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Why not boxers in Africa?
12 May 2010, 04:19
boom stickWhy not boxers in Africa?
I say go like the natives... Make a loin cloth out of some old real tree cammo.
When you get the buff you can turn the scrotum and leather thong into a junk purse to use under your loin cloth for the next hunt to prevent your kiwi's from dangling too low.
12 May 2010, 04:38
Aaron Neilsonquote:
Originally posted by safari-lawyer:
I can see it now, at the AR gathering in Dallas and the Giraffe Bar in Reno, everyone (not me)will be modeling their 2011 safari underwear collection. I just hope there are enough SHE Safari girls there in their skivvies so that "Go Commando Mark" and "Under Armour Aaron" don't burn out my retinas.
Aaron Neilson
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www.huntghr.com 12 May 2010, 04:42
surestrikeAre you guys really talking about your safari panties.... REALLY!??
Best of both worlds - Columbia Snake River Water Shorts with a "mesh brief". Lots of pockets, light weight and quick drying, durable, a bit longer than your PH's shorts, and available in Savannah Flax (brown), or Jungle Tank (olive). Can be worn days between washes if so desired.
All packed (carry on of course) and ready to go!
altrec.com - Columbia Men's Snake River Water Shorts 12 May 2010, 05:21
BrettAKSCIquote:
Originally posted by mcdjph:
If you wear boxers and shorts, don't climb a tree with the clients wife close by! and be careful how you kneel for the trophy photos!
Nice. Thank God I wasn't drinking anything when I read that!!!
Brett
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May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick.
And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too.
May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep.
May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip.
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12 May 2010, 05:39
BrettAKSCIquote:
Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:
Brett - Look at beyondclothing.com as well. Referred to me several years ago by Bryan Martin, owner of Canadian Mtn Outfitters in BC, the KING of gear guru's. All the clothing is tailored to your measurements, and totally awesome for Alaska, Canada, etc. Not cheap, but very good. Have you looked at OTT Gear for rain gear??
Aaron,
I'm not familiar with beyond clothing. I'm somewhat of a gear junky (I think you have to be if you're serious about hunting up here), so I'll check them out. I'm familiar with Otte Gear. Everyone is crazy about the stormfront from Sitka. It's good gear, but I like the Otte better. The cuts are much more generous, shoulders much more roomy, and their hoods are recessed which I like. I have Helly Hanson for my basic all around rain gear, but I'm looking for something for a more techniqual rain gear. Otte is on my short list. You should check out Barney's Sports Chalet. I'm good friends with the owner Bob Hodson. He does SCI and DSC as well as some of the sheep shows. Check him out if you haven't already. He's out of Anchorage and quite frankly runs one of the foremost sheep hunting/wilderness hunting gear stores in the country. He gets free write ups in Hunting Fool on a regular basis as the go to guy. Everything he sells is top notch. He sells Sitka, Otte, Westcomb, Mountain Hardware, Helly Hanson, Sport Hill, Mammut, Lowa, Scarpa, Hilleberg, MSR, Integral Designs, Sea Line, Sea to Summit, Watershed, and a number of products he designed himself and is made for him. His bombshelter tents and external frame packs are ledgendary in Alaska with guides. Definitely check out his Brooks Range pant and coat. They are by far the best outer insulated top and bottom on the market today. For any cold weather hunt that's glassing intensive or hunt where a mountain top sleep over is posible it is a must. Check out the Westcomb Syncro pant as well. It's the ultimate wilderness light weight hunting pant. I was wearing a pair last weekend on my grizzly hunt.
The store website isn't the best, but it give you some idea of some of their big sellers.
http://www.barneyssports.com/Brett
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Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter
May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick.
And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too.
May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep.
May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip.
-Seth Peterson
12 May 2010, 05:43
Cazador humildeMost entertaining thread in months. I have to agree with the "free-er" thinkers here - if you've ever done serious yard work in south Texas in August, there's only one way to do it - long pants and nuthin' underneath. 'Makes major difference in keeping cool.
