My elk hunting trips are often filled with walking and biking miles and miles behind closed gates, followed by bushwhacking down canyons and up the sides of mountains until dark. And all that sweaty work requires a jacket that can multitask for chilly mornings, stormy high-country afternoons, and pitch-black walks back to camp. Enter the Sitka Mountain Evo Jacket. The Mountain Evo does everything a backcountry hunting jacket should do: it moves with your body, protects from the wind and rain with Gore-Tex Windstopper, and has stretch panels for added breathability and movement where you need it on the underarms and back. I know this jacket will keep me warm and dry out in the woods this fall, and I’m hoping some of that magic might rub off on my bad luck streak and elk-less freezer too, but I’m not holding my breath. MSRP: $329. Sitkagear.com
