Pants tucked in/out of boots?
#11
RE: Pants tucked in/out of boots?
ORIGINAL: kenman
I am a former Marine...just doesn't feel right to have the pants untucked.
I am a former Marine...just doesn't feel right to have the pants untucked.
#12
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NH
Posts: 854
RE: Pants tucked in/out of boots?
ORIGINAL: treehunter
So do you tuck your jeans into your tennis shoes too? You jarheads...I'm just kidding. I was in the Army so I had to give you some crap.
So do you tuck your jeans into your tennis shoes too? You jarheads...I'm just kidding. I was in the Army so I had to give you some crap.
#15
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NH
Posts: 854
RE: Pants tucked in/out of boots?
ORIGINAL: huntingson
Semper Fi, I still have a bunch of boot bands from when I was inand I use those to blouse my pants. It just feels right. When were you in? We were not allowed to tuck them in our boots, had to be bloused with boot bands.
ORIGINAL: kenman
I am a former Marine...just doesn't feel right to have the pants untucked.
I am a former Marine...just doesn't feel right to have the pants untucked.
#16
RE: Pants tucked in/out of boots?
ORIGINAL: kenman
I am a former Marine...just doesn't feel right to have the pants untucked.
I am a former Marine...just doesn't feel right to have the pants untucked.
#17
RE: Pants tucked in/out of boots?
If your pants are a carbon based scent containment variety,ie.Scent-lok etc. leave the pant untucked the carbon at the boot top is supposed to adsorb the odor. If on the other hand you don't believe in these types of clothes then tuck em in to prevent some scent from escaping. Never heard of the wicking effect but in rubber boots untucked you can feeal the air moving around you leg. You could aso wear gaiters to seal it all up.
#18
Join Date: Jun 2006
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RE: Pants tucked in/out of boots?
In my opinion, every time you take a step with rubber boots, a puff of scent is pushed out the top of your boots. I wear my scentblocker pantleg over my rubber boots, this way the inside boot scent is contained.
#19
RE: Pants tucked in/out of boots?
I've been a lot like you; I've always tucked my pant legs in for scent control in case I bump against brush or when walking through tall grass. I've always played mental ping-pong with myself though when it came to untucking my pants... on one hand, I want to as I want my camo pattern to come down and conceal the last couple feet of me, but on the other, I'm afraid to untuck them after a long walk in to my stand and then I'd be allowing the sweat out easier.
I usually just leave them in.
I usually just leave them in.
#20
RE: Pants tucked in/out of boots?
I'm suprised so many tuck them in.
I've always left my pant legsout, and then secure them around my boots on the outside. It keeps the rain and dirt out of my boots. This past weekend it rained on me all day, and I had to walk over a mile through tall weeds, to get to the stand. I couldn't imagine having my pants tucked in, in those type of conditions. My feet would feel miserably wet with weeds and dirt, unless I had the "Overhang Roofing" effect, by leaving the pant, over my boots.
I've always left my pant legsout, and then secure them around my boots on the outside. It keeps the rain and dirt out of my boots. This past weekend it rained on me all day, and I had to walk over a mile through tall weeds, to get to the stand. I couldn't imagine having my pants tucked in, in those type of conditions. My feet would feel miserably wet with weeds and dirt, unless I had the "Overhang Roofing" effect, by leaving the pant, over my boots.