I am on my 2nd pair of rubber boots, and I think they are an absolute necessity for bowhunters... I will take someone in the woods with me without them... Maybe a lil over board, but hey... But I also spray Red Fox urine on the bottom of them right after I cross an creeks, and just before I enter the woods... This takes away any scent that may be on them... and I have yet to have a deer pickup my scent... At least that I left on the ground...