Boots - are we doing it wrong

[ih8hunting]

How do you propose to support your feet and ankles when carrying out half an elk over uneven and steep terrain without supportive footwear?

Cut the bs-
You can't carry a 1200 lb. elk regardless
you can only adjust to carrying half an elk because it's about the same size as your mother
since I am much wiser- here is my advice to a novice such as yourself.
1. use a scalpel
2. cut the cape, starting at the leg
3. muscles
4. head

if you can't carry meat and a head that's almost as empty as yours- then I'd retire hunting and go into ballet.

 

[ScreamingPotato]

Cut the bs-
You can't carry a 1200 lb. elk regardless
you can only adjust to carrying half an elk because it's about the same size as your mother
since I am much wiser- here is my advice to a novice such as yourself.
1. use a scalpel
2. cut the cape, starting at the leg
3. muscles
4. head

if you can't carry meat and a head that's almost as empty as yours- then I'd retire hunting and go into ballet.

Wow

 

[Geewhiz]

Cut the bs-
You can't carry a 1200 lb. elk regardless
you can only adjust to carrying half an elk because it's about the same size as your mother
since I am much wiser- here is my advice to a novice such as yourself.
1. use a scalpel
2. cut the cape, starting at the leg
3. muscles
4. head

if you can't carry meat and a head that's almost as empty as yours- then I'd retire hunting and go into ballet.

Bad day??

 

[WaWox]

I do love the pro boots argument along the lines of "people at this job would laugh at you if you were to show up with lightweight shoes". If the people in that profession *laugh* at the thought of trying something different, then by definition almost, they havent tried anything new. And without experimenting with something new you can stay arbitrarily wrong for arbitrarily long.

We laughed at washing hands in medicine, we laughed at small calibers for big game, and we laughed at minimal trail runners. Without experimenting you simply dont know what would be better.

Note, not disputing the need of a firefighter to wear ultra protective boots that protect against burns, nails or rebar poking through, etc. Steel capped boots have probably saved a lot of feet across a lot of industries. Keep wearing those -- but give minimal shoes a try in the mountains.

And to the goat argument... I have goats. I trim their hooves. Their nails softer than my toe nails, just thicker, and their hooves are incredibly articulate and flexible. Each toehoof can move independently and with huge range of motion. Thats how they climb -- and thats why i need flexible boots on bad terrain, i need to feel the little crevices and little cracks to balance and climb