What type of gear has been the most difficult or frustrating to get dialed in for you?

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Footwear seems to be a major challenge. I don’t know why people don’t spend the $ to have custom boots made. If you buy 2 or 3 pair of higher end boots ($250’or more ) you could have paid for a pair of handmade to fit and then get them resolved once they wear. You should get a good 4-5 seasons. I am fortunate I only need custom inserts for them to fit well.

Where is this place that will make custom boots for $600?
 
Where is this place that will make custom boots for $600?

There are a few that send you a styrofoam kit that makes a mold of your foot. They take some time but would be worth it based on the comments. I think the budget will be closer to $750



These like an option and only 3 months to make

Also Limmer boots in New Hampshire
 
I've looked at quite a few, and owned some custom Russels before they became preposterously expensive. I didn't feel they were a big enough improvement for the money, frankly.

I looked at Lathrop, but they wouldn't tell me an approximate price. I think I eventually got an approximate price out of them on the phone and it was like $1,800. Maybe I'm wrong, this was several years ago.
 
I guess I got lucky on shoes. I went from muck boots to Crispi and never looked back. Absolutely love them.

Chasing arrow tuning can reallllyyy push my buttons. Especially if the kids are with me while shooting


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Always footwear. Sometimes they run small, too tight at toe box, etc. Haven't heard of Crispi before. Will look into them.
 
Food. Especially considering I refuse to take another mountain house back country ever again.
 
Footwear for me, but not due to fit. My feet run really hot and I always have issues with sweating.

If the socks and boots are warm enough to sit and glass comfortably, I'll definitely sweat on the hike in and then freeze because my feet are wet. I've tried changing socks when I get to a spot and that helps some but only if the inside of the boots aren't already too wet.

If the boot/sock combo is light enough not to sweat, I'll definitely freeze when I sit down to glass. Thinking I'm going to try some GooseFeet Gear down socks with their over-booties to change into when I setup a glassing spot.

I've pretty much accepted that my feet are going to freeze when cold weather hunting since I was a teenager, but when I got home from my last hunt and my toes stayed numb/cold feeling for over a week before returning to normal I decided I want to try to prevent any further future damage.
Try vapor barrier socks to keep the boots dry, and a change of socks to lose the sweat-soaked socks you hiked in on.
 
rifle system - went through 3 savages and 3 Luepold scopes before I ended with tikka/NF/UM that would not loose zero and was built well...3 year haul

boot/sock/insoles/lukotape - sweaty, wide, soft feet - lukotape my heals always was the trick with smartwool socks

carry/shooting system - how to shoulder, strap it to the pack and deploy to all shooting positions with a bi-pod prone, tripod sitting or off a pack, range, dial and break a clean shot to 500
 
Minor compared to those with serious boot problems, but during rifle seasons, what's driven me nuts is staying legal orange and all of the layer changes. Taking layers on and off while in and out of the sun, moving, and sitting, not remembering to put the stupid back vest on before I shoulder my pack, pulling my down puffy or rain jacket hood up over my orange hat etc.

Just in the last ~2 years, there are finally more options for technical orange outerwear though, for some reason, we still can't get orange merino baselayers. I just want to not think about it and have orange baselyers, midlayers, insulation and outerwear. No extra on and offs, no wondering about legality when its raining or frigid. More and better options in orange.
 
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