![]() ![]() The zippers and material are both exceptionally quiet, I was caught during a stalk on a mule deer buck as I tried to find his distance, I was able to slowly unzip my pocket and put my range finder inside as we played hide and seek at 60 yards in an aspen forest. The GORE-TEX membrane and welded seams also worked well to block the wind as I sat atop a hill glassing bucks. I might have been muddy and frustrated, but I was lucky to be warm and dry, unlike many of the other people I ran into out hunting that weekend. I stayed comfortable in my rain gear as I walked through wet waist high sage brush and might have taken a slide down the hill. The last weekend of Colorado mule deer hunting was windy and rainy, so I was finally able to put my rain gear to the test. I wore my Sitka Cloudburst jacket nearly every morning during the fall mule deer archery season to insulate my base layers. With a little wind and rain, I was impressed with how comfortable I was sleeping out in the elements. It was about 40 degrees at night and I slept in my hammock. The first time I wore the Cloudburst system, I was camping with some friends up in the mountains. ![]() The sleeve and pant lengths are both a great fit. ![]() It is a little large for me, but I can put it on over almost any of my other layers if I get caught out in some precipitation or wind. In Sitka gear, I wear an XS, but knowing that I typically layer, I went with the S so that I would have room. I have worn it in the rain, wind, mud, snow, marsh, mountain, and plain. I have put the Sitka Cloudburst rain system through the ringer and have not found it lacking. I wanted new rain gear for many reasons, but it really comes down to this, when hunting it nearly always rains or snows or blows.
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