I know people have asked what BRAND, but what KIND of boots do you guys wear when hunting? Lace up hiking boots, or do you wear rubber boots, or does it depend on the scenario?

I'm getting new boots this year. I like the thought of rubber boots, but I can't imagine hiking very far in those a all.

95% of the time I use 6" rubber boots. Could walk in them all day, easy on, easy off, and obviously waterproof. Spent $40 this year on a pair from Academy and seem to be holding up as well as the more expensive Irish Setter pair I had before. Break out the lace-up insulated boots on the few days it's fairly cold.

I wear a pair of knee-high uninsulated rubber LaCrosse boots most of the season. Unless it's really cold then I wear a pair of 2000gm Irish Setters.

Warmer: cheap non-insulated light duty knee-high neoprene boots from Academy

Cold: Muck Woody Max insulated heavy duty knee-high neoprene boots

Recently added a pair of Irish Setter VaprTrek lace up boots for scouting and archery season

Burly classics til it gets real cold then im not sure what ill wear this year

I don't wear rubber boots because they make my feet sweat because they can't breath. I like a zip up boot that you can slide on and off easily. I put my liner sock on and wear it until i get to the tree, slip my boot off and add my wool socks, when its cold enough to warrant wool socks. I have some Cabela Pinnacle's. They quit making them.

When the snakes are still crawling, Lacrosse rubber snakeboots. After they stop crawling, insulated Lacrosse rubber boots. I hunt areas that has a good bit of water. I can walk miles in them with no problems. If I didn't hunt wet areas, I would wear lace up boots.

Pretty much anything made by Danner will make you smile..

I guess I need to figure out what I will be hunting most. I know nothing about public land around Birmingham. I'm staying on my lease from last year, which has a stream running through the middle of it. I had to cross it most days I hunted. My worry is that I have to hike a long way after that stream. I feel like rubber boots would make my feet sweat so much.

Danner Will make you smile. I hate rubber because you can't get out of the tree stand and go scouting for a better place to hunt without getting swampfeet. Danners are light comfortable worth the price.

I wear my snake boots when it is warm and my muck boots when it is cold.

For as long as I remember (probably the past 25 years) I've worn rubber boots. Two or three years ago I decided to get a pair of lightweight leather boots again, so I bought some Danners (I bought the High Ground). I do still keep a pair of rubber boots, but nowadays I'm probably 70/30 leather to rubber.

My Lacrosse AlphaBurly 1000's (I think, maybe 1200) have served me well for 5 or 6 years now. Very comfortable, very warm with a single pair of good socks, even down into single digits and low teens. Yet, somehow, not excessively hot when the weather warms up into the 50's. Only negative I've found is they are a little heavy. If it's any warmer than that, I wear my snake boots - Lacrosse pull-ons. I think they're called "Lacrosse Adders" or something like that. They've started leaking a small amount but it took 3 or 4 years for the leak to develop.

Mix of Rubber and Lace Up. Rubber is good for scent control if you only wear them in the woods. If you pump gas in them it doesn't matter.

I usually do 1200 Rubber Boots when cold on the stand. Danner Elk hunters when walking or mild.

I don't wear any of my hunting boots until I start walking to the stand.

Rocky lace up snake boots while Mr no shoulders is out and about. Lacrosse rubber boots after that.

I've started wearing 1600g boots when it gets cold. Yes they look ridiculous and yes they're heavy but no, my feet don't get cold any more. I have the Lacrosse.
I'll probably wear snake boots for bow season. Just got em and they're comfortable and lightweight.

rubber 365. I adjust socks for warmth, and gaiters for snakebites

first decide if you can even wear slipon boots all day. I know they wear my ankle out where the heel rubs. so for me laceup boots are more comfortable.

If you have blister-rubbing issues then the boots are the wrong size.

You can alleviate that by either getting the right size or by possibly adding insoles (like Dr. Sholes) to make the fit tighter and possibly negate the rubbing. I had to do this with some that are a size larger than I need and it works. I use the SofSole insoles on top of a regular over-the-counter brand and it's just enough with my socks to make things better.

Lacrosse Coil Zip-up #425625....waterproof, snakeproof, briarproof, lightweight, barbwire resistant, athletic sole instead of boot lug, AND discontinued. If you look around you can still find them for around $150.

I hunt t in my danner snake boots all year long. Dry, comfortble, and plenty warm with good socks.

Rocky lace up for long walks in mountains and Lacrosse 16" for bottom land and walk in. But mostly a pair of slip on pac style with heavy wool liners because I only have walk a couple hundred yards in gun hunts.

Early season when its still warm, Irish Setter VaprTrek snake boots. Cold late season, Muck Woody Max. Always wear Merino wool sock. Cold or hot.

Muck Artic Pro for me. And no problems walking a long way in them either.

Mucks

merrell hikers - upland
danner pronghorn insulated - cold weather

muck - swamps

I'm not much on lace ups anymore, but I picked up (I've been wanting) a fine pair of Danners (reg 200+) for 89.99

Here in Alabama I wear Danner and Lacrosse snake boots but am actively looking for a lighter boot to wear in the mountains in the fall.

Lacrosse Aeroheads, light and comfortable.

I have a good friend that worked in the woodlands division of St. Joe Paper Co. in NW Fl for about 20 years until St. Joe dissolved. He cruised or painted lines all the dang time. He wore cheap Wal Mart tennis shoes every day.

60 + degrees I wear lace up snake boots by Irish Setter.

Under 60 degrees it depends on the amount of water in the area I will be hunting. May be Lacrosse rubber boots or could be Danner lace ups.

Danner and Lacrosse

Danner very comfy and warm boots!

LaCrosse Burly Classics when bowhunting or stand hunting. LaCrosse leather wellingtons when cooped up in the shooting house with the boom stick.

I will NEVER own another pair of rocky boots. The past 3 pairs I have had every one the sole peeled off in chunks.

Barefoot like god made me

Mucks if I know I will be in water. well greased 16 inch beans with rubber bottoms otherwise. Insulated hiking boots if I am sitting in a box.