How do you wear your boots?
09-22-2004, 06:58 PM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Illinois
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How do you wear your boots?
Looking at HNIJustin's pictures got me wondering about boots.
He wears his pants tucked into his boots - probably to allow heat to escape and also keep his boots quieter.
I wear my pant legs on the outside of my boots to keep the scent in.
What do you guys do and why?
He wears his pants tucked into his boots - probably to allow heat to escape and also keep his boots quieter.
I wear my pant legs on the outside of my boots to keep the scent in.
What do you guys do and why?
09-22-2004, 07:03 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Rockford Michigan USA
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RE: How do you wear your boots?
ITuck the pants in the rubber boots on the way to stand so when I brush plants any scent from my pants doesn'lt get on them. When I get in my stand I sometimes put them over incase it rains or to help any odor from coming out.
09-22-2004, 07:32 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eureka, MO
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RE: How do you wear your boots?
During early season I always tuck my pants into my socks then have everything inside my boots. Helps to keep ticks off my skin. Later season I wear my pants inside my boots and then at the stand I leave them inside because by that time the scent inside my boot is on my pantleg lol. Never have put them outside, I guess because its more comfortable.
09-22-2004, 10:28 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: How do you wear your boots?
I've found that my rubber boots are a little too bulky at the top to slide my pants over them, so I just leave them tucked into my boots. I also like to think that it helps with keeping my scent down on my way into and out of the woods when I'm brushing up against branches, twigs, etc.
While watching one of the Drury videos this past summer I noticed that the people from Scent Blocker instructed the hunters to wear their pants over their boots to trap any scent coming out of the tops. However, I don't wear any sort of odor-eliminating clothing so I don't really think that would be too effective in my case.
While watching one of the Drury videos this past summer I noticed that the people from Scent Blocker instructed the hunters to wear their pants over their boots to trap any scent coming out of the tops. However, I don't wear any sort of odor-eliminating clothing so I don't really think that would be too effective in my case.
09-23-2004, 02:24 AM
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RE: How do you wear your boots?
I have two setups for pants. Warm to moderate temps, and just plain cold. They are both scentlock. On the first, I tuck everything into my boots, and that is only for ticks. Everyone I hunt with, spring or fall, gets ticks, I'm lucky enough to get one every couple of years. When it's cold, I wear my coverall's, which don't fit in my boots. Of course, in that weather, I would think that ticks are not a problem. I'm quite convinced that the layering of clothes, and tucking into the boots is why I don't get the ticks that others do.
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