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08-27-2013, 06:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 56
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Boots
What kind of boots do you guys wear while bow hunting. I'm in the market for a new set of good boots. They will only be used during bow season as I have another set for colder weather and muck boots.
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08-27-2013, 07:01 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,267
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Rocky bruins. 400 grams thinsulate
Lightweight, waterproof, good traction/support. Love 'em.
Got them at bass pro a few years ago. I tried on many though as the ones I liked best at first fit poor and were too expensive. Comfort is so important.
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08-27-2013, 07:06 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Olds
Posts: 59
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I usually just use my old(er) work boots
Red Wings with thinsulate and some heavy socks are you're good for winter, minus camo though.
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08-27-2013, 07:23 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Sherwood Park
Posts: 165
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Under Armour Speed Freaks...super light and tonnes of ankle support.
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08-27-2013, 08:48 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 1,022
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Best boots/ anything I've ever put on my feet is my elk hunters (600g thinsulate) by redwing boots.
At WSS and Cabelas they are around $300, go to the redwing shoe store and they're 30% off that price.
Warm enough for those chillier fall days, but not too warm that its unbearable.
Also, they're goretex, walked through a mad swamp last year and they were bone dry.
I tried on a pair of rockys and a few others and none of them were ven close to as comfortable, supportive or light.
Do yourself a favour and try a pair on, you'll buy love em too.
Schian
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08-27-2013, 08:56 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 56
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I was looking into the elk hunters from Irish setter. I am going to have to go to the redwing store and try a set on, My work boots are also red wings and am very happy with the quailty and comfort.
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08-27-2013, 09:26 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Calgary
Posts: 51
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I run around in the UA speed freaks. Love the way they feel. Light, good support, feel like a trail runner. When the season gets later or if I am in the tree stand Muck boots all the way. You feel like you are in crocks and no matter how much you may hate crocs, damn it! They are comfortable.
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08-28-2013, 10:42 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 532
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Classic Boggs dry, warm, light and quite= Prefect IMO
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08-28-2013, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: whitecourt
Posts: 1,293
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I wear muck boots until its too cold. From spring bear season to some time in November. Then I wear some insulated Danners. That's about 50 to 80 days in the field, including summer scouting. They last way better than any other boot I have had over the last 25 years.
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08-28-2013, 01:35 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Wainwright
Posts: 4,499
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Cabaelas have some awesome Bow hunting boots both for early and late seasons...ultra lite and comfortable..like hiking boots
Neil
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08-28-2013, 01:45 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Beaumont
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Quote:
Originally Posted by schian
Best boots/ anything I've ever put on my feet is my elk hunters (600g thinsulate) by redwing boots.
At WSS and Cabelas they are around $300, go to the redwing shoe store and they're 30% off that price.
Warm enough for those chillier fall days, but not too warm that its unbearable.
Also, they're goretex, walked through a mad swamp last year and they were bone dry.
I tried on a pair of rockys and a few others and none of them were ven close to as comfortable, supportive or light.
Do yourself a favour and try a pair on, you'll buy love em too.
Schian
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X1000 Awesome boots. I wear mine all season.
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The kill is the satisfying, indeed essential, conclusion to a successful hunt. But, I take no pleasure in the act itself. One does not hunt in order to kill, but kills in order to have hunted. Then why do I hunt? I hunt for the same reason my well-fed cat hunts...because I must, because it is in the blood, because I am the decendent of a thousand generations of hunters. I hunt because I am a hunter.- Finn Aagard
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08-28-2013, 08:42 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 816
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UA speed freaks, awesome boots!
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08-28-2013, 09:01 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 20
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I'm with "StickFlicker". Bass Pro - Rocky Bruins. I absolutely love them! To warn you, I bought them on line and followed BassPro's measuring instructions to the "T" but the boots were on the small size. I measured my feet with very heavy winter socks over a light pair. They are tight with that combo but fit perfectly with one pair of light socks. I kept them, because I loved them but will order one size up next time.
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08-29-2013, 12:41 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 357
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I use my flat footed Converse Chuck Taylors until I put the stalk on and then it it's socks only. I spend most of the 3 months after hunting season pulling cactus out of my feet and knees.
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