a good bit to the local hunters in the area, but amazingly received no funny or questioning comments. Did I feel weird standing next to a billion dollar camo industry? Heck yes, but it was fun, and is now attire for the new 'first day of elk season' tradition. I personally think it pays homage to the majestic animals that we seek. The bowstring never got involved as I wear my binocs underneath the jacket. For those of you who are compulsive about the nylon lining noise... I just cut it out. Everything was made here in Oregon, besides the wool cap. I wanted a fedora, but I can not have anything affect my hearing, and a ball cap or beanie is the only ticket for now.