i wore chaps for years and years, thought i would never wear the things out, finally did and then tried the pants, wouldn't go back to the chaps. bought a light weight pair and a heavy weight pair at cabela's. the light weight pair were just about worthless, was always tearing them, the other pair have held up and are now about 5 seasons old and my butt is still well covered. the problem with jeans is that they just suck moisture out of the air and then never dry out, the other problem with jeans is that about after a 3 week end hunt they are worn out at the knees, if you don't have that problem then maybe you ought to get out of your truck more often, anyway
cheers