Boys, i'm beginning to pick up stuff for my hunt, next summer, in the OMAY, next August. The subject of gaiters has come up. Don't know if I need them or not.

I won't be wearing shorts. Long pants, and the 2 pr. of shoes I'm taking are 6" and 8" tall respectively. Yeah or nay on the gaiters?


Mad Dog

Gaiters?....YES!!!!.

I tuck my pants inside high socks and wear a elastic gaiter over to try and keep ticks out & I also spray with repelent.
I HATE TICKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have never used gaiters

From your wonderful photos Mr. Dahlgren, it appears you don't even wear shoes most of the time !

If you're wearing long pants, I don't see why you'd need gaiters. If you're worried about ticks, treat your boots, socks and pants with permethrin and you'll be tick proof!

In some terrain gaiters are welcome indeed. If you find yourself in tall grass in moist season, then you will be glad you have them. If you don't need them they are pretty easy to take off and leave in the truck.

What you are going to do, gaiters are required.

Sandals, no.

Shorts = Gaiters

Pants = No Gaiters

Gaiters.

Keeps the seeds and burs out of your socks and shoe laces.

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Originally posted by ghostbird:
From your wonderful photos Mr. Dahlgren, it appears you don't even wear shoes most of the time !

True !

I like them in grass, and have found myself using them with short boots in the US while elk and pronghorn hunting grass, sage, prairie, with pants too. No seeds and stems, and your boots don't come untied...

Gaiters at all times.

I guess it really depends on the area you are hunting and how bad you hate to pick thorns, seeds, and burrs out of your socks. I hunt in pants and still use the gaitors to protect the socks,,, just more comfort in the long run..

I was just watching one of the Boddington DVDs and Ivan Carter was wearing gaiters with open sandals. Couldn't figure that one out!

I have found Boyt gaiters work well. www.boytharness.com

Yes on gaiters. I wear them even with long pants. All sorts of stuff down low to bite you, stick you, scratch you, or get tangled and untie your boots.

never worn gaiters so don't have an opinion on them.
Leather laces on you boots are a must though.

I have seen PHs wearing them. That was good enough for me. I have seen PHs wearing sandals. That was good enough for me too.
Next time, I'm taking my golf sandals.
But, I was wearing sandals the time I almost stepped on a puff adder (?). Ops.

Gaiters. I wear them here at home as well, on most of my hunts, with or without long pants, as I hate getting cheatgrass and other little irritants in my socks and shoes while even when wearing the long stuff. I recently went desert quail hunting and forgot them and paid the price.

Love 'm. Leather, please.

I've only really needed gaiters once, and I didn't have any. My ankles were just about hamburger by the time Charles Helm showed up in camp and loaned me his. Granted I was wearing shorts the whole time and just about every time since I have worn long pants, but I will never go to Africa again without a pair or two of gaiters in my luggage.

Yes get the gaiters and wear them. Wear them in the USA and you won't believe the questions.
Wesley

Get them. Take them. $20 bucks. Weighs a few ounces. Better to have them and not need them than need them and not have them.

I've never worn them or wished I had.

Mark

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Originally posted by safari-lawyer:
Get them. Take them. $20 bucks. Weighs a few ounces. Better to have them and not need them than need them and not have them.

Best advice i have seen. that being said, i hunted in shorts in Oct. where you are going and really would have been OK without them. grass seeds and other little objects were pretty much non existent. also saw no ticks. they do give a bit of ankle protection from thorns down low although thorns weren't bad either. i hunt without socks in shorts and i always carry them( and usually end up wearing them)- a "just in case" thing.

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Originally posted by MopaneMike:
Shorts = Gaiters

Pants = No Gaiters

Its a simple idea to stop shit getting into your shoes...

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Originally posted by ozhunter:

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Originally posted by MopaneMike:
Shorts = Gaiters

Pants = No Gaiters

Nice lion!
What gaiters do you use? Simple cotton gaiters?

Btw: Have you ever posted pictures of your trophy room?

Simple cotton work gaiters from the local Hardware shop for around $20.

Short pants = gaiters
Long pants = gaiters also for reasons posted above

YES......that simple for me. But then again, I wear shorts.

Gary
DRSS
NRA Lifer
DSC

Gaiters and shorts at all times, if it is cold I use a worshund.

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Originally posted by Colin Castelli:
Gaiters and shorts at all times, if it is cold I use a worshund.

Only one?[sausage dog] What about the other leg?

Since the thread has gone to the dogs, in South Louisiana we wear "gators".

I prefer spats. But then again, I also hunt in a derby.

Gaiters are for wussies and women.

Ski

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Originally posted by Mike70560:
Since the thread has gone to the dogs, in South Louisiana we wear "gators".

By the looks of those toes, them 'gators nibbled them a little??

I have not used them.

My wife has used them.

A scorpion took up residence in one of hers one evening.

He did not appreciate being dislodged the next morning.

Luckily, she was not stung, and I managed to kill the scorpion.

The camp staff literally blanched when they saw him.

He was pale, small and had an abbreviated stinger, hanging at full cock, as they all do, at the tip of his tail.

The worst kind, I am told.

I have made 5 trips to africa, my 6th planned for Cameroon in Feburay. My first trip was to South Africa's Limpopo country. I took a pair of Danner hunting boots that had the mesh fabric in side pannels and tongue. The little fox tail grass seeds worked their way into the boots. Drove me crazy. My PH had the lower 10" of a pair of jeans cut off with draw strings sewn in at the top. Worked for him. I bought a pair of the Boyd pull over short gaiters. Went back to Zambia's Lawongua's valley the next year. Didn't even need the gaiters. Seems that the Buf and tuskers keep that grass out of sight. Back to RSA the following year and glad I had those gaiters. I had also bought a pair of ultra lite low gaiters from REI that work well. I also recomend to wear low cut,all leather boots, with as few seams as possible. I have a pair of light weight uninselated Vasque and a pair of Courtney's. Even the fancy Russel PH boots have too many seams. I spent every sundowner doing boot maintance, pulling out those little tiny Fox tails. I wear long pants, even in Buff country. I could never get use to the thorns and stickers. Too much of a distraction when tracking Buff. I bird hunted and chased Western Roan in Senegal two years ago. I wore gaiters, but, I think I didn't need them. That part of Africa sees alot more seasonal burning that farther south. So, They don't take up that much room,so,I would suggest to pack a pair. In my experience, they are the most useful up in the Transval.

My legs after chasing leopards for three weeks, I probably should not had skipped to wear long pants..