HAT
HAT
By Tom Claycomb
Outdoors to the Core
A lot of people ask if I ever run out of topics to write about. I can see how it could happen but still my answer is no. If you love something, you always see new and fresh things to write about. Many times a topic will come to you as you’ re up hunting. Many times it will jell as you’ re driving home and then sometimes the editor will suggest a topic that needs covered.
But what prompted me to write this article has got to take the cake. I was at the Nampa Christian School auction and … I hate to get too personal, but I was in a small stall working on the toilet paper dispenser trying to get it to function. I had won a cap at the Black Canyon Bow Hunter Wild Game feed. It’ s cool but it’ s a little loose fitting.
As I was bent over it nearly fell off into you know where. I was panic stricken. What would I have done? I couldn’ t walk out of the bathroom dripping wet. Everyone would have known what had happened. But I couldn’ t walk out without a cap either. There were women and kids around. I’ ve never been seen in public without a hat.
And there you have it, the reason the subject of hats was sprung on me. I can’ t believe that I’ ve never discussed headgear before, especially as much as I wear them. Let’ s talk about the practicality of headgear and which ones are best for what application. There are basically 5 types that I see. To some degree they all have their proper application.
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