Soles of Feet Burning after Hunting

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The bottom of my feet will burn the day after doing a long hunt, last year it was the first day CO 10 miles, the bottoms of my feet were hot for the rest of the hunt/week and just yesterday in WY after hunting about 8 miles, the bottom of my feet are burning again. I do not/did not have any blisters but after the hunt in Colorado last year the bottom of my feet calloused. Even today at work sitting at my desk with almost no pressure on my feet I felt the burning sensation.

Does anyone have a solution for this? I am hiking in broke-in (200 miles) Kenetrek Slide Rock boots with polypropylene liners and lightweight/midweight cushion darn tough socks. My feet don't get the burning sensation doing lower mileage hikes/hunts.
 
Almost sounds like mild plantar fasciitis. I get a similar sensation after long runs. Stretching my calf muscle and rolling my foot on a baseball or something similar size helps. Not sure if that’s what you’re experiencing, but maybe? I tend to notice more after I’ve been inactive for a long stretch after a long run, like when I wake up in the morning.

I could be wildly wrong as well since I’m not a doctor but thought I’d share my experience with a similar sensation.


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For me it was a hot spot caused by my foot sliding in my boot, a friction burn. No blisters, just a hot sweaty foot sliding a tiny amount repetitively turned into a couple inch patch in my arch area that burned and felt hot. The next time this happened I put leukotape on it before it got bad and was fine. I can only find the Leukotape on amazon. It sticks for a few days. I tried the multiple sock thing, none of that worked for me. Good luck!
 
I get the same thing, or something similar, after hiking a long distance when I have not been hiking much. Keeping my feet accustomed to hiking (toughened up) is the answer for me. Something else that may help is to take off your boots and socks mid day to let your feet dry.
 
Same - or just soreness. I’ve found boots with a tad wider toe box really help my feet last longer on a hunt.
 
I get the same thing, or something similar, after hiking a long distance when I have not been hiking much. Keeping my feet accustomed to hiking (toughened up) is the answer for me. Something else that may help is to take off your boots and socks mid day to let your feet dry.
I have been rucking with weight all summer. Not for as far of distances as I have been hunting though. I will try switching socks to get out of the sweaty socks and see if that helps.
 
I've used liner socks my whole life, but several years ago I heard all these guys talking about only wearing their Darn Tough socks. I tried that. My feet turned bright red and felt like they were on fire the whole time. But also my DT socks felt like they had a Teflon coating on them when I wore them over my liner socks. Would have to constantly stop and pull them up out of my boots as they'd bunch up. Switched to Smartwool merino socks and haven't had a problem since.
 
The bottom of my feet will burn the day after doing a long hunt, last year it was the first day CO 10 miles, the bottoms of my feet were hot for the rest of the hunt/week and just yesterday in WY after hunting about 8 miles, the bottom of my feet are burning again. I do not/did not have any blisters but after the hunt in Colorado last year the bottom of my feet calloused. Even today at work sitting at my desk with almost no pressure on my feet I felt the burning sensation.

Does anyone have a solution for this? I am hiking in broke-in (200 miles) Kenetrek Slide Rock boots with polypropylene liners and lightweight and midweight cushion darn tough socks. My feet don't get the burning sensation doing lower mileage hikes/hunts.

You are wearing 3 pairs of socks at the same time? Do you do this on your rucks? Are you wearing the same shoes during your training rucks?
 
You are wearing 3 pairs of socks at the same time? Do you do this on your rucks? Are you wearing the same shoes during your training rucks?
2 pairs of socks. A polypropylene liner next to skin and then a pair of dark tough over those. Yes I ruck in the same boots that I hunt in, just not as long of distances. I do 2-3 miles at most when training.
 
Have you ever tried ditching the liner? Liners do nothing but bug me with how much they tend to slip around in my other sock I wear. May be worth trying a hike without a liner just to see how it goes.


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I get this when I have boots that are too big or not broken in yet. The foot sliding around in the sole is what makes it burn after a while for me.
 
Have you ever tried ditching the liner? Liners do nothing but bug me with how much they tend to slip around in my other sock I wear. May be worth trying a hike without a liner just to see how it goes.


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I forgot to include that in my original post, last year in Colorado I hunted with only the darn toughs on, no liner socks. So it happens either way, liner or no liner.
 
You might try wearing the boots more before the hunt. Just wearing them everywhere all day the weeks before a hunt toughens up feet a lot.

Do you have narrow feet? I’m slightly narrow and wearing a boot slightly too wide creates problems.

Guys I’ve known with skin sensitivity have had to stop once in a while to take their boots and socks off during breaks in warm weather to air out their feet, and change socks. Dry skin is tough skin. During cooler weather they just change socks.
 
I have gotten a similar sensation when putting on miles with boots that are too stiff. Switching to a more flexible pair solved the issue for me.
 
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