In fairly flat territory with little in the way of sidehilling or extremely rocky trails in the mix I would probably opt for a regular hunting boot and not one of the stiffer backpacking type boots. Not that they aren't good, they are, but for myself I have found that a regular hunting boot wears more comfortably with regular hilly woods walking and hunting.

I have a tall/wide high volume foot. Lowa has a last (the extra wide last) that matches my foot pretty well and I like the pair I own. But Irish Setter also has a last that matches my foot very well and unless I have a very specific reason for needing the Lowas I hunt in the Irish Setters.

I recommend the Black Bear. It has good traction and if you need a more aggressive tread then I'd say go with the Elk Tracker. 400 gram thinsulate ought to do nicely in your situation.

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Smellin' a lot of 'if' coming off this plan.