I ride a lot in my Schnees air bob mountain hunters. Probably 95% of the cold weather hunts they work fine and you can ride without cold toes. Buy "smart wool" socks if your toes get cold, and ride on. You can hike in them just fine too, and they don't overheat you if the temp takes a turn for the better during the day. They pull in nice and tight and are probably the best "all around" boot going. Spurs fit on them well, they are slim, and they are warm, with removable thinsulate liners. On the rare times that it is damn cold, I have the Whites cowboy winter pac boots with felt liners. They too are remarkably trim for such a large boot, and they have a true cowboy heel to keep you out of trouble when riding. I really like them, but rarely wear them. I mostly wear my Whites ice fishing, they are more boot than you normally need unless you hunt in constant sub zero temps. Get both and they your are covered for anything that comes along. And don't ride with a deep foot in the stirup for any of these type boots: especially with the rubber bottoms-- if you have to bail out you might not be able to if you are riding deep stirup.
