Experienced shooters and stalkers know that keeping warm is all about layers. Layers trap the heat so you stay warmer (and if you're too warm you simply take a layer off). So we asked some keen fieldsports fans what they wear and their recommendations - some of which will surprise you.
John Sugden runs tweed outfitters Campbells of Beauly, is a keen stalker and goes out in all weathers.
“I wear Musto thermal trousers as a base layer when it’s really cold in January and I’m stalking hinds and at the ducks. If it’s really wet I wear my John Field “thunder” rain overtrousers. They’re absolutely superb. A lesser known brand, but the quality is excellent.”
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Ed Wills, deputy editor of Shooting Times
“I don’t wear any thermals and I wear my tweed plus-fours for stalking and driven shooting as for me it keeps out the wet and wind and I believe old-fashioned which has been tried and tested is the only way forward. If, however, it is bashing down with rain then I would whack on a pair of waterproof trousers which I believe are from Berghaus and haven’t let me down yet.”

Liam Bell, National Gamekeepers’ Organisation chairman
Liam Bell, chairman of the National Gamekeepers Organisation

Matt Cross swears by a classic British Army Norgie
Matt Cross, Shooting Times contributor, stalker and shooter based in Scotland
Clare Baker is an award-winning gundog trainer who runs Arcklebear Gundogs

Seeland base layer
Martin Puddifer, Editor of Shooting Gazette
Richard Scott – keen stalker and shooter based in Scotland

Claire Zambuni (listed as one of The Field’s top Shots)
“I always wear merino wool, silk undergloves, tights and thermal long johns and a thick silk neck scarf. I always think that keeping feet warm is essential so layer up on socks.”
John Macpherson, Scottish wildlife photographer
Ed Solomons, world champion clayshooter
“I find the key to keeping warm without restricting movement is layers. Depending on how cold it is I will usually have a close fitting cotton base layer (or when really cold a thin thermal) followed by a shirt and a thin merino wool jumper. Depending on conditions I will then have either my tweed shooting gilet and/or my Farlows Litchfield tweed shooting jacket which not only keeps me incredibly warm but is also totally waterproof, which I can definitely attest to after being up in the Scottish Borders for three days! I find this combination keeps me plenty warm enough whilst still allowing ample movement for shooting.”

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Sue Longmore of Maude & Fox
“My instinct for shooting in the cold is that you can always take a layer or two off if you’re too warm, but once you are cold then you generally remain so for the rest of the day. ..I turn to my trusty Under Armour leggings under my thick tweed breeks. I would then wear a base layer that I have used for skiing, then a checked shirt, zip up jumper, cashmere gilet…