No, not that kind of orange. I'm talking about a hunting vest in blaze orange. Since hunters don't want to be shot by other hunters we wear blaze orange. By rule, we are supposed to wear 144 inches of orange, so that means a ball cap is just fine. However most of us wear vests.
When I was 14 years old my Grandparents bought me a reversible camo/blaze orange vest. I have worn that vest every hunting season for the past (mumble, mumble) years. However, it was starting to wear out. It had rips, holes and tears in it. The color had also faded quite a bit. So it was time to search for a new vest.
A few months ago I found the perfect vest. Here it is:
This is the Redhead Upland Field Vest. It's tough as nails, and has a lot of handy pockets. I wanted a vest with lots of pockets so I could load it up with supplies, instead of loading my jacket up. In Florida it gets so hot, even in November, that you don't actually need to wear a jacket. But this past hunting season the temperature was all over the place. Sometimes I wore my super heavy jacket. Other times I wore a light jacket. So to keep from having to move all my gear, a vest with lots of pockets was necessary.
I was waiting for the vest to go on sale, but it never did. I searched for it on the Bass Pro Shops website, and it was gone. So I called Bass Pro Shops Brandon, and they said they hadn't received any new shipments of it. They expected that it was going to be discontinued. So I bit the bullet, and bought one of the last ones today at the Brandon store.
I didn't get it on sale, but at least I got it. I'll admit that no other vest really had my interest the way the Redhead vest did. I'll admit the Browning vest was similar to it, and had heavier fabric, but it also cost $30 more. The good news is that this vest will last me the rest of my hunting days. So I'll look at it like a good investment.
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