Found out when I was young
Those boots might be pretty, but if they weren't insulated and had rubber on the bottom, they were useless in cold wet weather.
Warm weather archery
A plain pair of black uninsulated rubber boots from a major non-hunting retail store.
A pair of boots cut off from the remains of rubber fishing waders, that finally bit the dust. The shoe part seems to last forever.
The boots find double duty around the house, since they cost no where near $100.
Great for crossing small streams.
Cold Weather
Insulated rubber boots.
Backup - An old pair of sno paks that are felt inlined, with rubber bottoms and leather tops. Survived in -10 hunting weather. Toes still working many decades later.
Scouting.
I do use non insulated leather boots sometimes, especially when hiking long distances and scouting.
I spray down all the boots with homemade scent killer. Worth it since that cost is down to nothing.