Boots for Texas

[Terrapin]

You might want to do some research on chigger bite prevention. I have had some buddies that have had their trips nearly ruined by the chiggers. I don't have any first hand experience because at the mere mention of rattle snakes I crawled up on my desk and started whimpering like a little girl.

 

[sab]

You might want to do some research on chigger bite prevention.

Just spray your clothes with Permethrin, or go old school and fill a sock with sulfur and smack it against your clothes.

 

[Corbo74]

Are chiggers real bad there?

 

[jm1607]

I'm probably going to go with 17' snake boots

Those are some tall snake boots!!

 

[cuerro viejo]

Don't forget the thermacell especially if on the coast or east Texas.


What part of texas are you hunting?

 

[Corbo74]

Closer to the center what size do you think a good snake boot should be

 

[Jtelarkin08]

I wear tennis shoes half of the time LOL

 

[jm1607]

Don't forget the thermacell especially if on the coast or east Texas.


What part of texas are you hunting?

X2, forgot to mention that.. Get the Earth scented refills too..

Really only works when you sit still though, if your stalking just keep it in your pack..

 

[Jtelarkin08]

Man yall are making Texas sound awful.. I dont ever use a thermocell and dont own a pair of snake boots.. Yall are way over thinking it.. We dont rough much down here.. If your going to a ranch hunting then you probably wont walk far so no need for ankle support LOL

 

[boom]

spot and stalk..or are you getting dropped off at a tripod stand, near a corn flinger.
big diff..both fun as hell!!

none of the ranches i hunt near ulvalde require any special boots.

 

[gelton]

Lived here all my life and never used snake boots and as long as you are in the center of the state or in west Texas mosquitos shouldn't be an issue either...too dry. Ankle support is an issue though because of all the limestone rocks everywhere. Any quality hunting boot will do.

 

[Corbo74]

It's a spot and stalk DIY hunt my friends owns a couple hundred acres I'm just going to go there

 

[Jtelarkin08]

It's a spot and stalk DIY hunt my friends owns a couple hundred acres I'm just going to go there

Two hundred acres isnt much to spot and stalk.. Better put some corn out lol

 

[cuerro viejo]

Man yall are making Texas sound awful.. I dont ever use a thermocell and dont own a pair of snake boots.. Yall are way over thinking it.. We dont rough much down here.. If your going to a ranch hunting then you probably wont walk far so no need for ankle support LOL

Prickly pear spines in your ankles sux, especially after dark.

As far as thermocell that's regional. East TX, your screwed with out one before Xmas. Actually any where east of 35. Hunt the coast and coastal plains with out one your screwed spring through late fall.

high plains your good with out one, west Texas your good with out one, south Texas as long as your inland your good with out, hill country just depends on seasonal rain fall.

 

[cuerro viejo]

Just spray your clothes with Permethrin, or go old school and fill a sock with sulfur and smack it against your clothes.

Hill country back east, get ready in the summer time.

Permethrin is the way to go