So how do you guys up north keep your feet warm??
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So how do you guys up north keep your feet warm??
Just wondering how you do it! It's starting to get "cold" here and I'm always interested in a better way to keep my feet from freezing in the stand.......I use the chemical heat packs but they seem to give up after just a few hours unless I take them out of the boots and shake them up again........so......what's your secret? What kind of boots and socks do you wear???
I wear Irish Setter boots. 1000 thinsulate and Browning wick socks. Never had cold feet since. If you do a lot of walking and your feet sweat a lot carry some dry socks with you.
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Keeping feet warm
Hello Gonhunting,
wools socks (2 pairs) + rubber hunting boots with felt liners (hunting boots have to be 1 to 1½ size bigger than you normally would wear) + clean dry feet = toaster oven lil piggies
-1st pair of wool socks should be light
-2nd pair should be thick and heavy
all 100% wool or closest to 100% that you can get
(keeping in mind 100% is best)
-boots mentioned above
-clean dry feet
-after that no worries.......just hunt
wools socks (2 pairs) + rubber hunting boots with felt liners (hunting boots have to be 1 to 1½ size bigger than you normally would wear) + clean dry feet = toaster oven lil piggies
-1st pair of wool socks should be light
-2nd pair should be thick and heavy
all 100% wool or closest to 100% that you can get
(keeping in mind 100% is best)
-boots mentioned above
-clean dry feet
-after that no worries.......just hunt
A good pair of boots always helps for sure. However, a good warm hat and neck warmer is crucial too. (I wear a ski hat, ski tube, and ski gloves when it's bitter cold.) If you keep your body, neck, and head warm, your boots won't have to be rated -70 to keep your toes from going numb.
Pete
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warm feet
Sorell boots with the felt liners. Get extra liners and you can change em out daily. Also, treat the boots with snow seal.
They weigh a ton, but keep your feet toasty even in central Alaska.
Not a commercial, but there is a large boot store in downtown Fairbanks that carries them in an amazing bunch of sizes. Even my 15s.
JD
They weigh a ton, but keep your feet toasty even in central Alaska.
Not a commercial, but there is a large boot store in downtown Fairbanks that carries them in an amazing bunch of sizes. Even my 15s.
JD
The best thing for the inside of a man is the outside of a horse.
warm feet
Oh yeah, wool socks unless you are alergic. Wool pants and shirt for that matter. Retains 60% of it's thermal quality even when wet. Unlike jeans, which will kill you quick if you ever come to a really rough spot. I suspect lots of the folk who leave early via freezing in the mountains were dressed in jeans. Know of two.
JD off the pro wool soap box, and slinking away
JD off the pro wool soap box, and slinking away
The best thing for the inside of a man is the outside of a horse.
Gonehuntin I think the reason those heater deals quite workin in your boots is because it takes oxygen to run them and after awhile they use all thats in your boot up...Not sure but thats what I surmize...
If you wear loose boots or have a pair that breathes good they seem to work better..
I purchased some seal skins from the local bow shop. They are like what a scuba diver wears ( neopreme I think spelling mabey wrong) wear a light pair of wool socks under the seal skins to wick out moisture and toasty toes for me...
If you wear loose boots or have a pair that breathes good they seem to work better..
I purchased some seal skins from the local bow shop. They are like what a scuba diver wears ( neopreme I think spelling mabey wrong) wear a light pair of wool socks under the seal skins to wick out moisture and toasty toes for me...
From my days working in the far north, what I have
Sorel boots with heavy felt liners that roomy enough to move inside, such that I wear a sock liner and select either a fine, medium or heavy wool sock.
This keeps me toasty below -40C with no problem.
For steelhead fishing in winter (0C or colder), in the water from sunrise to late afternoon, what I have is 5mm neoprene stockingfoot waders instead of the boots and either else is the same, as above.
Sorel boots with heavy felt liners that roomy enough to move inside, such that I wear a sock liner and select either a fine, medium or heavy wool sock.
This keeps me toasty below -40C with no problem.
For steelhead fishing in winter (0C or colder), in the water from sunrise to late afternoon, what I have is 5mm neoprene stockingfoot waders instead of the boots and either else is the same, as above.