Re: Hunting Boots
[Re: GROUSEWIT]
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07/19/18 09:58 PM
07/19/18 09:58 PM
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Posts: 20,122 SEPA
Lugnut
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trapper
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Posts: 20,122
SEPA
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Red wing irish setter ELK TRACKERS! I don't know when you bought your last pair of those but they have been made in China for at least the last eight to ten years and the quality has really gone downhill. My last pair, and I do mean my last pair, leaked like a couple of sieves right out of the box. They are supposed to be waterproof but my feet would get soaked walking through grass wet with dew!
Eh...wot?
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Re: Hunting Boots
[Re: Wolf]
#6282975
07/20/18 10:09 AM
07/20/18 10:09 AM
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Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 4,830 sw iowa
Outlaw99
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trapper
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sw iowa
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I’ve settled on crispi gtx hunters, most comfortable out of the box boots I’ve ever owned. Very little break in time. Like everything else in the world, with boots, you get what you pay for IMO
Not everyone likes me, but not everyone matters
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Re: Hunting Boots
[Re: deerdragger]
#6282993
07/20/18 10:24 AM
07/20/18 10:24 AM
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Posts: 302 Wyoming
Hobbs
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trapper
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Posts: 302
Wyoming
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^^This, I elk hunt every year. I put an average of 15 miles a day in these boots, they have held up well and feel great. On the same note, I recommend trying on as many different styles as you can and pacing around in them. What fits my foot may not be the best for yours.
It's a trappers life for me
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Re: Hunting Boots
[Re: Wolf]
#6283013
07/20/18 11:09 AM
07/20/18 11:09 AM
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Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 143 Warsaw, Ohio
Goshachgunk
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trapper
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Posts: 143
Warsaw, Ohio
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I wore my redwing elk trackers once on an elk hunt I wouldn't do it again. I would go with kenetrek, crispi, hanwag, lowa, or even danner
Member of OSTA, NRA,RMEF
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Re: Hunting Boots
[Re: Wolf]
#6283343
07/20/18 09:07 PM
07/20/18 09:07 PM
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Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 3,118 7mtns of CENTRAL PA
GROUSEWIT
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 3,118
7mtns of CENTRAL PA
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Lugnut, Bought last spring hiked up and down mtn for 147 miles with min 30# in backpack to get in shape. Hunted elk in CO in oct, turkey and small game, bear and deer in NY an PA in nov an dec then trapped mid dec till mid feb. And still no problems with them.
NRALIFER,PRPA LIFER,HUNTER,FURTAKER
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Re: Hunting Boots
[Re: GROUSEWIT]
#6283356
07/20/18 09:17 PM
07/20/18 09:17 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 20,122 SEPA
Lugnut
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trapper
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No leaking?
I like mine except for that. Had them about eight years now and still wear them (treated regularly with Sno-Seal) when I'm not expecting wet conditions. Maybe I just got a bad pair?
Eh...wot?
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Re: Hunting Boots
[Re: Tactical.20]
#6283421
07/20/18 10:36 PM
07/20/18 10:36 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 20,122 SEPA
Lugnut
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trapper
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The Elk Trackers have a Gore Tex bootie and are advertised as waterproof. Like I said above, mine leaked from Day One.
Eh...wot?
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Re: Hunting Boots
[Re: Wolf]
#6283476
07/21/18 12:32 AM
07/21/18 12:32 AM
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Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 2,672 Ohio
Willy Firewood
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trapper
Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 2,672
Ohio
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Long ago, had a very expensive pair of Meindl boots. They were horribly uncomfortable, soaked up water and doubled their weight, and nearly impossible to dry out.
FRAC LIVES MATTER
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