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For really cold sits, I start with antiperspirant on my feet, sock liners, wool socks, and an old pair of Sorel Mavericks that are laced pretty loose.

My feet sweat. Without antiperspirant, nothing really seemed to help. Especially if I was walking a ways to the stand.

Antiperspirant spray on your feet, follwed by injinji merino wool toe liner socks followed by wool sock of your choice. Revolutionary.

I was in this camp until I tried some Darn Tough Hunter socks. Taller and very warm. New favorites.

An out of the box to heavier boots are teh NEOS insulated overboots. I hunted Saturday in tennis shoes strapped into the NEOS. Temps in the 20's and toasty feet. One thing I like about these over some other over boots is that they are easy to walk in.

The best foot warmer

In a stand I will take off my boots and wear down booties, if really cold I will put a chemical warmer by my toes. I also bring a blanket or overalls that have full side zips and put these over my regular pants. Insulated boots don't have much insulation in the foot and the sole acts like a heat sink. I add felt insoles under the foam factory ones and it helps a lot. I usually go up one size for winter boots to do this. Mouse boots will keep your feet warm to about as cold as you would want to hunt in, but they are not great for walking and I get that swamp foot feeling if hiking much. A change of socks helps with this.

The warmest socks I have tried are hand knit Alpaca, these and a liner are really good.

I had a buddy tell me once that air was a great insulator (he is a contractor). So now when I buy heavy boots, I make sure I am up a size or two so they are not tight at all.

I run cold with poor circulation in my extremities. A Dr. told me to try taking L-Arginine and if I take it regularly it does seem to improve circulation and cold tolerance. Not sure about the additional supplements in this brand but shouldn't hurt anything.

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IMO, Tight boots = cold feet.. I live in SC so we are not known for COLD weather but we do get some cold weather occasionally during season. Low twenties, some teens at times. I bought a pair of Artic Shield boot covers and tey work well for me. You must put them on before your feet start getting cold tho. I also take a piece of duck tape and tape a "Hot Hands" on the top of my boots at the toes and then put the covers on. It works really well!! YMMV

Boots with Thinsulate, 800-1000 grams and wool socks. I have some Nikkon socks that reflect heat back to your body, they have gloves too, good stuff.

Thanks for the info. Just ordered 2 pairs and hoping they are as good as you say!

Also remember if you are wearing a sock liner that has a seam that runs across the forefoot/toes and it bothers you, simply turn the sock liner inside out and wear it so the seam doesn't strike over the forefoot/toes for comfort.