I got rubber boots w/800 thinsulate from the wife for Christmas from Cabelas. I wear a 10 to 10.5 so she got the ten. Christmas AM I try them on and boy they fit snug but comfortable. So snug I could not get them off. I was in a chair pulling while the father-in-law was pulling the opposite way and at one point the wife had him by the waist, should have seen it as I am still laughing! Not knowing I took their advice and sent back for an 11. My buddy built a homemade boot puller. Just a 1x8 about 16 inches long with a cut out he traced from his boot and a 4 inch piece of 2x4 screwed to the underside of the board. Put the heel in the notch and stand on the board with the other foot and slides out nice. I should have kept the 10 because now my size 11's are a bit to loose in the heel and I will probably silently replace them with a size 10. Can't hurt the wifes feelings you know. But I still need the boot puller to get them off. He says after about 2 dozen times slideing them off with the puller I won't need it anymore. I've seen deer in the off season walk right across my path.