the others are right...im always in rubber boots. the spring time dew is a killer...learned that lesson yearrrs ago...spent many days cold and shivering too bad to run a call half decintly because my legs were absolutely soaked...

and i always seem to be crossing a creek...

last year i had 2 longbeards goin nuts opening morning...only, they couldnt see my decoy and me and them both knew at the distance, they SHOULD have seen it...i went in well before sound off time because i knew they were there..setup right around 50-60yds away..decoy between us in the open...did a little tree call and a fly down..they went nuts...but never came down. i knew they thought they should seen the hen..sure enough i put the decoy right behind a big ole shrub [:@] they eventually flew down across the creek...not just any creek...this thing is decint sized and big. found a spot i knew didnt have any holes that would swallow me, and knew it hard a rock bottom, not mud...i swam it...rubber boots just held more water than regular boots lol....never seen or heard them again but, that wasnt the first time i "did what i had to do" and wont be the last...i can still hear them laughing "that idiot swam across that freezing cold creek!!"