Which Hard-core hunting boots for you ?

[cloverphil]

I picked "other" which isn't an option, I wear army surplus combat boots and a warm pair of wool socks

[bigwhiteys]

There are a few hundred miles on my Hanwags now over the last 3 years and this will be probably be my last season out of them. I'll buy a new pair and use these ones for training in. They've held up really well through scree, shale, boulders, creeks, clearcuts, mud etc... My feet have always stayed dry. I've used Obenaufs heavy duty LP wax on them and the leather is still in great shape. There are a few spots on the rand and where the leather meets the rand that have been knicked/gouged from shale/scree and the soles have lost more than 50% of the tread.

Kenetrekk, Schnees, Lowa are some other brands on my radar should another pair of Trapper Tops be hard to find.

I think some kind of spring assist would be awesome for a mountaineering boot.

Carl

[BCrams]

Went with Diottos this time but have not yet broken them in.

SSS

That might prove interesting!!


I have used the following boots extensively for hunting and working in the mountains and bush (I can't even put a number on the miles I put on these things):

Hanwags: Trapper Top GTX, Yukons, and Alaska Top GTX

Lowa Hunter Extreme GTX and Schnees Sheep Hunters (there is no real difference between the two boots as the Schnees Sheep Hunters are made by Lowa as well ..... the only difference I could distinquish was the stiching 2 rows vs 3 rows and the Schnees brand on the leather )

Meindle Canada Pro (worst boot I have ever used)

I would use all of the above without hesitation except the Meindle Canada Pro's. The Yukons did not have a gortex layer and they were more or less my every day boot and dry weather hiking.

[GoatGuy]

Probably just buy another pair of scarpas. They work.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

If you have a narrow sz 10 foot, I could lend some plastic shell boots to try out, with crampons.

Thanks for the offer....but my feet are size 12's.

We'll probably pack our crampons around again "just in case".

SSS

[BCrams]

We'll probably pack our crampons around again "just in case".

SSS

Going to prove its weight in gold!

[S.T.Roker]

I just bought a pair of All leather Asolo TPS 535. I hope they work out. Time will tell.

[Gino]

Danners are the way to go. I bought a pair 11 years ago. Thought i was nuts at what i paid. Put them on and went on my goat hunt. No break in required, I look after them and still going strong.

[demlake]

I'm wearing Asolo's now too.

They were the boot that fit the best of the ones I could find in PG. 250 bucks. And if there'd been a pair that were more expensive and felt better, I'd have probably bought them.

You can read a thousand threads, and get different opinions on every different boot.

What it came down to for me was fit first and foremost, then quality of construction, thickness of leather, and fewest number of seams.

Go try on as many pairs as you can. Then narrow it down, and if you can, check the net for info on your choices, then buy.

I had a pair of Merrell Grand Traverse IIs before these, and they were great. Fit perfectly, excellent ankle support, took all sorts of abuse, and lasted 6 years. Of course, they don't make them anymore.