I've never tried Under Armour, but I do have some Exofficio briefs. For all except the coolest months, it's like tying a garbage bag around your crotch.
There are some things in life that a man has to figure out on his own. I hope I don't have to put off my next safari until I figure out what kind of "drawers" I'm gonna wear.
12 May 2010, 06:54
jetdrvrForgoing underwear in the tropics ain't a bad idea. I lived in Miami for 36 years and we have hot, damp summers. I always went without for the summer mnonths. Worked for me.
12 May 2010, 07:06
Milo ShanghaiAlways Commando, a dab of Johnson's baby powder here and there and Loctite superglue for cuts. The powder also comes in handy for checking the wind as I keep some in an old, soft plastic salt shaker from a transport cafe (truck-stop).
We had a field test involving a 50 mile tab across rough country in 19 hours. Most of us went "free" under the olive-greens but one chap decided it would be a good idea to smear his working parts with Vaseline. After five miles he was suffering and removed as much of the gunk as possible but by the end he was still in bits. This was in 1984 but the pain on his face delivered a lesson never forgotten.
BTW, on a related subject, if you can find some long crotch (deep fall) olive green Army surplus jungle trousers buy as many as you can.
12 May 2010, 07:42
NakihunterDown under we get great men's undies (just like Under Armour) but under the Elle McPherson brand!!
Having lived in very humid & hot parts of India for 35 years, I never go anywhere without anti-fungal cream and Chloramphenicol ointment (antibiotic that is particularly effective against anaerobes). I also carry some potassium permanganate crystals in a little bottle just in case. These have come in very useful on many hunting trips in deep rough bush country that we flew into by helicopter.
"When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick."
12 May 2010, 13:19
umshiniwamIs it seriously more comfortable to walk long distance without jocks, rather than with?
I have never tried it.
12 May 2010, 17:25
trophyhunter5000quote:
Originally posted by Dago Red:
brief story: when I was 18 I went to the Philippines for 4.5 months (treasure hunting, long story) within the first week of getting there, wearing tighty whities, I had crotch rot. God awful too, nothing like tropical skin conditions for nastiness. Anyways, I switched to boxers, or went commando, on recommendation of our engineer who'd lived there for years. I never had another problem (powder too, great for keeping dry).
Pun intended….
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12 May 2010, 17:30
ddrhookthis would be a good thread for the hillbilly picture of what you need to when hunting!!!
12 May 2010, 17:30
MikelravyI must be getting old. You can go to Africa hunting but need advice on underwear.
12 May 2010, 17:36
Mad DogIs this on T. Carr's packing list?
Mad Dog
12 May 2010, 17:50
WannabeBwanaquote:
Originally posted by sdirks:
I bike year round, indoors and out. For those of you who don't, the reason we wear those ridiculous shorts is not to show off that portion of our anatomy (tight, black and shiny does not look good on any fifty-year-old ass, I guarantee!) It's to keep the most tender portions of one's body from developing really uncomfortable sores. I can't imagine doing a thirty mile ride in July wearing boxers or briefs.
When I'm hunting in a warm climate I like baggy pants for the coolness. But with my skinny legs inside them, if I didn't wear compression shorts made of some synthetic, I probably could hunt one day only.
Boxer briefs in a bicycle short material (Lycra?) is ideal. I switched to boxer briefs just for regular wearing about 3 years ago, and keep the bicycle briefs for days of heavy exertion, and haven't had chafing since. And I was one who suffered regularly (must be from having a package too large for the storage area)
Oh, and ordinary zinc based baby cream is a bonus (heck, it works for diaper rash, so it has to work for this).
And those shorts with the mesh crotch chafed me the worst of anything.
12 May 2010, 18:52
Aaron Neilsonquote:
Originally posted by Brett Adam Barringer:
quote:
Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:
Brett - Look at beyondclothing.com as well. Referred to me several years ago by Bryan Martin, owner of Canadian Mtn Outfitters in BC, the KING of gear guru's. All the clothing is tailored to your measurements, and totally awesome for Alaska, Canada, etc. Not cheap, but very good. Have you looked at OTT Gear for rain gear??
