Walked up on this guy while Louann and I were looking for turkeys on Saturday morning. If he had not been right out in the open we would never have seen him.
Wouldn't have seen him because we don't look for them.
My theory is that so long as you don't see him chances are you won't have a heart attack or break a leg and throw a back out getting away from him.
I back that odd logic up by wearing a good pair of snake boots almost all the time. And sense where we hunt it's usually somewhat wet the boots being waterproof is a bonus.
Truth is though that my OLD pair of Irish Setters is way past waterproof but, and this is important as we walk a lot, they are very comfortable. Louann has a pair of the Danners Pronghorns that she feels the same way about.
I know you said that you wanted to stay away from a lace up, and I will admit that the Irish Setters have a pile of laces, but fact is that a lace up boot is usually easier to get to fit a foot correctly. That's a positive that negates to a great extent the time in lacing them.
I still remember my father telling me something he learned in the Army, something about comfortable feet........... Buy good boots that fit correctly if you plan on walking a lot.
And no we did not kill him. Louann did have a few pokes at him with a stick but we left him to do his thing unharmed.
Wouldn't have seen him because we don't look for them.
My theory is that so long as you don't see him chances are you won't have a heart attack or break a leg and throw a back out getting away from him.
I back that odd logic up by wearing a good pair of snake boots almost all the time. And sense where we hunt it's usually somewhat wet the boots being waterproof is a bonus.
Truth is though that my OLD pair of Irish Setters is way past waterproof but, and this is important as we walk a lot, they are very comfortable. Louann has a pair of the Danners Pronghorns that she feels the same way about.
I know you said that you wanted to stay away from a lace up, and I will admit that the Irish Setters have a pile of laces, but fact is that a lace up boot is usually easier to get to fit a foot correctly. That's a positive that negates to a great extent the time in lacing them.
I still remember my father telling me something he learned in the Army, something about comfortable feet........... Buy good boots that fit correctly if you plan on walking a lot.
And no we did not kill him. Louann did have a few pokes at him with a stick but we left him to do his thing unharmed.
