Hunting clothes,

Troy, I hear your pain. I'm 6'3" and was 265#s (I have lost 40#s since the beginning of the year).
If you sit in a stand all day I strongly recommend the Heater Body Suit.

https://heaterbodysuit.com/

It will keep you warm. I learned a long time ago that if you sweat getting to your stand you will get cold. The suit makes a great outer layer that you carry into the stand.
A quiet light weight rain suit, non cotton button down shirt and cargo pants, and good non cotton long underwear.

I would wear the bodysuit at 40-45 degrees and lower. I would just unzip the suit when I got warm and reduce the layers. The coldest I used the suit was in 15 degrees plus wind chill. My Buddy has used his in bellow zero temps and sat several hours.

Water proof, insulated coveralls. With a hood. Might be a tad heavy but the reward is in the total comfort from almost any type of weather.
Cold winter wind. Rain. Snow . What ever. My go to out fit.

Troy,
It don't get better with age!
Thank goodness we have family land, 4 wheelers and a few guys scattered around.
At 71 and a few medical problems, climbing a stand is dangerous and walking is limited.
I wear Flannel lined camo from the now defunct A&N Co.
Long johns, heavy socks and good boots. Flannel shirt over long sleeve waffle weave T shirt, heavy sweater and my old camo jacket. A orange ski cap keeps the head warm.
YMMV

Bib overall's seem to be popular with bigger guys. The way I hunt, and where are very different from your needs so what I choose is probably irrelevant. It can get cold here at night, temps at sunrise in the teens and even colder are not uncommon. But it usually warms up quickly after sunrise and it could easily get into the 60's or 70's by mid afternoon. Combined with a more mobile style of hunting means a single warm garment just isn't practical for me.

I tend to dress in several lighter layers and carry extra layers in a daypack. I've found that keeping my head and neck warm is the key to my comfort. I'll wear a ball cap when moving, but when I sit it comes off and a balaclava goes over my head, a neck warmer is tucked into the shirt up to my eyes and a watch cap over that. If it is windy I have a lightweight water/wind proof shell with a hood that will break wind. I also have matching pants. Both the jacket and pants compresses down to the size of a softball to fit in my pack

None of those items take up much space in my pack. I haven't worn long underwear bottoms or insulated boots in years. I find good quality wool socks with uninsulated boots comfortable down to 0 degrees. From the waist up I usually wear 2, maybe 3 shirts and a goose down vest. I picked up an insulated poncho liner years ago that I often carry to wrap up in if it gets really cold and if the wind gets up.

For cooler to cold weather I like bibs and jacket. With pants it always seems like wind can easily get under the jacket or coat. My wife and one of my friends have been using a cloak made by Rivers West. They both swear it makes a huge difference. This is in addition to bibs and jacket.

UnderArmour bibs and coat.
Warm but not bulky.
They wear like iron, I've had mine for years(like 10)
I highly recommend them . My sons wear them too.
Not cheap, but dont forget Ebay
They run small, I wear 2x at 6' 240#

I use a lot of the stuff I got in the military, because it was free and it works. BDU's are cheap and lightweight for warm weather. But I won't "scrimp" on cold weather boots, socks, gloves, or hats. I won't wear any type of 1 piece clothing, as it makes it a PITA to add or delete layers as the weather changes, not to mention answering a call from nature. Regarding military cold weather gear, its hard to beat items like the old field jacket LINER, or the fleece jackets (available in black, green, brown, and maybe even camo now) for keeping you warm, light weight, and how quiet they are. This stuff is available cheap on the surplus market and is a far cry from the old Korean war era field jackets and 1st generation gore-tex (loud and swishy when you move around) from decades ago.

I have a lot of European surplus in my wardrobe. There was a bit of a golden age of the stuff 10-20 years ago when those armies were phasing out wool and cotton in favor of space age materials you'd sooner find in a Land's End catalog. Much of this is still available online, especially if you wear a size other than "extra large."

For light gear/warmer weather, I wear Swiss BDU "alpenflage" cotton. Its a very "loud" looking camo pattern but is extremely effective in most terrains as documented by extensive military testing. I do have a smattering of Wal Mart cotton T-shirts in a wetlands pattern for warm weather duck hunting.

