I usually can get away with a pair of insulated rubber boots and woolies.When it gets a bit colder i switch to helly hanson gear which is every oil patchers best friend . If i am hunting when its cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey i bring out the big baffin steel toes. These babies keep your feet roasting all day but they are awkward as hell. The steel toe in these boots do not seem to make my feet cold.