Buy them in the summer before season. Leave them outside (out of the sun and weather) to get the new smell out of them. Treat them like your clothes. Put them on when you get out of the truck and take them off before you get back in. I spray them with scent away and them spray them with buck urine as a cover. Early season I usually step through a pile of cow stuff. They are everywhere inKansas.1200g insulated allow you to wear a wicking thin sock and a normal hunting sock without worry of cold toes down to about 25 degrees.