Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

[Scott CWO]

I’m headed to Canada for polar bear hunt in April. Does anyone have any arctic clothing or boots to lend or for sale or know where I can get some? Some outfitters provide it but mine doesn’t. I’m 6’1” and 185 pounds but bigger is fine too for this hunt due to layering. Thanks for any help or advice!

Also, considering taking either my AHR CZ550 375 H&H Mag or my AHR CZ550 458 Lott. Either will work but what are your opinions? I’m leaning towards the 375. I’ve use the Lott for backing up hunters when guiding brown bear but thought it might be fun this time to go with the 375 instead.

 

[medvedhunting]

where are you going? it might to help to get you dressed. i am surprised about the no providing from your outfitter. you will need goggles, very good gloves and mitten and good shoes/boots with removable liners. for the first layer i will use merino the same for socks/liner but i never hunted polar bear but i have my share of hunting and fishing in the yukon during our cold winter and you will need to protect you from the wind too.

can you get in contact with the local trapper association or your guide ahead and check with him/them their recommendations ?

good luck with the preparation.

 

[medvedhunting]

you will need some optic with quick detach rings and i will take the 375. you will see what they use as a back up. if member of the ranger patrol a 308 win otherwise a 303 british and 222 ...

 

[Mekaniks]

Big Rays in Anchorage. The new bunny boots are hard to beat

 

[DLSJR]

Scott, I’d take the .375 or even something smaller. I can’t recall Mike’s last name but he was from Canada North Outfitting back in the late ‘80’s and I was looking at a polar bear hunt so we talked about rifles. I remember him telling me they mostly shot polar bears with small rifles, like 270’s and even smaller, as the bears died pretty quickly when shot in the lungs in those frigid temperatures. He said the cold air getting into their chest cavity caused them to die pretty quickly. I’d think a 338 would be about ideal, so why not take the 375 among those two choices you mentioned.

 

[Betterinthebush]

I’ve got a Canada Goose -60 parka. I used it for mushing when I was training Iditarod racing dogs. It’s over sized for me (5’10, 160#) so it would work for you.

It’s gray, not pretty, smells like sheep from lambing and the ruff got tore. For a loaner it’d do.

 

[Altitude sickness]

Scott, I have one rig left from mountaineering at extreme altitudes. It’s Mountain Hardware brand XL. You can borrow. I sold my LaSportiva Olympus Mons and Spantic boots. Those would have worked well.

And I recommend a real fur bomber hat and mittens. Good gloves inside the mittens.
The hat alone will keep you warm.

I’ll send it all to you. Or I can connect you with the trapper in North Dakota that makes them. Cheaply.

 

[Betterinthebush]

Scott, I have one rig left from mountaineering at extreme altitudes. It’s Mountain Hardware brand XL. You can borrow. I sold my LaSportiva Olympus Mons and Spantic boots. Those would have worked well.

And I recommend a real fur bomber hat and mittens. Good gloves inside the mittens.
The hat alone will keep you warm.

I’ll send it all to you. Or I can connect you with the trapper in North Dakota that makes them. Cheaply. View attachment 725245View attachment 725246View attachment 725248View attachment 725247View attachment 725249View attachment 725250View attachment 725251

That’s fox hat, I’m sure, but what are the mittens? I’ve got two sets of beaver mittens made by a fellow musher from YT I could never part with. Yours are interesting looking.

 

[Altitude sickness]

It’s actually a red color phase coyote bomber hat. It does look just like Fox. But it’s coyote.

The mittens are Beaver. He had made me 3 hats and 2 mittens. Skunk, mink, beaver etc

 

[Altitude sickness]

These bombers are far too warm for anything but sitting and very cold temps. Too much to be active while wearing.

The smaller skunk hat is more suited for active endeavors

 

[Altitude sickness]

I had him make the smaller mittens and the hat for my wife

My mittens are in the front

 

[Betterinthebush]

I had this parka made for my wife in Alaska. Beaver with wolverine ruff and trim and a Martin and mink hand muff.

 

[Green Chile]

What size boots? I used to live above the Arctic circle and had all the gear then but still have a pair of new boots...size 11 I think. The Canada Goose line of parkas is some of the best gear you can find. Or lacking that, find some ECWS military clothing like bunny boots.

 

[steve white]

NORTHEN OUTFITTERS all the way. You can survive a water dunking in them. Check out their unique directional foam which has the ability to dry you out with nothing more than your own body heat. You will probably have to use their vents to cool down.

 

[raamw]

I have a Cabelas Trans Alaska Elite Snow suit I used in Greenland a couple years back. Used for a 4 day hunt in temperatures ranging from Minus 15 to minus 40. It is an 2XL has removal Insulated knee pads, inner waist belly to support the weight of the garment in addition to outer belt. Has a drop down butt panel . The garment it is hung on a door that is is 85", the measurement from garment hook to crouch is 38" It is in perfect condition no tears wear marks or stain, extremely warm
I can send addition pictures to your email Has a attached hhod and removable coyote real fur hood trim

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/832391943604211605/

raamw@att.net

 

[grand veneur]

You borrow something like that on the place.

In this case, clothes kindly lent to me by the local police of Qaanaak/Thule in Greenland for a muskox hunt on a February. But that was quite a long time ago.

 

[raamw]

The local inuit offered seal clothing rentals for approxiamately $200 US, I chose to buy my own thinking I may need them in the future I will try and find the hunt pictures to show what the seal clothing looked like figured I was going to a great expense to do that hunt did not want to end it because I could not deal with the cold weather, actually small part of the hunt made it enjoyable, problem was on some of the stalks had to open up the garment to keep the heat down. Pict of me in the 1St, pict 2 hunt on dog sled pulled by 10 Icelandic sled dogs Pict 3 seal clothing with atvs used

 

[Betterinthebush]

The local inuit offered seal clothing rentals for approxiamately $200 US, I chose to buy my own thinking I may need them in the future I will try and find the hunt pictures to show what the seal clothing looked like figured I was going to a great expense to do that hunt did not want to end it because I could not deal with the cold weather, actually small part of the hunt made it enjoyable, problem was on some of the stalks had to open up the garment to keep the heath down

I’ll bet! Fur is heavy. But so warm for just sitting still.

 

[Scott CWO]

Scott, I have one rig left from mountaineering at extreme altitudes. It’s Mountain Hardware brand XL. You can borrow. I sold my LaSportiva Olympus Mons and Spantic boots. Those would have worked well.

And I recommend a real fur bomber hat and mittens. Good gloves inside the mittens.
The hat alone will keep you warm.

I’ll send it all to you. Or I can connect you with the trapper in North Dakota that makes them. Cheaply. View attachment 725245View attachment 725246View attachment 725248View attachment 725247View attachment 725249View attachment 725250View attachment 725251

Wow, thanks Jay! I will take you up on this! You might have my address but I will PM you with it just in case.

 

[Scott CWO]

I have a Cabelas Trans Alaska Elite Snow suit I used in Greenland a couple years back. Used for a 4 day hunt in temperatures ranging from Minus 15 to minus 40. It is an 2XL has removal Insulated knee pads, inner waist belly to support the weight of the garment in addition to outer belt. Has a drop down butt panel . The garment it is hung on a door that is is 85", the measurement from garment hook to crouch is 38" It is in perfect condition no tears wear marks or stain, extremely warm
I can send addition pictures to your email Has a attached hhod and removable coyote real fur hood trim

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/832391943604211605/

raamw@att.net

I really appreciate it but 2XL probably too big for me.