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Most important the shoes must be comfortable and have soft soles to let you walk quieter. Then the soles shouldn't be too soft so that every thorn will push trough it. Then the terrain vary very much troughout Africa but the higher shoes help to keep bugs and sand out. And also if you are wearing longer pants with it you dont mind the walks trough some tight bushes and thorns as your legs and ankles will be covered. Frederik Cocquyt I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good. | |||
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Another vote for Vasque. Pancho LTC, USA, RET "Participating in a gun buy-back program because you think that criminals have too many guns is like having yourself castrated because you think your neighbors have too many kids." Clint Eastwood Give me Liberty or give me Corona. | |||
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I have been looking at some Merrell hiking boots but have not decided on a pair yet. Last year I wore a pair of Timberland Goretex hiking boots and they did well. "In the worship of security we fling ourselves beneath the wheels of routine, and before we know it our lives are gone"--Sterling Hayden-- David Tenney US Operations Manager Trophy Game Safaris Southern Africa Tino and Amanda Erasmus www.tgsafari.co.za | |||
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Cabela's has the Silent Stalker. I've used them for ten years or so, including two Africa hunts. Cheap, good support, quiet. Almost like a walking shoe but with good ankle support. PH in Limpopo wanted to trade me out of them but they wouldn't fit him. JM2c... | |||
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Talk to Jim at African Sporting Creations https://www.africansportingcreations.com | |||
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I never wear boots. Any decent lightweight running or walking shoes do for me. I take two pairs. I wear one, use them on safari, and leave them for a member of the staff. And wear the other pair back. | |||
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Courtneys looks great but heavy and over rated. I have 2 pairs. Danner, Rocky etc make boots, light weight and feel like sneakers to wear. | |||
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Jim's great to deal with. I've worn Courtneys for years and they are great if you are flat footed like I am. I like to alternate boots to reduce hot spots and give them a chance to air out. My other choice are the old Russell PH hunter, but I don't think they are still available. I've hunted in Merrill's as well. Like those too, but the one's I have are a bit noisy. | |||
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My everyday wear is the Courtney Selous, so mine are well broken in. | |||
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Unlike Saeed and his feet, which he treats like stones and drags through burning sand, I feel deeply for my feet. They are important to me. If I don't treat them with respect, they let me know with sharp-edged and sharp-pointed cutting and stabbing daggers of slicing and puncturing pain. I have recently found HOKA boots. They are amazingly comfortable. They keep my feet peaceful and happy. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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I do a ton of stalking on my TX lease and I prefer a leather boot that's resistant to cactus and thorns. I use Lowa Renegade leather lined boots. You get the protection of all-leather, but without the goretex they don't get all clammy feeling. Lowa Renegade LL | |||
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Hahaha! I am told there is no feeling where there is no sense! Last summer I was in my workshop. Outside is concrete interlocking tiles. Two gentlemen, one Swedish and one Norwegian, were talking outside, wearing boots. I went out barefoot - I work in my workshop barefoot. I stood outside with them, and asked them if they would like to join me by taking their boots off. They did. Lasted about 10 seconds before both were jumping into their boots again! Bloody foreign wimps!  | |||
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I like, and have worn, Russell Safari IIs for all of my safaris since 2001. I have worn the most quiet sole, but they finally wore out on my last safari in the Luangwa Valley, so I had them resoled with the next most quiet sole. Haven’t used them yet, but they will get initiated this summer in the Valley again. I also use insert soles. | |||
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there is no one boot for all, it just depends on the terrain, and Africa like Texas has all manner of that. pick your boot by that..Tanzania is Tennis shoe country, RSA calls for mt. boots.. What works for me is cowboy boots, the newer square toe option for about any place, but not for all. Iwas raised in them on a high rimrock country South of Marathon, and another rance North of El Paso of mostly sand dunes. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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Yep. This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | |||
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This is like a style show on boots! The thing to concentrate on is use a pair that are "well broken in" for the use on safari, they will just have to last two weeks or 30 days!  Ive never had a blister while hunting?Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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Ray, Agree on well broken in boots, but depending on terrain, they may not be broken in for what you are dealing with. Wish I could say I've never developed a blister, but I can't. That's why I alternate boots, carry a blister kit and duct tape in my day pack, and take lot's of socks. Because duct tape is hard on socks. | |||
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I guess it depends on where you are hunting but would caution against the footwear suggested that is any sort of fabric, or which has a fabric tongue, or ankle padding. In many areas grass seeds will get onto the tongue or uppers and will irritate you no end and can often not really be removed again as they get between the layers. There is a reason why sock protectors / gaiters are used and the same applies to the footwear. There are a handful of canvas uppers that have a fine enough weave to not allow grass seeds to penetrate. | |||
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I thought we were all supposed to wear crocs? LOL! Courtney Selous is my boot of choice for all occasions except mountain hunting and on a flats boat... "At least once every human being should have to run for his life - to teach him that milk does not come from the supermarket, that safety does not come from policemen, and that news is not something that happens to other people." - Robert Heinlein | |||
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I had a pair of Browning green kangaroo skin boots that I really liked. They were light, felt great and looked cool with their green color. After my third Namibian safari, I literally walked the soles off both boots. After some research I found that LL Bean sells them but at $239 plus tax and shipping they were roughly double the price I paid for my original Brownings. I bit the Bullet and have enjoyed my second pair for my last 3 safaris. Jesus saves, but Moses invests | |||
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I have no idea what I was wearing back in 2007 when this thread was born, but the last few trips I wore the same Ariat Spitfire shoes I wear everyday at the farm or to town. Other than some specialized hunts you don't need a special costume to hunt Africa. | |||
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