A Hunting Kilt

[flairball]

Whatever tartan you choose, make sure you get a nice kilt that can be worn for other activities. I'm betting that after a couple tick bites south of the border, and some scary encounters with the Pennsyl-tucky natives you won't be wearing it out hunting much.

[TheOfficialBren]

That guy must be one hearty, tough son of a gun!
I wouldn't be out rolling around in the brush in the snow! I love the winter but I love circulation, too! Hats off to him!

I came across these pictures on the Internet(I don't think I am breaking any conventions by posting them, but-----?). I have been around deer stalkers in the Highlands for over 70 years and this is only the second deer stalker that I have come across that wears the kilt out on the hill as a matter of course. Apparently he opts to have his estate tweed in kilt form as opposed to the normal plus four style suit. Make no mistake his attire as an estate stalker is a very unusual choice to make and is rare--------and not for me, when you consider the midges, ticks, cleggs, etc., in the summer and snow, wind, rain, etc., in the winter!

[RockyR]

You're in Pennsylvania... How about the Pennsylvania tartan in muted colors?

[Bill aka Mole]

In counter point to tradtional thought, even a tartan with a bit of red/white/yellow in it will match in some terrains during different times of the year. For example, any of the Argyll tartans can work in my local area during different times of the year. Take some time to take a few pictures of the area(s) where you are looking to hunt in during the times that you would hunt, a minimum of one a month at nearly the same time of day/cloud cover, etc. to compare against tartans and each other. Black Watch can work in a majority of the US but obviously won't work everywhere. Just compare woodland camo (brown/green/black) against Black Watch (dark green/navy blue/black) and you'll see that they are fairly close in color weighting. Where I am is a mixture of woods and swampy, Tiger Stripe works well here so tartans similar to US Army, Country Fermannagh or Gordon Modern could work as well.

[creagdhubh]

In counter point to tradtional thought, even a tartan with a bit of red/white/yellow in it will match in some terrains during different times of the year. For example, any of the Argyll tartans can work in my local area during different times of the year.

Forgive me mate, but what are "Argyll" tartans? Do you mean any number of tartans that are traditionally associated with the clans of Argyllshire (Argyll and Bute) in Scotland?

[CelticAchrann]

You're in Pennsylvania... How about the Pennsylvania tartan in muted colors?

Never really considered the Pennsylvania tartan to be honest, it certainly looks like it could be an option though. I'll be stopping by USA kilts within the next couple weeks once I make my final decision anyway.

[Bill aka Mole]

Forgive me mate, but what are "Argyll" tartans? Do you mean any number of tartans that are traditionally associated with the clans of Argyllshire (Argyll and Bute) in Scotland?

I found them on USA Kilt: Argyll District Ancient, Argyll District Modern and Argyll District Weathered. Sorry about that, I should have copied and pasted the names to avoid confusion. I didn't realize that are more Argyll's than that.