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Best Archery clothing for 40 - 60 degree weather?

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#1 ·
Light to Mid Weight Clothing
 
#5 ·
For 40 to 60 degree's I wear insulated Wrangler camo or brown jeans and a heavy sweat shirt with a Big Bills zip up fleece camo jacket. 50mg insulated gloves and a pull over face mask with 800mg boots with sock liners to keep the sweat away from my feet. Just make sure you eat a good omelet for breakfast and you are good to go all day!!
 
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Layers ... that's a tough range to dress for. 40 is pretty cold for longer sits. 60 is fairly warm for the same. Wind speed is the wild card in it all, being a pronounced modifying factor. I usually start with a Cabelas Henley thermal under shirt. Followed by a Northface or Patagonia medium weight 1/4 zip fleece or a Swazi Pro Hunter. Top layer usually a Cabelas Berber Windshear hooded jacket. Everything zips open so you can shed & ventilate heat after walking & climbing. I constantly use Browning waterproof insulated bibs over normal blue jeans for 40 ... take them off if it gets warm. Beretta shooting gloves or a somewhat insulated glove if it's closer to 40. I keep a few "Hot Hands" packets in my backpack if it might get cold. I often strap an extra layer to my backpack depending on the situation. (raingear, coat, bibs, etc.) I’m always ready for the coldest possible temperature and work back from there when I go out. For 40 I’ll use a pair of Asolo Lhasa with Cabelas Deluxe cold weather socks. For my early season, 60 it would be my Asolo Bullet GTX type shoe with a Smartwool hiking, trekking or backpacking sock... depending on the temperature. Both boots having Gortex and being dedicated boots used only for hunting. Very waterproof and great support. The early season Asolos must be 8 years old or more. The Lhasa’s have a million miles on them in some really nasty rocky conditions and still are going strong. 60 is a boonie hat and 40 would probably be a baseball type cap with a watchcap over the top.
 
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40 to 60 degrees temps are like night and day difference. I use gortex 10x uninsulated for the early season when it gets in the 60s or warmer. 40 and under, insulated underware, wool and polyester, Daymarts, I think, I've had the underware for several years. Next, jeans, socks with Chem packets. Then a heavy wool turtleneck sweater, my mother made for my father, but he couldn't wear, over 50 years old. I have heavy insulated bib snow ski pants. My new Remington insulated jacket. My hand warming muff goes on next, then my safty harness. I wear insulated rubber boots. It's about 100 yards to my tree stands, so I don't get over heated much. I have two face masks, one insulated, with ear holes cut out and wear a wide bimmed hat, I take gloves but seldom wear them while on stand.