I am planning a trip to montana, wyoming or northdakota at the end of the year. I am needing some good warm hunting boots and need help on what brands are good. I am curious as to what gram of insulation i may need in teen or 20's weather with possible snow. thanks for all your help in advance!
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Buckmaster, It depends on your planned hunting style. If you're doing a lot of walking, a good insulated leather boot like Danner, Meindl or Kennetrek and many others will work well. You generate heat and circulation when you hunt on the move, so the ability to maintain heat when inactive is not as important. Often, the best boots for hours on stand are not the easiest to walk or climb in. If stand hunting in the cold, a good pac boot is hard to beat for retaining as much heat as you can.
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Are you sitting or walking? That will dictate your thermal needs.
If I'm late season walking/hiking 400gram Danner Pronghorns is generally more than enough. I have a pair of Irish Setters with 800gram boots that I wear when I ice fish.
I use those Gore-Tex gaiters to keep the snow out.
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I will be coyote calling. Not too familiar with the terrain we will be calling in but i do know we will be setting up to 20 or 25 minutes at a time after we hike in. just hope i don't get too warm of boots that my feet get hot and sweat when walking in, and then get cold while we call!
"It is allways better to keep your mouth shut and have people think you are stupid than to open it and prove them right."
I found that you can get buy with less boot if you throw a foot warmer into each boot. If your going to be sitting around waiting for a yote you'll need warmer boots. If there is snow gaiters are a big help.
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Originally posted by Biebs: Buckmaster, It depends on your planned hunting style. If you're doing a lot of walking, a good insulated leather boot like Danner, Meindl or Kennetrek and many others will work well. You generate heat and circulation when you hunt on the move, so the ability to maintain heat when inactive is not as important. Often, the best boots for hours on stand are not the easiest to walk or climb in. If stand hunting in the cold, a good pac boot is hard to beat for retaining as much heat as you can.
bckmastr, this is good advice from Biebs. As an aside, a really important part for me is wearnig a sock liner that allows moisture to wick through and into your heavier socks. I have had to walk a long way to a hutning location (stand or otherwise) where I would then sit in the REALLY cold weather for a long sit. A key to my feet not getting really froze was to have some sock liners and good socks. I used a thin polypropolene sock liner from Cabela's topped with a Columbia or Smartwool heavy sock. A sock liner made the difference for me--I'll try and post a link to some quick intel....
Originally posted by 375LVR: I have become a big fan of Kenetrek boots. In particular the "Mountain extremes" Very little break in required. http://www.kenetrek.com/
+! on the Kenetrek. I'm on my 3rd year of the mountain extreme 400's. Best money I've ever spent on hunting necessities aside from my guns.
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