Aaron,
I'm not familiar with beyond clothing. I'm somewhat of a gear junky (I think you have to be if you're serious about hunting up here), so I'll check them out. I'm familiar with Otte Gear. Everyone is crazy about the stormfront from Sitka. It's good gear, but I like the Otte better. The cuts are much more generous, shoulders much more roomy, and their hoods are recessed which I like. I have Helly Hanson for my basic all around rain gear, but I'm looking for something for a more techniqual rain gear. Otte is on my short list. You should check out Barney's Sports Chalet. I'm good friends with the owner Bob Hodson. He does SCI and DSC as well as some of the sheep shows. Check him out if you haven't already. He's out of Anchorage and quite frankly runs one of the foremost sheep hunting/wilderness hunting gear stores in the country. He gets free write ups in Hunting Fool on a regular basis as the go to guy. Everything he sells is top notch. He sells Sitka, Otte, Westcomb, Mountain Hardware, Helly Hanson, Sport Hill, Mammut, Lowa, Scarpa, Hilleberg, MSR, Integral Designs, Sea Line, Sea to Summit, Watershed, and a number of products he designed himself and is made for him. His bombshelter tents and external frame packs are ledgendary in Alaska with guides. Definitely check out his Brooks Range pant and coat. They are by far the best outer insulated top and bottom on the market today. For any cold weather hunt that's glassing intensive or hunt where a mountain top sleep over is posible it is a must. Check out the Westcomb Syncro pant as well. It's the ultimate wilderness light weight hunting pant. I was wearing a pair last weekend on my grizzly hunt.
The store website isn't the best, but it give you some idea of some of their big sellers.
http://www.barneyssports.com/Brett
Been to Barney's, great store!! The Beyond Clothing is awesome, all types as you will see on the site, even for COLD weather, and much better than wool!! Wind proof, lots of options, including cold weather gear, zip down legs if it gets warm, reinforcements, etc. All I ever use in Alaska, Canada, Colorado, in the snow, wind, etc, etc. Hardly ever even put longs on under it, even when its really cold.
Aaron Neilson
Global Hunting Resources
303-619-2872: Cell
globalhunts@aol.com
www.huntghr.com 13 May 2010, 05:05
GraftonUsually when a thread goes two pages or more, someone will post "this thread is worthless without pictures" I am very glad to see that this has not been the case here.
13 May 2010, 05:34
RVL IIII wear Under Armour brand tshirt and underwear on a daily basis, the tshirt is under my armor literally (policy body armor) I will not wear a vest w/out it any more. The old UA was not very good...though it was made in the USA....go figure.
Commando has it's time and place too.
For Africa, cotton or anything else that can stand up to the iron. Want to make sure to kill the little nasties!
Robert
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13 May 2010, 06:42
Jim Manionquote:
Originally posted by surestrike:
Are you guys really talking about your safari panties.... REALLY!??
Apparently so.
But you know, Steve and Kuduland might be onto something here: Kuduland - Where your Wedding Tackle is in Good Hands....
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13 May 2010, 17:45
ddrhookquote:
But you know, Steve and Kuduland might be onto something here: Kuduland - Where your Wedding Tackle is in Good Hands
DAM, thats an ugly though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and a mental picture I really really did not need this early in the morning
Well, at least Shakari Steve has not graced us with a poem on the subject...
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13 May 2010, 18:48
ddrhookOOOOHHHH GOD now your going to get him started!!!!!!! at least we can't hear him sing on line
13 May 2010, 18:59
shakariI couldn't carry a tune a bucket but don't let it stop me trying!
It's even worse for Susan..... she has to listen to my singing at home and even worse, when I wake her up in the mornings, I do so with that quote from Omar Kyham that starts 'awake for morning in the bowl of night etc'........ for some strange reason she doesn't appreciate it at all.
13 May 2010, 19:09
ddrhookNO wonder you don't get any first thing in the morning
