Cabela's Boar Hide Field Pants

Ben Ruset

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To those of you guys who have the Cabela's Boar Hide Field Pants, am I right in assuming that you need to have them hemmed?

It looks like they come with a 37" inseam, and that it will hem to a 35.5" without cuffs. I normally wear pants that are 32" long, and I don't want to end up with a cuff at the bottom of these pants, let alone try to find someone to hem them up for me.

I wonder if I should just get the Wrangler pants? They at least already have a 32" inseam.
 
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I have the Wrangler as does Bob, but for some reason mine are not as durable as his. I am not sure if they have cut back on the quality or not. Just make sure you get the color you want. Click on the right square for the ones I have. (Brown) The color of the pants themselves change over time so they will not always look like that.

I would love to get a pair for Jessica, but as usual nobody is that small :)

I don't know anyone who has the Cabela pants.

Guy
 
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bruset said:
I ordered the Wranglers (after debating between tan and blue I ended up getting tan so I will match the rest of you guys) and this vest.

I also went to Wal-Mart today and got some orange, although it's not blaze orange.
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Did you get the orange or tan vest? You will like the pants for sure, they do protect more than jeans.


Guy
 
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Good deal Ben! I have the wranglers. They have lasted about 28 trips so far, since I started wearing them from trip #8.

1.) Jan 1999: "What are those small pond-like formations about 1.5 miles into the woods East of Route 539"?

2.) Mar 1999: “Bear Swamp Hill”

3.) May 1999: “Forked River Mountain; approach from the East”

4.) Oct 1999: “Canoe and Camp; portage from the Mullica to the Basto”

5.) Jan 2000: “Penn Swamp Pond to Mannis Duck Pond”

6.) Feb 2000: “Bass River Country”

7.) April 2000: “Think Pink!” (looking for swamp pink in Forked River area)

8.) Jun 2000: “Oswego River Orchid Expedition”

9.) October 2000: “Fall Flower Hike” (along the burn area west of the Mullica)

10.) Mar 2001: “Wrestling with the Wrangle”

11.) May 2001: ”Swamp Monster From the South”

12.) Oct 2001: “Lebanon Crossing”

13.) Feb 2002: “Boogie to the Unknown Bog”

14.) May 2002: “Begin the Batsto”

15.) Feb 2004: “High Plains Drifting”

16.) Apr 2004 “Tiptoe through the Tulpehocken”

17.) Jun 2004 “Oswego River, Sim Place, & Breakfast Point (special limited exploration)

18.) Oct 2004 “Rockwood Rocks”

19.) Nov 2004: “Exploring the Parker Preserve”

20.) Dec 2004: “Four Watersheds in One Day”

21.) Jan 2005:: “Mt. Misery” (special limited exploration)

22.) May 2005: “Three River Crossing-Big trip 2005”

23.) Oct 2005: “Half wet, Half dry, All Wild”

24.) Nov 2005: “Desert Trip” (special limited exploration)

25.) Jan 2006: “Up the Middle, Down the South”

26.) Apr 2006: “Oswego Back 40”

27.) May 2006: “Seven Scenic Savannahs-Big trip 2006”.

28.) Oct 2006: “Shiver Me Timbers and Blow Me Down”.

29.) Dec 2006: “Here’s Howardsville!”

30.) Feb 2007: “Wescoat Bogs” (special limited exploration)

31.) Mar 2007: “The Low Down on Lower Mill”

32.) May 2007: “Wading River to Wading Pines-Big trip 2007”

33.) July 2007: “Canoe the Mullica” (special limited exploration)

34.) October 2007: “Warren Grove Wildfire”

35.) November 2007: “Dutchtown Freestyle”

36.) December 2007: “Lets find a Waterwheel”. (special limited exploration).
 
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My biggest problem with exploring are the briers. I just hate them. So hopefully these and the vest will help me out.

Cabella's seems really nice, although if you're not a hunter it has less for you. Certainly they have things there that I can't find locally - even including the EMS store up in Eatontown.
 
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bruset said:
My biggest problem with exploring are the briers. I just hate them. So hopefully these and the vest will help me out.

Cabella's seems really nice, although if you're not a hunter it has less for you. Certainly they have things there that I can't find locally - even including the EMS store up in Eatontown.
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They help, but nothing is a cure :(


Guy
 
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bruset said:
Wow, I didn't know being a rugged outdoorsman cost so much. $225 for a vest? $355 for a pair of boots? Here's something more reasonable. $30 socks.

Clearly I was doing something wrong when I tried my hand at selling stuff like this.
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Ben
Filson has always been high end but their stuff literally lasts for generations. They started making clothes for the Alaskan Gold Rush.
My hunting coats and vests will easily make it down to my grandchildren's children.
Unfortunately, as you see from their catalog, they have started to cater to the yuppy market. Price doesn't seem to matter to some people and some of their stuff is ridiculously expensive as you have seen.
I don't mind paying for some things that I know I will only have to buy once, like their double tin coat or vest. I did actually wear out one pair of double tin pants about 10 years ago when I used to do a lot of rabbit hunting. I just had them cut them a little short, had then re-hemmed and gave them to my son. He still wears them.
They actually used to warn you about buying the double tins by saying in their catalog... "If you don't need them, you will not want to wear them."
A few years ago the company was purchased by a major clothing corporation (they keep that very quiet) and they have stared outsourcing a lot of their stuff. One of their stongest selling points used to be that all of their stuff came out of Seattle.
This year's catalog has a section where they start backpedalling about having to outsource.
The heavy double tin stuff is still made in Seattle as is all of their heavy wool garments. I have the Double Mackinaw wool coat and pants and they will long outlive me.
Scott
 
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