Cold weather boot

[Winter24]

For whitetails in a tree stand or blind, get some heated socks. I wear rubber boots with heated socks and they work great.

Can you recommend a pair of heated socks?

 

[Wheels]

Can you recommend a pair of heated socks?

I’ve got the Snowdeer heated socks off of Amazon. I would suggest getting the ones with the phone app to turn them on and off, I always forget to turn them on until after I’m all layered up.

 

[Oakley]

If you decide to go with pacs, Hoffman builds a great boot. I've been happy with my 10" Guides.

 

[ropeup79]

Good quality pac boots are hard to beat. I have a lot of miles on my Hoffmann and they are still going strong. I saw that Meindl had some new winter offerings out that look interesting.

 

[Wrench]

One of the most overlooked components of warm feet is warm legs. You have a ton of area to shed heat on the way to your feet.

When I worked @-30*f every day I always had down goretex pants to keep my legs warm. I could work in 400g boots until I would be stuck in one spot like running a boom truck which is when the neos came out and warm was on the way.

 

[JGTWI]

Boot blankets are your answer.

The Hoffman pack boots are very nice, but your feet will probably sweat if you walk any distance in heavily insulated boots and then if combine that with colder temps and stopping/sitting still, it’s hard to keep your feet warm with most boots.

Wearing a lighter insulated boot prevents feet sweating, and the boot blankets provide the Insulation when you’ve stopped moving.

 

[Smcask100]

Schnee’s makes great pac boots. I’ve been very happy with them. Bought a pair of hunter II 13” in college and have had them ever since. Chased elk and deer around the mountains in all conditions. Plenty warm in the snow, and for comfortable to hike in.

 

[horpensky]

Whitetail hunter here and I’m tired of cold feet or having to bring stuff to put in boots or over boots to stay warm. What’s the warmest boots? Was looking to Crispi wild rock gtx plus


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I'm in the same boat. I run cold easily and I've yet to find a boot that on its own will keep my feet comfortable sitting for more than 2-3 hours at a time. I've tried 400g and 800g insulated boots, and big ass PAC boots, with different combinations of single wool socks and double liners + socks. I lasted the longest in the PAC boots, but my feet were still uncomfortable after 3 hours and they were chonky/loud to walk in and caused feet to sweat which didn't help.

I've come to the conclusion that moisture control + external heat source are what I need. I haven't found warming packs in my boots very effective due to lack of oxygen to the packs, and they are also uncomfortably lumpy. I haven't tried boot blankets or down booties yet (although I hear good things about them when used with warming packs), but like you said more stuff to pack in and/or changing footwear.

So next season I think I'm going to try a roomier 400g boot (think some of my boots are too tight = bad circulation = cold) + heated socks. I've ordered cheapo Amazon socks once, but found the filaments were burning my foot so returned those. Just picked up some Mobile Warming ones from Costco, and they seem to be thicker so hopefully don't have the same problem. Reviews are mixed though, so we'll see...