One tip on trousers: make sure they are comfortable for long hours of walking, especially the bit below the crotch that has a tendency to chafe. Your old comfortable cotton pants that you know well are probably the best.

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Blair: What's pure cotton "shits"? I've never heard of that type of safari clothing.

Mongrels.....

Ah the joys of typo's

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Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
Blair: What's pure cotton "shits"? I've never heard of that type of safari clothing.

Mongrels.....

Ah the joys of typo's

I woundered why my all cotton cloths smelled so bad, even after washing!

Here's a collection of cheap, affordable, high-quality safari clothing...

Here's another cheap, affordable line (they even have 'Botswana Boots')

To those who have used Long Grass clothing in Africa, how did it perform?

I´ve hunted Africa yearly since -02 and clothes become less important every trip. My outfitter usually has shirts so I use them. Pants are just green cotton pants. Boots and socks (liners+hiking socks) are important so I use Rogues -thay also make great hats and buying stuff in SA is just so much cheaper.

Memnon,

Are those prices in Zimbabwe dollars?

Except for the Swarovski items, all seem to need to have the decimal point moved one space to the left to be considered inexpensive.

Carhartt has served me well. All cotton, including the thread. They also do well in the thorns. Available in appropriate colors.

If you are going through WDK you should stop by the Safariland shop suggested above, even if you already have everything. It's a neat store and if you need something you forgot, chances are they have it. They also altered my new pants while I had coffee.

TAG has a nice small shop here in Houston. I'm quite partial to their shirts especially. I do like the pants since I've lost a bit of weight, but they were a tad tight in the rear at first as they seem to have been made in Zim for an African build. No complaints on durability, although I've heard some say the buttons fall off. No problems here. I've also heard one gentleman complain that the dye lots didn't match. That's true enough, but they're still green. Very comfortable stuff overall.

i wore a khaki linen long sleeved shirt my wife picked up from tj max for about $20.00. think it was a ralph lauren 2nd. just rinsed it out every night. courtenay boots and boyt cotton pants, green.

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I wore Mountain Khaki pants/shorts and TAG shirts. The MK pants held up well, the TAg ripped in thorns. I wear the same stuff here.

Don't forget the Bwana Bob hat.

I bought a pair of TAG green pants. They're pretty flimsy, if you're used to Cabela's and Levis' stuff. Won't last long, but are very comfortable in the Selous in September. Tsetse's drill right through them, though.

And the buttons fell off one of those SCI TM'd Boyt shirts. Inexcusable, for what they get for them.

Granted I've only been to Africa once, but I really liked the 511 tactical pants - they have great pockets, hold up really well and the color choices are super. I really liked the walnut, it's a nice brown and worked well in SA

i have used cabela's and real tree stuff they seemed to work well, but after my 6 trips, I found the tag stuff with mil spec OD M85 jungle trousers the best. I used a brand called tru-spec in 100% ripstop worked a treat ($30 a pair)... they even had cheap OD combat shorts so i got those too. 2 shirts, 2 tshirts (OD), 2 combat trousers, 1 pair shorts and lots of good socks and i was done for 10 days.(oh and one set of camp clothes and flip flops)

Thanks for all the advice!