Thread: New boots... It's time!!

I'd definitely stay away from hunters element. I got a pair to walk around pine forests chasing pheasant, they didn't even last a pheasant season before the inner liner tore through and the Achilles tendon support started rubbing.
All the advice above is excellent, just get in store and try some boots on, walk around in them in the socks you want to wear while hunting (if you have specific socks) and find the boot that feels the best.
I picked up a pair of Hanwag boots on sale for $500, at twice the cost the hunters element boot, I can honestly say they are more than twice as good. As people like to say "buy once, cry once"