Hip Boots

[GBTG]

What type/brand of hip boots are best for hunting out of all day. Looking for a pair I can use to access those wetland stands and then wear all day on the stand during northern wisconsin gun season.
Thanks,
Dave

[bigwoodsmn]

See if this link works - guys talked about some various options.

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=23618&start=1

I got that convertable pair and liked them for spring scouting in up to thigh deep icy water.

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[topcamp]

i have hunted in hip boots for whitetail longer than i can remember.........eastern shore of md.........high ground.....marsh. absolute ground scent control if you keep them clean. tops are to high for scent roll out that knee boots give you. i usually go through a pair of these a year........http://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabelas-Ultimate8482-Insulated-Contour-Hip-Boot/722107.uts?Ntk=AllProducts&searchPath=%2Fcatalog%2Fsearch.cmd%3Fform_state%3DsearchForm%26N%3D0%26fsch%3Dtrue%26Ntk%3DAllProducts%26Ntt%3Dhipboots%26x%3D0%26y%3D0%26WTz_l%3DHeader%253BSearch-All%2BProducts&Ntt=hipboots&WTz_l=Header%3BSearch-All+Products .............but you will need to put them on a boot dryer for hip boots every night if you can..............even in hot weather, i still use them......easy to walk in......quietly.......climb in.........and in really cold weather ........a couple small heat packs between the socks will get you through the hunt...................

[JakeJD]

absolute ground scent control if you keep them clean.

How do you keep them clean? I am not sure what you mean. Do you hose them down before every hunt? Spray with scent killer? Or just keep them stored in a tub away from household scents and only use them for hunting?

BTW, I have a pair of the Cabela's boots that you mention, and they have my approval. Although, Cabela's never seems overly consistent with their products year to year, so I could buy a new pair this year with very different results. I assume that they constantly shop the manufacturing around to different places in China?

[Swampbuck]

I use these

http://www.basspro.com/RedHead-BoneDry- ... uct/31398/

They are not thick and warm but i would prefer to use underment layers for that

[topcamp]

jakedeaver............i really do nothing extreme keeping the boots clean..........they are used only for deer hunting............i try never to handle the bottoms with bare hands......[ i go through boxes and boxes of surgical gloves every season ]...........never fold them down to take off..........just use the heel plate to pull of the foot with the other foot .....[ never a sock ]..........when i get in the rig.........i use a contrators trash bag and just put both feet inside and drive away....................i make my own scent control and once in awhile i will spray the bottom half of the boots down............but i'm more inclined to just walk through wet weeds......marsh muck.........leaf dirt..............

when i put them on the boot dryers every night.........i handle them only with the surgical gloves............if i'm not hunting for a few days in a row........i will place a contractors trash bag over them on the boot dryer....................

you are spot on about quality control on these boots as i had to send a pair back last year............crack along the bottom heel line..........probably wouldn't have leaked but i was worried about scent more than wet feet. btw.......i have had foxes cross my path to my stand...........five minutes after i was in the air..............never had a clue i had just walked to the tree...............like i mentioned .........i never have my scent trail busted by deer because i simple don't leave one...................of course that means you are not touching foliage with what's above the boots also on the way in.

[Dewey]

topcamp,

Could you please post without all of the extra periods? Makes it very hard to read especially on mobile with the green font.

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[Thermals]

topcamp,

Could you please post without all of the extra periods? Makes it very hard to read especially on mobile with the green font.

I am with you on that

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[topcamp]

sorry about that buckarooooooooos. it's a visual way of writing on the computer to duplicate voice modulation and at this point.........i'm not using a green screen to read on. hmmmmmmmmmm.

but going back to hip boots. since i hunt with a recurve, one of the great sidebars to hunting with hip boots is that one can just slip that lower limb into the top of the left boot [ i'm right handed ] and one has a ready armed bow rest in hand.

[cdeam]

sorry about that buckarooooooooos. it's a visual way of writing on the computer to duplicate voice modulation and at this point.........i'm not using a green screen to read on. hmmmmmmmmmm.

You must be a .......... joy to talk to!
but going back to hip boots. since i hunt with a recurve, one of the great sidebars to hunting with hip boots is that one can just slip that lower limb into the top of the left boot [ i'm right handed ] and one has a ready armed bow rest in hand.

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[topcamp]

lol.......

[mheichelbech]

I have often thought they'd be great for helping to keep scent free while walking in, anyone else have experience with this?