Warm rubber boot for deer stand hunting?
#31
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Northern WI
Posts: 853
I have the same, sized a little large. I can even get a toe warmer in each if needed. For me, tight fitting boots are a ticket for cold feet. Great for stand hunting or ice fishing.
#32
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 98
I couldn't believe someone didn't mention this either. I bought a pair of those white ones a few years back, won't even bother trying anything else. Very comfortable, real rubber, easy on/off. I buy them in wide just in case I ever need a little room for extra socks, but haven't needed them. I pair of my normal white cotton socks and I haven't found any cold temps that have wanted me to head back to the house and I hunt long and hard into Jan. if I have to.
#33
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,926
Reminds me of some needed testing. Thanks!
Not hunting, but will use a new pair of rubber winter boots, not adequately tested, in some of late winter's fading cold.
Rather test them in a mile walk in a park and sitting some, than wait for the real test, on an all day cold weather hunt.
Good to find out how the aging limbs react to the boots. The boots certainly are heavier than the athletic shoes I usually wear on walks, so the weight change will come in the park, first.
Rather test them in a mile walk in a park and sitting some, than wait for the real test, on an all day cold weather hunt.
Good to find out how the aging limbs react to the boots. The boots certainly are heavier than the athletic shoes I usually wear on walks, so the weight change will come in the park, first.
#34
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,926
Passed the warm test on the insulated rubber boots,
but I also passed the walking fitness test.
When you talk insulated rubber hunting boots, mine came in with a weight. Worked good in a wet, dank, cold day, but I noticed if I was a couch potato, I wouldn't come close to making the nearly mile and a half walk.
I've been walking the general route often; in athletic hiking shoes. At some two pounds each, they do not come near the weight of the "insulated rubber hunting boots"-mine coming in at some five pounds each.
I walked on bare ground and water logged areas today. It's usually twice the effort to the walking on concrete and asphalt, when walking on dirt,brush, and pond like land.
With the extra three pounds per boot, it seemed another twice harder, to some four times harder, for the weight, at least. It'll be either pay now, or pay much later.
If you go to insulated rubber hunting boots, remember the time you need to get in some pre-season shape.
When you talk insulated rubber hunting boots, mine came in with a weight. Worked good in a wet, dank, cold day, but I noticed if I was a couch potato, I wouldn't come close to making the nearly mile and a half walk.
I've been walking the general route often; in athletic hiking shoes. At some two pounds each, they do not come near the weight of the "insulated rubber hunting boots"-mine coming in at some five pounds each.
I walked on bare ground and water logged areas today. It's usually twice the effort to the walking on concrete and asphalt, when walking on dirt,brush, and pond like land.
With the extra three pounds per boot, it seemed another twice harder, to some four times harder, for the weight, at least. It'll be either pay now, or pay much later.
If you go to insulated rubber hunting boots, remember the time you need to get in some pre-season shape.
Last edited by Valentine; 02-19-2012 at 03:30 PM.
#35
I wear Muck woody max for deer hunting and Muck arctic pro for ice fishing. All day out on a frozen lake in Vermont sitting on a bucket and the feet are always warm. A deer stand would be the same. Both Muck boots are rated for warmth. The woody max is rated -40 and the Arctic pro is -60. They are not bulky or all that heavy for a rubber boot and are way better to walk with than the laCrosse and will last much longer than the Cabelas boot. I have had them all and feel muck boots are the best.