Don’t forget the boot dryers either. What is a warm boot on day one will be a cold boot on day two if you don’t dry them out over night or change out the felt liner every day. When I was walking in a long ways, I liked my uninsulated Danner Grouse boots with one Smartwool sock and then an over boot set out of my pack with even one of those chemical hand warmer packets in each over boot when I got to my stand.

My other auto is a .45

The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory