Another deer season has come and gone. I did get to wear those Swiss Army pants a few days. After getting my wife to take up the pants legs I would have wore them if it was not justified by the weather. But we did get a little snow and rain.
I must have forgotten but these pants do not have rear pockets. They have four pockets, two on each side. I have to rate them high for comfort in the woods. I do not like wool against the skin, so I wear thermal log johns underneath. One of the areas I was hunting burned a few years back. There was all kinds of burnt stobs to bruise the body. If that is not enough the area is also covered with Mountain Whitethorn (Ceanothus Cordulatus)(a.k.a Deer Ice Cream) The thorns on that stuff run about one inch to one and half inches long. And they are sharp. I did not realize just how tough those wool Swiss Army pants are until the weather warmed up and I switched to my original G.I. woodland camo pants. The thorns quickly got my attention. Plus I have a lot of bruises and scrapes from bucking the brush and crawling up on rocks to see deer.
I spent many hours out in rainy weather on stands. I did not have rain gear over the pants. I stayed warm and did not feel wet like I would have wearing my normal blue jeans or cotton camo pants. I would have been comfortable if I faced the blizzard conditions that I did last year. They are currently drying on the rack. I washed them in cold water and woolite. I did not put them in the dryer, I would of had a pair of wool shorts.
