Kilted hunting

**David Thornton** · 30th October 05, 06:47 PM

Wompet, yes she is and thank you. She resisted at first, she is of English decent. But later allowed that it gave the other dogs a sporting chance.
David

**Owl of Oban** · 30th October 05, 07:11 PM

Haven't taken a kilt hunting yet, but all mine are worsted. I think I'd probably want to pick up a canvas kilt were I committed to a kilted hunt.

I use gore-tex gaiters for hill-walking/hiking in the kilt. Kilt hose are obviously too expensive and not the right garment for that type of activity. Heck, even good hiking socks are expensive and need protection.

Going to give cross-country skiing a go this winter in a kilt. I'll report on that outing once we get enough of the white stuff on the ground.

Oh, and for deer and elk, I use a 1903A4 sniper variant of the venerable Springfield. It sports the might cartridge of '06 and the very best scope money could buy....in the 1930s, a Lyman Alaskan 2.5 power.

**yoippari** · 30th October 05, 08:36 PM

I looked at a 1903A(something) at the gunshow in town yesterday. It looked bettern than probably all of the k98s at the show but it just isn't what I was looking for.

Just out of curiosity how "original" is your springfield? What condition?

I like old things, swords, rifles, furniture...

**Jerry** · 2nd November 05, 04:34 AM

I just thought of a good reason not to hunt while kilted. It is reccomended (if not required by law to weara full safety harness when hunting from either a fixed or climbing tree stand. I can't imadine pulling the leg straps tight whi;e wearing a kilt. This pic is from the Grizzly tree stand website. I guess since I'm using their pic, I should give them a plug here. I have one of these harnesses and it is a lot more comfortable than my old one

Can you imagine wearing this contraption with a kilt?

**Owl of Oban** · 2nd November 05, 07:25 AM

Yep, I'd say that harness and a kilt is a non-starter.

Lots of different types of hunting though. I do a lot of walk-up pheasant and grouse hunting. Unless the brush is super thick, a kilt would be very comfortable I'd think.

**Riverkilt** · 2nd November 05, 08:26 AM

Yikes, glad I left Oregon if bear are invading Salem!!

Serious, I got out of the hunting business a long time ago, tired of killing other life forms (insects are still in danger around me though).

Don't know that my hiking experiences would help much since the tallest things grow down here is lower than your undergrowth up there.

Will venture that you'd do well to check out the various camos on the market including the digital camos.

Steve up at Freedom Kilts had a VERY COOL CADPAT kilt but think they're gone now. I scored one and love it. Also have both the desert and forest MARPATs from Jeff at Pittsburgh Kilts. A lot of technology has gone into developing the digital camos and think if you're trying to sneak up and kill a life form that would prefer to live you'd do well to don a digital camo kilt.

Of course if there are a lot of other hunters about and they are drinking to the point of testosterone poisoning I'd go with a bright orange kilt and hope for the best...maybe wear a helmet too...

Bears in Salem...? Wow!

Ron

**yoippari** · 2nd November 05, 09:52 AM

Well, around here it is law that you wear at least some orange. I think that archery season you can go full camo but all other seasons you must be visible to other hunters. And I don't plan on hunting from a tree stand. I do a lot of walking. Walking and standing around waiting for other people to flush deer out of a thicket (thats how I got my first deer). So if they make some of that digital camo in different shades of orenge I would be set.

Actually hunting tartans seem to blend in well enough with the local vegitation. Except for the black part, my black stewart blends well with certain bushes this time of year. The tartan isn't that much of a concern, it is mostly an issue of will I ruin a kilt by wearing it while walking through black berry bushes (chaps/leggings would be helpful here) or while crawling through bushes.

And the bear are not here, yet... Because of certain laws (no hunting with dogs) predator hunting has seen a large decline and bears have gotten into the edge of town in the portland area. I remember a story from a couple of years ago about a family in astoria that saw a mointain lion swipe either a small dog or a cat off their back porch.

edit: have you seen the OSU tartan? Orange, black, and a little white, should be bright enough for the law and it is probably broken up enough that deer wont look and run at the first sight of it.

Pittsburgh Kilts · 7th November 05, 05:46 PM

I went out in my Forest MARPAT kilt in fall Turkey season last year. Had a 6-point pass within 15 yards and he never knew I was there. Didn't see any turkey, though.

I keep waiting for one of those mid-winter warm spells during muzzleloader season. I really want to get out in the Pennsylvania woods with a flintlock and a kilt!

**David Thornton** · 7th November 05, 06:17 PM

Now Jeff, if you have time to black powder hunt, surely you have time to get me a kilt done in advantage. I won't tell anyone, just between you & me. And, I'll even drive up and sit in the woods with you.
Um, you don't have any access to good grouse cover do you?
David
Honest, I won't tell these other guys.

**Jerry** · 7th November 05, 07:14 PM

If any of the guys I hunt with ever took a drink of any kind of alcohol during a hunt, they would be asked to leave and never come back. After the sun is down, and our camp cook is preparing supper, A bottle of fine bourbon or maybe even some good Scotch might be offered around, but even then, no one gets drunk. Everyone might have one or at the max two drinks and these are drank slowly and enjoyed to the fullest while discussing the days hunt. I even turned this down this evening after a day afield with my Knight muzzle loader because I had to drive back home.