Thread: What kind of boots for NZ?

Bring one pair of each you have there and you'll be fine. Boots that fit is the most important consideration. Any high end boot with decent tread will suit the type of hunting you are likely to do in NZ.

This is like asking what's the best calibre!
But for me if I am carrying any weight then I am on my 3rd set of meindls and can't fault them. Had 2 island pros now the Dovre lows and they are the business.
If you are summer hunting with not much weight on your back then Selewas are good. Just not water proof when walking through wet tusocks for hours. Plus side being that they are not leather and dry out quickly

Originally Posted by Gkp

This is like asking what's the best calibre!

I may have only spent three weeks there but I learned enough to know that a 308 or 30-06 has never been able to kill anything more than a small rabbit. You need a 6.5XYZ to be a real hunter

Originally Posted by Joe Schmo

I may have only spent three weeks there but I learned enough to know that a 308 or 30-06 has never been able to kill anything more than a small rabbit. You need a 6.5XYZ to be a real hunter

Joe reality check - in the last month in the North Island more deer and pigs will have been shot by local hunters wearing buller short gumboots or red band short gum boots than any thing else - good enough for us

A pair of Red Bands will suit you well for most of the NI at the moment.

Really Barry??? Thats a pretty broad statement.
True for paddock hunters though I suppose

Originally Posted by Chur Bay

Really Barry??? Thats a pretty broad statement.
True for paddock hunters though I suppose

no think about it - all the local hunters in Te Urewera- Murupara- not very many will be wearing meindls or any expensive boot - they will wear what they have - the same up the coast from Opotiki and back of Gisborne -Wairoa -Wanganui- Taumaranui -Taranaki - most of those local boys cant afford $500 boots - so its red bands or bullers - and they get a lot of deer and pigs because they have access to some very good hunting areas -so no I dont believe I am to short of the mark - ya dont need in North Island to spend a weeks wages on flash

Why anyone would recommend gumboots as the best hunting boot is beyond me.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Why anyone would recommend gumboots as the best hunting boot is beyond me.

I didnt...I answered the question that was asked...honestly and truthfully.
why anyone would recommend $500 plus boots as the best hunting boot is beyond me....heavy noisy smelly plurry things that scould the crap out of my feet if worn wet or on warm day.....years of problem feet was solved the instant I changed over to ashleys as my main boot...the Sarvo synthetic hi top boots are my other pair,bought after mates gave me shit about gummies...they are great boots,but if its wet or damp,the ashleys are ideal....

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

I didnt...I answered the question that was asked...honestly and truthfully.
why anyone would recommend $500 plus boots as the best hunting boot is beyond me....heavy noisy smelly plurry things that scould the crap out of my feet if worn wet or on warm day.....years of problem feet was solved the instant I changed over to ashleys as my main boot...the Sarvo synthetic hi top boots are my other pair,bought after mates gave me shit about gummies...they are great boots,but if its wet or damp,the ashleys are ideal....

they are just not getting it Mickey Duck for South Island thar chamois snow ice crampons yes spend and get the right boot - but for Te Urewera Waioeka Taumaranui National Park Pureora Whirinaki and yes Stewart Island Bullers Ashleys all you need and you will be very happy with them

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

I didnt...I answered the question that was asked...honestly and truthfully.
why anyone would recommend $500 plus boots as the best hunting boot is beyond me....heavy noisy smelly plurry things that scould the crap out of my feet if worn wet or on warm day.....years of problem feet was solved the instant I changed over to ashleys as my main boot...the Sarvo synthetic hi top boots are my other pair,bought after mates gave me shit about gummies...they are great boots,but if its wet or damp,the ashleys are ideal....

This is the type of thread where there is no right answer. Here’s my 10 cents based on my experience. I wore out a pair of Ashley’s followed by a pair of bullers in the kawekas as a young fella. Yeah they are cheap but like anything else you get what you pay for. Cart a pack load of venison out of back ridge biv over the main range and tell me your feet are not sore. No real ankle support when carrying heavy loads. Yes good having holes in the instep and they dry quickly. No good in summer when your mate takes his boots off in the evening and they have been sweating in rubber all day !
I brought my first pair of meindls in 2007 for a South Island hunting trip. I wore them out and had them re soled. I’m on my fourth pair now. Would I ever go back to the buller express ? No friggin the way. My bullers these days live at my camp and serve as slippers in the evening. Best use for them. Will leave carrying big loads to a boot more suited.

Originally Posted by Nathan F

This is the type of thread where there is no right answer. Here’s my 10 cents based on my experience. I wore out a pair of Ashley’s followed by a pair of bullers in the kawekas as a young fella. Yeah they are cheap but like anything else you get what you pay for. Cart a pack load of venison out of back ridge biv over the main range and tell me your feet are not sore. No real ankle support when carrying heavy loads. Yes good having holes in the instep and they dry quickly. No good in summer when your mate takes his boots off in the evening and they have been sweating in rubber all day !
I brought my first pair of meindls in 2007 for a South Island hunting trip. I wore them out and had them re soled. I’m on my fourth pair now. Would I ever go back to the buller express ? No friggin the way. My bullers these days live at my camp and serve as slippers in the evening. Best use for them. Will leave carrying big loads to a boot more suited.

Same, meindl's for hunting, Ashley's for round camp and cutting wood as they have steel toe caps......just get what works for you......no right answer

just looked at the price of a pair of Ashley's. Over $200 a pair. Not particularly cheap. I could get a pair of Salewas for not much more.

Originally Posted by Chur Bay

just looked at the price of a pair of Ashley's. Over $200 a pair. Not particularly cheap. I could get a pair of Salewas for not much more.

My new ones just cost me $170, you looking in the wrong places.

I am unsure how something with the same sole as a Redband can be that great.
Love my redbands but they are my town/boat/dry weather gumboot, the soles on them are actually bloody terrible for any kind of lateral grip if it's wet I'd almost put them in the downright dangerous basket if hopping creeks etc with a pack on