Thanks for the reply MH. Doggone it!! My server here will not let your pictures come through. I will check when I get home. I find pictures of the hunters from years past fascinating in the gear they used. I gotta tell you that many of those old guys were some pretty tough old birds. I do remember that my very first pair of hunting pants had the knit cuffs in order to stuff them into the tops of my boots. After I wore those out - or did I outgrow them?- I got a pair with leather facing on the legs. I wore those pants for many years, to include some years while riding horses. They were great. I recall seeing a pair in LL Bean's catalog ( or maybe Orvis) a couple of years ago with leather facing, but the leather was pig skin and did not look nearly as sturdy as the pair I once had. Now I find that I have gotten away from the newer modern materials and styles and have gone back to an LL Bean traditional style waxed cotton hunting coat. That with modern fleece wear underneath is hard to beat!!!
