RE: Whats the advantage of rubber boots?
Can't say for sure on this one. For many of my early years, I wore leather boots. I was busted plenty of times. However, I wasn't practicing any scent control other than keeping my boots outside. I've never had a deer bust my trail since wearing rubber boots, but I'm not swearing allegiance to one or the other. I like the convenience of the rubber boots, the comfort (Lacrosse Alpha Sports), and weathering ability. I wear leather boots during the late season, and in fact, I walked across my food plot and climbed into my ladder stand (wasn't really hunting, I just wanted to watch a bit), and I had deer feeding in the area where I had just walked, and they weren't picking up the scent. I'm not sure there's really a definite answer to this, because deer hunting isn't an exact science.