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Quiet pants

raisins said:
When I can, I often use hiking and not hunting brands because hiking brands go on sale and are featured at deep discount sites (steepandcheap, etc) and also a lot of times it's better for the price. But there are downsides for some items at times. I think it is weird when people think they have to buy a hunting brand to hunt with it, as if hiking brand base layers aren't as suitable for hunting as something from a brand known for only making hunting stuff.
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You make a great point and count me in. The problem for me is not having any kind of easy access to stores where I can see and feel what I’m buying.

It could be that my next step is to research what Cabelas, 2 hours away has on their shelves and then consider making a trek. Otherwise I’m scouting the web for a used pair of Under Armour hunting pants that aare the same as my old ones. So far the issue with that seems to be that over the years they may numerous different pants wit the same model name - that were all clearly very different.
 
@Jammintree I have some Walls work pants that @Camelcluch put me onto a few years ago. They are tough, flexible and quiet. I will try to post a picture of them when I get a chance. I think I paid like $35 bucks a pair for them. I can throw on a pair of merino wool long Johns underneath and I’m good to go during most parts of the season.
I also like the woodland USGI field pants but they are too bulky if you want tput bibs over them. I have a pair of the fleece usgi bibs that go under them though and that system works well too. Protects your midriff while in the saddle too. The Walls pants listed above are streamlined enough to be a good under bibs mid layer during extreme cold late seasons hangs.

Alternatively, get an IWOM and wear your normal mid season clothing and be toasty the whole time. Pain to get into and out of though.
 
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Last fall I bought some army surplus wool military pants that were thin and light weight. I thought I’d found exactly what I was looking for. Then I washed them… and voila… they shrunk in half. Apparently they were a dry clean only pant.

Long long ago I had a pair of French paratroopers pants. They were the ultimate early season pants. They were soft and lightweight with pockets in all the right places. They were insanely durable. I think I paid a couple bucks for them in like new condition. But it seems the days of walking into an army surplus store and buying things in person is gone!
 
Jammintree said:
Last fall I bought some army surplus wool military pants that were thin and light weight. I thought I’d found exactly what I was looking for. Then I washed them… and voila… they shrunk in half. Apparently they were a dry clean only pant.

Long long ago I had a pair of French paratroopers pants. They were the ultimate early season pants. They were soft and lightweight with pockets in all the right places. They were insanely durable. I think I paid a couple bucks for them in like new condition. But it seems the days of walking into an army surplus store and buying things in person is gone!
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I was on the same quest for many years, and spent a lot of money trying to find something dead silent that wasn’t heavy and would dry fast behind a wood stove in a tent, I finally gave up. Old fashioned wool pants were always heavy and take a lot of time to dry, overkill for how I hunt, on the ground and always moving, then I used Cabela’s legacy fleece stuff, quiet and weigh nothing, but bulky, always snagging on brush and I felt like a giant teddy bear all day. I made the drive to Cabelas, Runnings, no one ever had anything that fit the bill, finally I made the decision to wear…. embrace the suck of louder material, hiking pants, and move slower and be more conscientious of brush slapping them and stuff while I hunt, and I couldn’t be happier, I have no plans of switching anytime soon, I layer underneath with merino base layers, Kuiu zip off bottoms are my favorite, so now my favorite hunting pants are $28 Wrangler hikers and have been for the last 6 or so years. If I feel the need to try something different again it would probably be something from Stagr Gear, Adam is putting out some pretty cool stuff lately and his pants look nice, I handled them at the show a week ago and I almost bought a pair, but decided to stick with what I’m used to as I’m dialed in.
 
Nosaj said:
I was looking for the same thing last season. I got a pair of Code of Silence pants last year and really liked them. I wore them as an outer layer from 60-40 then wore them under bibs after that. They are a quite merino blend, have good thigh pockets, zippered side vents, good durability through briar rose (minor, superficial pulling). I believe I saw a pair in the classifieds not long ago.

www.codeofsilence.com

FareWinds Merino FlexTec Pant

The practical active pant in the FareWinds line. Merino based for quiet movement and breathability, with room to work through a long walk in to the stand.
www.codeofsilence.com www.codeofsilence.com

EDIT I was just on their site and they have a new saddle specific line.

www.codeofsilence.com

VTSsystems | Code of Silence Saddle Hunting Systems

Saddle hunting asks different things of a garment. VTSsystems is built for it, with the anoraks and pants engineered around the bridge rope and the platform.
www.codeofsilence.com www.codeofsilence.com
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So I’m definitely intrigued by the code of silence pants. I wonder how the farewinds pants would be for still hunting / tracking in snowy conditions on cool days with a good base layer - any thoughts?
 
Trying new pants this year got kind disappointed in durability of some of the more expensive brands. Wrangler ATG pants for $30, unless they dissenegrate while I'm walking through the woods I see no downside. I can get 4+ pair for what I was paying for some of my other pants.

Note: the cliffside ones are pretty light which is what i need for SC but they're quiet.
 
heuplek said:
Trying new pants this year got kind disappointed in durability of some of the more expensive brands. Wrangler ATG pants for $30, unless they dissenegrate while I'm walking through the woods I see no downside. I can get 4+ pair for what I was paying for some of my other pants.

Note: the cliffside ones are pretty light which is what i need for SC but they're quiet.
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I agree that cotton / poly blend work pants can be adequate. But also, where I hunt there are a limited number of daya with conditions when those pants stay comfortable all day.
 
Jammintree said:
I agree that cotton / poly blend work pants can be adequate. But also, where I hunt there are a limited number of daya with conditions when those pants stay comfortable all day.
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Figured that’s be the case. For a couple weeks I’ll have to put a pair of long John’s under them
 
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