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turkeyscratch
| | Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2002 - 1:08 pm: | |
Some of you mountain hunters clue me in on the type of boot soles you prefer for walking the hills. Although I do most of my hunting in the eastern half of the state I do have a good bit of land I hunt in Bath. I have several pairs of boots but I don't feel I've found the right ones yet. I seem to spend a lot of time sliding backwards on the leaves. It adds up to a lot of wasted energy. Anyone have any input? |
GN
| | Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2002 - 5:50 pm: | |
In flatland (I mean NO hills) I use Rocky knee-high gore-tex snake boots. In Appalachia hills and mountains I use Danner cross-hiker soles, uninsulated gore-tex...you realy have to search to find these boots and I think Danner actualy stopped making them. I bought a couple of pairs when they got so hard to find and have a new one on the closet shelf when this pair(my third ) goes out..becasue I grouse hunt and bird hunt i n them I do well to get a couple of years out of these. The bean 10 inch gore-tex bird hunting boot also has a low heel , which I vastly prefer over the wide and high heeled aggressive- soled boots that Danner and a lot of others sell in most "hunting" models. If you contour or sidehill walk much that low, narrow heel is far betterthan a wide, high heel. I have bad knees ...low narrow heels really rduce the pressureon them in steep terrain. I use uninulated because walk a lot and have never had cold feet turkey hunting. |
turkeyscratch
| | Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2002 - 8:33 am: | |
Thanks GN, that's the kind of info I was hoping for. I have plenty of footwear, all the way from pak boots I wore while living in CO. to camoed sneakers I actually wear at times in the spring, but I've never felt I had the right kind of tread for walking (or slipping around) on those leaves in the mts. Your info on heels is helpful too, sometimes by the end of the day I feel like I'm walking on wooden pegs from the knees down, I've never really thought about the heel aspect. Thanks again.
Anyone else? I need all the help I can get, I'm a flatlander by birth, verticaly challenged. |
GN
| | Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2002 - 10:13 am: | |
The cross-hiker sole or similar treds have low , round,rubber hobnial- type clets in the middle of the sole and 3/8 @ in high cleats on the sides ofthe foot...30-40 years ago I wore beans rubber bottomed booots with little tread and fell all the way up and down half of appalachia. I do not think the flat (non cleated) soles work at all n in the moiuntains. |
HODY
| | Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2002 - 11:12 am: | |
Rocky makes an uninsulated Turkey boot also (not the high snake boot) and it is really good for traction and is light weight.
GN I want a pair of the high snake boots are you saying that they are not good for climbing in the mountains??? |
GN
| | Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2002 - 6:16 pm: | |
Hody, they are a bit heavier than the shorter boot(9")I was referring to earlier. My rocky snake boots are the real gore-tex ones and in steep terrain they are a little too stiff abovethe ankle(thus chaf a bit ) in my climbing experiences with them in steep terrain. You know, I have about put snakes out of my mind during turkey season in appalachia as I have never seen a poionous one, personally, at that time of year. So unless I had a creek crossing reason to be wearing them I would not use the snake boots in the mountains in the spring because of the added weight factor alone. 2 cents. I use the snake boots when spring hunting if I am in the south in Fla, South Ga, and Alabama though because I KNOW the snakes are a factor there(and also use them in Texas). |
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