hat pics

[b44mag]

hey guys im looking for a trad hunting hat like a wool fedora or orvis.
was wondering how big of a brim to get  
i looked around and see 1 1/2 1 3/4 and 2s
what is the right size brim for best string clearance at full draw
i know it will depend but maybe if you guys chime in i can do a average of what you all wear
thanks for any help
b44mag

[Nattybumppo]

Down here a trad hat is a red ball cap. All the mojo is in den red hats!

[Tater]

What size brim has alot to do with shooting style. Some guys can't wear a hat with a brim at all. I cant my bow quite a bit brim size doesn't seem to bother me much, I like it a little wider,protects me from the rain, snow, and shades my face for concealment. Works for me.

[Gatekeeper]

The largest bow that I shoot is a 60" bow and my hat brim is 2". With this combination, if I draw my bow when it is vertical, the bowstring just touches the brim of my hat at full draw.

   

[awbowman]

I shoot almost vertical hence I turn my baseball cap around or shoot wearing a beanie

[Stumpkiller]

Like I said before: "Nice hat."  ;-)
 


2" brim - doesn't hit.
 

2-1/2" brim - hits.
 

2" brim - doesn't hit.
 

2" brim - doesn't hit.
 


Seems a 2" brim is what you want.  But it will depend on your anchor, bow length, bow cant, and wether having the string tap the brim bothers your (it does me).

[Cyclic-Rivers]

My 64" bow hits any brim I have, My 60" bows clear every hat I have.

2" is a good brim length because only my 68" bow hits it hard, the 64" just touches it a nudge.

[ksbowman]

I shoot my bows vertical like Tom and a large or stiff brim is a problem for me also. I shoot 60" and 62" bows mainly. The Orvis Jefferson Rain hat works very well for me. It has a 2 1/2" brim and is a wool hat that is very soft and flexable, yet springs back to shape well. I highly recommend it.              

[GingivitisKahn]

This is the Fred Bear model from 3Rivers - for what it's worth...



Artsy-fartsy pic effects are extra.

[b44mag]

nice hats guys keep them comming
my bows are longbow 60" recurve 66"
i cant a bit about 1 oclock
anchor middle finger corner of mouth

[Pat B]

...at the Salt Creek Trail head in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, in early September

[Paul/KS]

Tom's hat is the coolest one on Tradgang...    

I just have some velcro sewn on the top of the flap and outside the band of my boonie hat.
It holds it back for shooting and I can drop it down for shade.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I usually wear a boonie, put up one flap and turn the hat slightlly so the string misses the brim.

[straitera]

Wouldn't trade my hat. It's an old familiar friend for way many years. BUT, Gatekeeper, you got the nutlock on hats partner!

[Gatekeeper]

Originally posted by straitera:
Wouldn't trade my hat. It's an old familiar friend for way many years.

   

Forrest, I want my hat to become an old fimiliar friend like yours.      

I About spit out my lunch when I read this.
"BUT, Gatekeeper, you got the nutlock on hats partner!"                Thanks!

[b44mag]

i like them all but i saw a sean conery ll bean plaid hat and i think its mine not sure yet
still looking. i have many hunting hats for all kinda of hunting and fishing. but my first year putting together a trad hunting set i need a new trad only hat        
seen a chocolate brown filson also very nice
still up in the air    keep the pics comming.  

[wingnut]

I usually wear a Jones hat with the brim up

[wingnut]

Sometimes I add a little extra

[straitera]

OK folks.., Whole big bunch of Macdaddy hats in the woods. Gotta be more pix that this. Ante up.

[b44mag]

yes more pics looking for old style fedoras and ?