This is an interesting discussion. but nobody has said how cold of temps you're talkng about! One guy said below 20F is "extreme cold"? That's mild for some hunting. How can you recommend boots or socks unless you know what temps the guy is talking about?

If you're talking, say, freezing to around 20F, any good pac boot, proper size, with good wool socks willprobably work fine. I have never found a non-pac boot that was worth considering for anythign below freezing, if you're sitting still for a long time. If you're walking, heck good sneakers with warm socks are fine. If it's 0F, and you're sitting still, you better have just about the warmest boot Cabelas makes (the Transalaska,for instance). The overboot things look pretty good too.

By the way, I probably have 8 pairs of boots ranging from uninsulated leather to arctic grade. My philosophy is: if you're feet arecold, your boots aren't warm enough, no matter what it says on the box, or what your friends say. Everyone's feet are different. I happen to have pretty cold feet and hands.