This has probably already been done but will ask anyway.
Whats out there cheap and nasty, lightweight just slips into the backpack as back-up footwear,
A firm but soft soul.
Any ideas. dive booties, grand dads slippers..whatever.
Interested to know.
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This has probably already been done but will ask anyway.
Whats out there cheap and nasty, lightweight just slips into the backpack as back-up footwear,
A firm but soft soul.
Any ideas. dive booties, grand dads slippers..whatever.
Interested to know.
Personally i have shot plenty of deer in my heavy leather boots up close and personal, even wearing what you are talking you can still make noise, just got to watch where you step.
As back uos are you talking carrying all the time?
Hamish
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Real leather mocasins like the First Peoples would have worn in the America's, even crocs would be ok
I was more thinking a back up for to keep the leatheries dry if a wet run of weather comes through.
About to spend a bit of time in the bush and want to avoid daily wet feet in one pair of boots.
Might stop at warehouse and see what they got, hopefully something more than pink bunny rabbit slippers.
Go African, barefoot it bro , no thorns to worry about , just tuffen up
you could buy red band gum boots and cut them down just make sure you make neat cuts
Yeh... I knew some was going to tell me harden up, my feet are just too delicate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharki
Might trial something like this for extreme wet days
Rubber overboot
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U can always just gaffer tape neoprene onto normal boot. That type of setup slips , turns and sweats like....
Yeh, I know what you mean, would limit use to the wettest day only, my more successful days are after about 6 hours of pouring rain.
Very compact would push into corner of pack easy as.
Buller lace-ups were the go in my younger days
Check out Gill aero boots at burnsco
On a longer trip, esp if flying in, I take dive boots or a pr of old runner's,
used to take an old pr socks with a leather sole sown in, great for hut use.
Smooth soles like leather moccasins will see you spending lots of time on your arse.
I use gubbas around camp, they are great.Quote:
Originally Posted by trapperjohn
Don't try and stalk in them though, they have little to no grip! Trust me i've arsed over heaps of times in them :D
Read a magazine story a few years ago where the old boy made some stalking slippers from marine carpet!worked for him.
No ones mentioned crocs?
For good reason, but there is always that one guy. :yuush:Quote:
Originally Posted by blip
Yea not me I just wear jandals
Xero shoes are a bit cheaper and smaller than the vibrafeet.
1. Salomons
2. Place the ball of your foot and toes first, them gently place your heel.
3. Stand still for 5 minutes. Look around slowly, listen and smell for 5 minutes
4. If hunting in front of dog watch the dog.
5. Goto 2.
Boonies reef shoes. Not waterproof but I just have a sacrificial pair of socks. Nice and quiet and reasonably grippy. Probably need a new pair yearly but at 25 bucks who cares.
Big advantage in hunting in something like this isn't noise at full stalk(although they are quieter here too) but the much lower noise at medium moving/covering ground speeds.
What these grip like I have used dive boots before but ass up to much as they don't grip anything so ended making more noise then just wearing my normal bootsQuote:
Originally Posted by Nick-D
Have u tried the old dunlop volleys, amazing traction , soles still thin enough to "feel"
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I've never had a problem being quiet and shooting deer bush stalking with boots, But...Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick-D
These boonies with waterproof socks just take you to a whole other level of quiet. The best part is how fast you can move at near full stalk noise without expending the energy concentrating. I jogged up the hill to a roaring stag in the bush just at first light before he could quieten up last year and then shot him at 8m. It's bloody hard to break sticks as they are so soft, also you are more cautious where you place your feet so you don't hurt them on pointy bits etc. Also shot sika during summer in the tight scrub with cornflake leaves at 10m this year.
They are slippery in the muddy guts though, especially now I have worn the tread off.
These are drying after stalking sika during the week.
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I'll be stalking in them all next week on sika too.
Btw I switch to them from my boots after walking in and then back to boots for the walk out, especially if I have a load of meat on.
@hunt08 you can come round home for a visit and check them out if you want.
