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Do you walk a long way to your stand and get sweaty feet and then they get cold or do you hop off your 4 wheeler right into your stand?

Come 7:00 most evenings I watch that Mountain Man show on TV and the two guys who they feature from Alaska, Marty and Morgan, are both wearing those white military Bunny Boots. That tells me something about cold weather footwear. Smart Wool socks, drying the boots out every night and good boots have done it for me.

I ride a quad to my stand which is only 1/4 mile from the house, but up a big hill. I don't work up a sweat on the quad. I have my mother's sweaty feet and my father's cold feet. A bad combination!

Regarding Windfall's comment, those boots were used in Korea, I think, and were called Mickey Mouse boots. My feet would sweat like mad in those all-rubber boots. One would think we have better technology by now. Also - those guys aren't sitting in a stand.

I carry a small fleece blanket in my pack and wrap my feet with it. Battery socks didn't work for me. If it gets really cold justI sit in one of my box stands, most have buddy heaters in them.

Try using one size larger boots if possible.

The antiperspirant thing might give you some relief,find and use some with no scent.

Same here about the fleece blanket

I have neuropathy issues with my feet which can sometimes feel cold to the touch in July. A lot of the go to methods of sock materials and layering along with good boots don't always work. I'm a die hard ice fisherman as well. At the first onset of my feet getting cold I insert a pair of these and am usually good to go for the duration of my activity.

https://www.amazon.com/Grabber-FWMLES-Foot-Warmers-pair/dp/B0002EET42

I don’t change boots in the woods or carry in blankets, electric socks, chemical heaters or anything else. Too much, when I have to start doing that I’m done.

For now I use Cabelas Meindl Ultralight Hunters, 800 mg. Thinsulate and Irish Setter Elk Trackers 1000 gr. Thinsulate on alternate days. Smart Wool undersock and a medium weight wool oversock. Even after just sitting all day socks and the lining of boots may actually be wet (or damp) and one will have cold feet in an hour the next morning if wearing the same socks and boots as the day before. Silly to start the day in 20* temps without completely dry boots and socks.
If I’m sitting I wiggle my toes on the half hour to prevent them from getting cold, much more effective than wiggling toes after they’re frozen.

One’s feet will inevitably get cold, perfect opportunity for an hour long, midday still hunt to warm them up before heading back to the stand.

No matter what, cold feet are a given when sitting on a mountain in December.

I use bunny boots when it's about 10 degrees or lower other than that it's just toe warmers in icemans on stand. Battery operated ones work good for my father but they are the newer generation.

Our drill instructor made us do knee bends if anyone complained of being cold.

Our coach made us do squat thrusts all period for not bringing back a report card the next day.

I wear Baffin boots when it's cold out, I haven't found anything warmer

When it gets really cold I use Mickey Mouse boots.

Clunky as hell, but warm.

I watched a show a long time ago and they said take off your boots and put those chemical foot warmers in just the boot blankets with wool socks . said it took care of cold feet for him and he was in Canada.

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All good ideas, but I was looking for reviews on electric foot warmers. I will buy some of those chemical foot warmer insoles. I have tried toe warmers, but they are not enough when my whole foot is cold.

I might be able to get away with smaller boots that fit inside the boot covers I bought last year. I need smaller feet!

Even the Army knows they suck. This from a guy who had to carry them in his ruck in the winter - no one ever wore them, but Danners were real popular.

Put the “hot hand” chem heater on your ankle if your entire foot is cold.

If your feet are that sweaty, you may want to carry a pair of socks to put on at or near the stand. Under Armour had a nice cold gear sock that i like to use in long walks in. When i get there, i change into a pair of the cabelas merino wader socks. I wear 800gram rubber boots. The under armour socks i am talking about are all black with a gold colored UA logo, I have had them for a long time and they may not still make them. Unless they have cheapened them, the cabelas merino wader socks are top notch.

Buy a $7.oo pair of poly pro SOCK LINERS and a QUALITY pair of Smartwool socks. Your troubles will be over...

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