Slightly colder, I have some Belgian and Czech light field jackets and light insulated pants. Also an interesting camo pattern, similar to WWII German camo. My old Herters (pre-cabelas) waterfowl shell is also indispensable for colder duck hunts, I usually wear it over some sort of wool or heavy cotton flannel depending on conditions.

For serious to severe cold, sadly my German wool pants are all worn out. Those were amazing. Virgin merino wool. I now wear Woolrich brand commercial wool pants. Quite warm, quite expensive. I also wear some Swedish ECW snow pants in the coldest weather. Top layer will always include a Norwegian military wool sweater. Very coarse wool, itchy as hell, but uncompromisingly warm. Just wear a good under layer. A Swedish M90 parka will be the outer shell layer if cold is severe. This one holds warmth to -30 or colder. It's extremely heavy, but does the job well for relatively sedentary activities. I have a lighter German Gore tex coat that goes in the mix for more walking type of outings. I generally dress for the temps and simply wear a blaze orange construction vest over the top for seasons requiring blaze.

My under layers are various cotton, polypropylene, silk, wool or blends thereof depending on conditions and activity.

Socks are universally silk/cotton/wool in that order depending on severity of cold.

Boots are pull on rubber from non-insulated farm boots for warm weather to -100 Vikings for extreme cold ice fishing, snowmobiling and work. For warm weather upland hunting I wear my uninsulated Red Wing work boots.

What do you prefer,

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Shorts and a t shirt, why dove hunting is my favorite, have to love great weather.

Duck hunting is the inverse, best hunting always seems to be the least hospitable conditions. Often layers ending in coveralls.

Bibs and a jacket for me when it’s cold...

Most of my gear is pretty typical. Gore-tex hunting coat and paints etc. The one thing I use that seems slightly less common is gaiters. Snow or no snow I wear gaiters. They keep the snow and wind out of my paint and boots and they also keep the brush and heavy briers from tearing up the cuff of my hunting paints.

Pants and jacket. No camo. Only earth tone solids and plaids. I wear a lot of Filson, Beretta and Pendleton wool in the form of gloves, socks, long sleeve shirts, jackets and coats. In the early fall, it's unlined work pants, usually Schmidt or Duluth and just a shirt and fleece jacket. As the temperature drops that becomes lined pants with a wool jacket and then a wool coat. I usually wear a union suit and a turtleneck to keep from losing heat around the collar.

I believe in layers. T-shirt, long thermal under shirt and pants another long sleeve t shirt, type , flannel shirt, vest, and jacket. As I get hot I peel off a layer. All very light clothing and never those big bulky jackets.

troy fairweather said:

Looks to be a good idea, tho to rich for me. Plus still think I'm to big for one, something is like to test fit first.

for the last 5-6 years I've been bringing a wool blanket with me, has helped a lot. Hard for me to sit to long unless the spot is comfortable to me, I am a ground hunter so a nice spot where I can sit like in a chair with something supporting my back is nice.

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I agree the body suit is expensive. The bibs/coat is great way to go for the cold weather outer layer.

For me. Thermals, sweats,& bibs on bottom.
Top is thermal, hoody, & coat.
I walk in with my coat off and bibs unzipped. If it's cold, I put the coat on.
Did I mention I hate being cold?
If it's warm, I just go thermals, bibs, and a hoody.

Out West, it was everything in layers because the morning might start in the mid 30s, but by noon you're in a shirt or at most a flannel shirt and sweating from climbing from 4000' to 9000'.

Here in the South on a plantation, jeans or briar pants, some light layers; waxed cotton jacket is nice, like the OLD Filsons (that were made in the US) and some nice lightly insulated US-made Danners

troy fairweather said:

I have a wool blanket I may make into a coat, I forget what guys call them. Since I'm big the selves maybe to short, but I have a few nice 100% Swedish wool scarfs I think will work for them. Don't know if I'll do a hood, depends what I have left over.

Anyone here make there own coat?

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My SIL made a huge patchwork quilt out if blue jeans and flannel for her blind. That thing is warm.
My sewing would look like Freddy doing surgery. Not a great idea.

What weather do you hunt in? When I lived out West, precipitation was rare; turns out that time of year in the South can also be fairly dry. That said, other areas can get lots of rain or snow. If I was hunting in wet areas, I would opt for Goretex