Just a small recommendation: stay away from cotton unless you hunt only in very dry cold. Synthetics are sometimes noisier but they don't load up with water when in extended contact with snow. That's especially important in wet snow or snow only a few degrees below freezing.
My favorite for years was a Canadian Army snow camo shell made of nylon like a hooded windbreaker, that was huge enough to go over any coat. It was calf length and had huge buttons over an inch across up the front, sized for gloved hands. It also had big side pockets plus big slits so you could access pants pockets. I lost that somewhere in a move and now plan to make a duplicate out of light thin polyester bridal cloth. It is much softer than nylon, less bulky, and for the fashion concious, it has much better drape and "hand".
My favorite for years was a Canadian Army snow camo shell made of nylon like a hooded windbreaker, that was huge enough to go over any coat. It was calf length and had huge buttons over an inch across up the front, sized for gloved hands. It also had big side pockets plus big slits so you could access pants pockets. I lost that somewhere in a move and now plan to make a duplicate out of light thin polyester bridal cloth. It is much softer than nylon, less bulky, and for the fashion concious, it has much better drape and "hand".
