" Hooray for warm boots! There's nothing like a toasty warm pair of boots;..............."
AMEN !!!!
Like the old saying, "Doesn't matter what you wear, if your feet are cold, your cold !
I've spent alot of money on cheap boots over the years that within a short time, weren't warm and leaked. In hindsite it was wasted.
Then I got myself a pair of Rocky Bearclaws. Warm, Goretex lined, and ballistic nylon outside to handle the brambles here. First hunt I used them on I was working my way slowly up a small stream looking for where deer cross. The banks were snow covered and too steep so I was walking in the stream bed. Felt something hitting my boots and looked down. There were chunks of ice coming downstream. That's when it dawned on me that for over 20 minutes I had been wading through water that was just below freezing point. And my feet were still dry and warm.
My feet sweat and wearing any type of rubber boots, within an hour my feet are damp and cold. With the Goretex lined boots, I had been standing in freezing water and the sweat was still being driven out through the Goretex membrain by heat vapor pressure, instead of condensing inside the boots and wicking away heat. Amazing stuff !!!!!
Those boots weren't cheap, but it's the best money I've ever spent on boots. They've held up to all my winter hunting, trap shooting, and driveway snow blowing for 14 years now.
Paul.
