What sort of advantages does a vest offer an archer?
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 2:53 pm
Over the years I come to appreciate the certain attributes that are offered by wearing a vest when shooting my bow. For a start, vests don't have sleeves and bulky sleeves are the bane of archers, as they catch your bowstring, robbing your bow of much of its power. A good vest will keep you almost as warm as a complete jacket in cold weather.
Of course, there are vests and there are vests. You won't have too much trouble finding lots of good warm vests. You can even find oilskin vests that will offer you reasonable protection on those wet days afield. In this country it's not usually the cold weather that's the problem, it's excessive heat. A good vest can offer some advantages in hot conditions too. If you have a good look around you will find a good array of mesh vests that are available. These sort of vests would be ideal to wear when bowhunting in warm climates. Most of these vest have heaps of pockets and this allows the bowhunter to be able to carry all the little knicknacks that we all like to carry these days. Things like a camera, a GPS, small binoculars, game calls, a pocket knife, a spare string, mobile phone and what ever else you can think of. You can carry all this sort of gear very comfortably in a vest as the weight is evenly distributed on your shoulders.
I'm a big fan of vests. They offer the wearer almost unlimited freedom of movement. They don't contribute to bulky sleeves and the associated likelyhood have snagging your string. They can keep you warm or relatively cool. They nearly always offer heaps of small pockets where you can store all the stuff you like to take on a hunt. I've got heaps of polar fleece vests, including camo ones and just today I enlarged my collection with the addition of an excellent oilskin vest, which I'm sure will be a great advantage to me on those cooler days when the likelyhood of rain is high. I'm currently on the lookout for the perfect bowhunters lightweight mesh vest, as I think one of these vests would be the answer to carrying all our needs in a very convenient and cool manner on those stinking hot days.
Mick
Of course, there are vests and there are vests. You won't have too much trouble finding lots of good warm vests. You can even find oilskin vests that will offer you reasonable protection on those wet days afield. In this country it's not usually the cold weather that's the problem, it's excessive heat. A good vest can offer some advantages in hot conditions too. If you have a good look around you will find a good array of mesh vests that are available. These sort of vests would be ideal to wear when bowhunting in warm climates. Most of these vest have heaps of pockets and this allows the bowhunter to be able to carry all the little knicknacks that we all like to carry these days. Things like a camera, a GPS, small binoculars, game calls, a pocket knife, a spare string, mobile phone and what ever else you can think of. You can carry all this sort of gear very comfortably in a vest as the weight is evenly distributed on your shoulders.
I'm a big fan of vests. They offer the wearer almost unlimited freedom of movement. They don't contribute to bulky sleeves and the associated likelyhood have snagging your string. They can keep you warm or relatively cool. They nearly always offer heaps of small pockets where you can store all the stuff you like to take on a hunt. I've got heaps of polar fleece vests, including camo ones and just today I enlarged my collection with the addition of an excellent oilskin vest, which I'm sure will be a great advantage to me on those cooler days when the likelyhood of rain is high. I'm currently on the lookout for the perfect bowhunters lightweight mesh vest, as I think one of these vests would be the answer to carrying all our needs in a very convenient and cool manner on those stinking hot days.
Mick