Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting Rubber boot survey - do you use them or not?

interesting, I have for the last 10 years or so gone with the less expensive RedHead rubber boots, a pair of non insulated and a pair of insulated for hunting hear in GA. My reply to the wind comment is that leaving scent on the trail can put it in a different position relative to the wind direction depending on how you get to your stand. The real question in my mind is do the darn things really make a difference regards scent on the ground!!!

Grizzly Bear links to the same boot I use (not exclusively), but regularly. I'm on my second pair and have been using the Maine Hunting boot since I was in my early 20's. The pair I use today has some thermal lining in the rubber portion.

and there is the question! the soles on those white soled boots don't have the same pungent rubber smell as the typical rubber boots you see...at least the ones my friend uses do not, maybe his are old...

Jimmy, my "newest" pair are about 15 years old, whatever smell they have may be noticable to the deer, but I can't smell them. However, I haven't ever put them up to my nose either!

I use LaCrosse Alpha's in pretty much all conditions. Insulated and uninsulated varieties.

CLB

Reminds me of seeing coon asses at the store coming up to hunt in Mississippi.

$300 worth of new camo and white shrimp boots.

LaCrosse
Pull ups or Lace ups
AMRA

Yup....creek crossings and swamps are common

I wear rubber boots only when I want something that is absolutely waterproof. Even then, inside moisture will eventually become an issue. I never worry about scent with any of my footware.

I wear LaCrosse Alpha Burly boots when it is cold and the plain old LaCrosse Grange when it is hot. The 800-1000gram Burly model is pretty warm for still hunting. I always spray my boots well with scent killer when I am around my hunting areas, even if I'm not hunting. I can't recall having a deer spook when crossing my trail. I believe in the scent killer stuff.

LaCrosse alphas for me as well. Although I believe one of my uninsulated pair is a set of Rocky's. They are old though, they are Advantage camo...

STX,

Built in snake protection ??

Paul.

I have used them religiously for the last fifteen years or so. I mostly bowhunt so scent control for me is paramount. The first time I had a doe group feed accross my entrance trail without smelling me made me a believer.

I wear plain old Lacrosse Grange till it snows, then 400 gram thinsulate Burlys. When I hunted a little further north I wore the Lacrosse pac boots with the replaceable liners.

I still haven't worn out my last pair of Granges in @ ten years. I just replace the foot bed liner with a new Dr. Schols liner each fall. Good product.

I usually wear LaCrosse rubber boots while walking to the stand and have seen many deer cross my trail and not act as they smelled me and then have my dogs trail me right up to the stand when the wife lets them out too early. miles

Here I am thinking, that picture shows way to much already and there you go and ask him about his snake protection...

use to have pair of snake proof boots but stop using them to hot and uncomfortable. i just pay attention to were i'm stepping when i'm out in the brush

STX....kinda reminds me of a Garth diddy: "Blame it all on my roots....I showed up in boots...and ruined your black tie affair..." you can fill in the rest. Freaking priceless and I love it!

Whoops, sorry CMG !

Paul.

there is no self respecting snake that could strike at those boots, be laughing too hard to hit one.

MUCK for last 3-4 years. love em, warm and comfy

and rattler proof


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