Fall Outerwear Sale

We are aggressively selling our remaining inventory at the Fall Outerwear Sale to make room for up coming shipments that will begin arriving from Vancouver in late November and December.

The SALE begins,  NOW,  TODAY,  Tuesday,  October 11th and runs through the weekend.

As a blog subscriber you are notified 1st, however inventory is very limited in size, colors and quantities. A public announcement will be sent out tomorrow, so do not wait to check to see if we have your size.

Besides Outerwear, we will have selected accessories marked down as well.  Please do not miss out on this one.

Please click here to shop the sale now. 

Because this is an inventory reduction sale the discounts cannot be applied to previous orders, and the sale prices are only valid on the limited size and color combinations left in stock.

Please let us know if you have any questions and I hope this sale helps you fill out more of your KUIU kit.

Jason

Wyoming Elk

I just returned from South West Wyoming hunting elk with a good friend of mine Jeff Short.  We did a 9 day hunt using Jeff’s 3 horses to get us into a 9,600ft basin in the Wyoming Range.

Warm weather kept the rut from getting cranked up and the elk quiet except early in the morning and just before dark. We covered a lot of ground, heard and saw a lot of elk but could not get the shot we needed at a bull.

I wanted to share with you a few photos of our hunt.  This is always a sobering time of year as the bowhunting seasons for deer and elk come to a close.

Please send in your photos for our “In The Field” album at album@kuiu.com.  I love sharing these photos and bragging about all of you to my friends, family and industry.

I hope all of you have had a great fall.

Jason

This Weeks Subscriber Promotion

This week’s Subscriber Promotion is the Merino 185 Beanie & Neck Gaiter sold as a set for $29.99 to the first 50.  This set normally sells for $39.98. This is amazing value for 17.5 micron Merino Wool from The Merino Company.

Click Here for the Merino 185 Beanie & Gaiter promotion.

If you are on the fence about the neck gaiter once you own one you will wonder how you survived without it.  It is multi-purpose; The neck gaiter turns your Merino 185 beanie into a balaclava, it is a great face mask and keeps the cold off you neck when you are glassing.  At 3/4 of an ounce it is a no brainer, especially at this promo price.

The KUIU Forum is Here

Hi Everyone,

What I love about Building KUIU is listening to your ideas and suggestions to evolve this brand into something very special. Several of you have suggested we create a forum. In response to your idea, Eric has developed the KUIU Forum that is now live and waiting for your posts and comments about Mountain Hunting and the gear it involves.

I have enclosed the forum guidelines below for your review.  I look forward to reading your posts and thank you in advance for you support, posts and comments on the new forum……Jason

Please see the forum guidelines below and click on this link to go to the Forum: KUIU Forum

This forum is an open, worldwide discussion about everything for which KUIU stands. KUIU is committed to making ultralight mountain hunting kit that is fully functional, dependable and accessible. KUIU also exists to story and document the evolving tradition of ultralight mountain hunting. If you share our philosophies, interests, attitudes and passions, please join this discussion. It’s your personal experiences and insights that will make this forum an invaluable tool and resource, as well as a source of entertainment and inspiration to us all.

We ask that you keep an open mind and respond to posts by sharing your experiences rather than challenging fellow members of the community. We do not allow profanity, harassment, or other disrespectful actions. While we invite healthy debate, respect for others must be maintained at all times. Anyone not following these guidelines, or otherwise acting in a disrespectful or confrontational manner may potentially be removed from the forum.

KUIU is not responsible for content posted by users of the forum. Please note that we do not allow advertising, and we reserve the right to lock threads or remove posts at our discretion.

Going Ultra Ultra Light?

Kowloon, Hong Kong

Hong Kong Bay

I am in Hong Kong this week to source & review new developments and technologies for 2012 & 2013 products. This past year I have challenged KUIU’s supply partners to develop new products using innovation and technology to reduce weight without giving up performance.

I met with Toray today and reviewed several new fabric developments they have been working on for KUIU. Toray met the challenge and has developed some AMAZING light weight products. Next-level technology for ultralight layering.  I believe these new fabric developments will further reduce your layering system weight by 2 to 3 pounds. These new lightweight fabrics are quiet, durable and use a very high grade of yarn to insure quality and performance that Toray requires.

My vision and goal for KUIU is to continue to take weight out of your gear; How light we can go without giving up performance?  Is this important to you?  I know it is to me.  I always appreciate your input and feedback to make sure KUIU is heading the right direction for the future.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to comment.  Your feedback is what makes KUIU great!

