Semper Fi, I still have a bunch of boot bands from when I was inand I use those to blouse my pants. It just feels right. When were you in? We were not allowed to tuck them in our boots, had to be bloused with boot bands. As for the pants acting as a wick, who knows, but I do know that if you stay down wind or far enough above them, you will be fine.

It's all good treehugger...I tuck the jeans, you guys tuck your shirts into your tidy-whities

I always wear mine outside, don't know why. I don't think if you tuck them in they will wick. Just my opinion

Pants IN!!!!

ooh rah, Devil-Dog!! I actually wear rubber bands as blouses...but I didn't think anyone would understand what boot-blouses were. I was in 85-91...29 palms, Camp Foster in Okinawa, Camp Pendleton...

I don't know how the Marines did, but in the Army Infantry in extreme heat we unbloused our boots for circulation.

If your pants are a carbon based scent containment variety,ie.Scent-lok etc. leave the pant untucked the carbon at the boot top is supposed to adsorb the odor. If on the other hand you don't believe in these types of clothes then tuck em in to prevent some scent from escaping. Never heard of the wicking effect but in rubber boots untucked you can feeal the air moving around you leg. You could aso wear gaiters to seal it all up.

In my opinion, every time you take a step with rubber boots, a puff of scent is pushed out the top of your boots. I wear my scentblocker pantleg over my rubber boots, this way the inside boot scent is contained.

I've been a lot like you; I've always tucked my pant legs in for scent control in case I bump against brush or when walking through tall grass. I've always played mental ping-pong with myself though when it came to untucking my pants... on one hand, I want to as I want my camo pattern to come down and conceal the last couple feet of me, but on the other, I'm afraid to untuck them after a long walk in to my stand and then I'd be allowing the sweat out easier.

I usually just leave them in.

I'm suprised so many tuck them in.

I've always left my pant legsout, and then secure them around my boots on the outside. It keeps the rain and dirt out of my boots. This past weekend it rained on me all day, and I had to walk over a mile through tall weeds, to get to the stand. I couldn't imagine having my pants tucked in, in those type of conditions. My feet would feel miserably wet with weeds and dirt, unless I had the "Overhang Roofing" effect, by leaving the pant, over my boots.