Cold Weather Boots?

[Tracks]

Schnee's Hunter IIs or Muck Boots.  
Two GREAT boots, no reason to settle for less...

[wapitimike1]

Rocky snow stalker extremes. You can sit in 0 temps all day with some toe warmers.

[NoCams]

Chris,
my feet have never been a problem, I hunt most of the year even down to the teens in the mornings sometimes in a pair of goretex lined merrell hiking boots with no insulation ! Other times I wear unlined LaCrosse grange rubber boots. I wear the calf high thickest wool socks that Cabelas sells, think they are about $14 a pair.

My older boots were on their last legs this year so I bought a pair of the LaCrosse Alpha Lite 7MM thick with the side zippers that JC was bragging on. The side zippers are da bomb for easy on / off. I wanted to see how these boots hold up and if they are as warm as everyone says the neoprene Muck type boots are. I am sure they are, we will see once it gets colder. My brother has always suffered no matter what he tried, even changing to dry socks once he got on stand. He bought a pair of Muck Wood Max 5MM boots from Uncle DW's store and LOVES them !These neoprene type boots sure do feel good and seem to have more of a tennis shoe feel rather than the clubby feeling of the heavier, thicker rubber boots with 1000 or more grams of thinsulate. JMHO

nocams  

[DW]

Chris, I'm sure everyone has given you some good advice but, for me personally, JC and NoCams hit it on the head....A loose fitting, Neoprene type boot with 12-1500 grams of thinsulate or similar insulation...The best Merino wool socks you can afford and Change Socks when you hike a long ways and then plan on sitting for a while...This makes a huge difference, if you can make yourself do it....and the Last thing is a bit of Info from one of our buddies in Northern Alberta. He does not EVER wear his cold weather Boots UNLESS it is very cold and he is gonna be im-mobile for a while...He always said the more you wear them, the more the Thinsulate gets compressed and they just quit insulating as well...the way thinsulate works is by trapping warm air generated by your body....Similar to the Insulation in your Home...Where it is thinner or compressed it just doesn't work as well....All of this opinionated Info comes from a Cold Weather Sissy...ME!    

[Chris Surtees]

Don,

I was going to hit you up to go try some boots on when I come up again.

Just need something before December gets here.

Thanks for the info everyone it has been a big help.

Chris

[Jock Whisky]

For sitting in a blind or a treestand and not moving the only thing I've found that works are Sorel Glaciers. They are a Muckluck style boot with excellent liners. I've used them in temps well below 0 F and been quite comfy.
I haven't tried bunny boots.

JW

[lpcjon2]

Remember Cabelas has a great return policy for their boots.You can wear them for like a month and if you don't like them you can return them.So try a few different pairs it wont hurt.Good Luck

[kevgsp]

#1 -Remove liners if you can and let everything dry out before you wear them again.  Those felt liners in alot of boots will stay damp for days.

[Mint]

I use the 1000 gram lacrosses alpha burly with smart wool socks. When it is really cold i'll switch to mickey mouse boots or use the cabela's battery operated socks with the alphas. The battery socks are great since they are just warm and not hot like the toe warmers so your feet don't sweat.