Jason

Kansas Turkeys

Archie, Nathan & Jason with Archie’s Bird

I received an invitation from Nathan Andersohn to join him, Archie Nesbitt & Steve Fiarchuk for a 4-day turkey hunt on Nathan’s farm in Kansas.  I flew into Denver on Friday morning meeting Nathan, Steve & Archie for a 5-hour drive to Kansas.

Steve was Nathan’s guide for Dall sheep, when Nathan shot his first sheep on the way to the first Grand Slam by a longbow hunter.  Steve now owns and operates Christina Falls Outfitters in North West British Columbia and specializes in bowhunts for Mountain Goats, Canadian Moose, Elk and Stone Sheep.  Steve has been a life long guide and outfitter, which gave us a lot to talk about. Steve has guided his clients to an incredible 86 rams as a professional guide.

I first met Nathan yeast ago at the FNAWS convention in Reno. One Nathan’s biggest dreams has been to own his own farm, instill conservation and wildlife management practices to create a private hunting preserve.  His 400-acre farm purchased 4 years ago is everything he has dreamt about and more.  Besides being absolutely beautiful, this place is loaded with big Kansas Whitetails, Turkeys, Quail, Doves and Rabbits.  It is truly a sanctuary and I felt privileged to hunt in such an amazing place.

This was my first trip to Kansas and this is exactly how I pictured it.  Rolling hills with corn, wheat and alfalfa that frame a river bottom loaded with hardwoods and dense cover.  In the center of the property, Nathan converted the old horse stable, built in the early 1900’s, into a classic 800 square foot hunting cabin that includes a tin roof, wood burning stove and front porch. There is an old limestone mansion that sits above the cabin built by the family who originally owned this property at the turn of the century, which adds to the feel, and lore of this farm.

On Saturday morning I had the pleasure of calling in Archie’s 1^st ever Turkey.  I felt honored to be part of Archie’s bird, a man who has hunted the world and set over 88 world records with a bow and arrow.  He is a very humble, generous and gracious.  Archie has a new show on the Sportsman’s Channel I recommend called The Ultimate Shot.  Archie hunts lions, leopard, Cape buffalo and other dangerous game throughout the world.  He showed us one if his 1^st shows and his footage it is seriously breathtaking!

Enclosed is a photo essay of our four days down on the farm.  I hope you enjoy the photos and have the chance to hunt Kansas sometime.  It is a remarkable place.

Jason

Nathan’s Cabin and Barn

KUIU Tee Shirts

While I was in Kansas hunting the New Tee Shirts  were inbounded and put up onto our site. The designs are printed on American Apparel 100% FineTee’s Shirts in Los Angles and in my opinion makes the highest quality and best fitting shirt on the market.  There are 6 styles and 3 colors to choose from for only $19.99.

PLEASE email us your photos in these tee’s, we will put them up on our new customer scrapbook we are creating.  I hope you enjoy these and please let me know what you think.

Jason

KUIU Shipping Update

Hi Everyone,

To keep you all in the loop, I wanted to post a quick update on shipping. As previously mentioned, we expect to have all orders shipped by the 15th of April, however if we can do so sooner we will.  To that note, we began shipping test orders last Friday and more today.  The orders shipped are not determined by shopping date, but by the product received by the factory. Orders we can fill 100%  will be shipped ASAP.

The balance of the inventory is scheduled to exit Vancouver this week and early next week. We are still waiting on some colors & inventory of Guide Jackets, all Chugach Jackets & Pants and all Spindrift Jackets.

Please hang in there with us we are doing everything possible to get your gear out to you as quickly as possible.  We appreciate your excitement and patience.

Jason

Primaloft Blog Interview

Hello Everyone,

Enclosed is a link to Primaloft’s blog covering the Spindrift Jacket and an interview about KUIU.  I thought you may find this of interest.  Have a great weekend.

 

Jason

 

http://www.primaloft.com/en/performance/community/blog/kuiu-launch.html

KUIU Grand Opening Invitation

All KUIU subscribers are invited to KUIU’s showroom Grand Opening on Saturday, April 16th. We are expecting quite a turn out. We will be raffling off gear, offering Grand Opening Specials, giving away gift bags to the first 100 people through the door, food catered by Buds Pub & Grill, music and refreshments. I hope to meet those of you that can make it, please let us know you are a subscriber; we have a special gift for subscribers who make the event.

Jason