GOOD winter boot suggestions?

I've owned several pair of insulated Maine Hunting shoes (rubber bottom boots with leather uppers) from LLBeans in Maine.

http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/33549?feat=513858-GN3&page=men-s-l-l-bean-boots-8-thinsulate

They have a lifetime warranty... 100% lifetime... I had my first pair overhauled for free after some 15 years. They are lace up, and they aren't as good as these "Mucks" have been described, but they worked fine for me hunting up in Maine in all weather conditions. My feet sweat basically any time they have anything on them, even flip flops, so insulated hunting boots in very cold weather with thick insulating socks did cause me rather wet feet.

Yep, Itasca is the brand, just don't know "who" makes them. They come from China but really good boots. I would buy more.
Especially at that sale price Ones on the Itasca site show what is pretty much the same boot, call "Icebreakers" . Mine, however have much heavier tread. The thinsulate really does a fantastic job of insulating. Even my toes stayed warm. And they are waterproof.

I bought a pair of those too. The price was great and they were wide enough for my wide foot but I have never worn them. I really like my Muck boots so the others are in my closet.

I should have added that the Mucks are 100% water proof. Sometimes part of our land floods and you have to go through small streams to get the the goats, just another thing I love about the Muck boot!

Goat Whisperer said:

I should have added that the Mucks are 100% water proof. Sometimes part of our land floods and you have to go through small streams to get the the goats, just another thing I love about the Muck boot!

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It's only waterproof to the top of the boot! If you accidentally step in a DEEP puddle, you're still getting wet. LOL!! But they dry really quick if you DO manage to get water inside of them and they are VERY durable and VERY comfortable. Our whole family swears by these. John is the only one that doesn't wear them, but that's just because he refuses to pay the $$$.... guess what's in his christmas gift list packed away in the back of my closet? You betcha!

I have the wetland, retails for around $150. I'm about to get a pair of Quest, in purple. Although when they're covered in mud, it doesn't matter what color they are!

www.muckbootcompany.com for anyone interested in a pair. TSC sells them as well. They sell the Edgewater and the Wetland.

@Goat Whisperer Sending you a PM with info on how to get them repaired.

We go ice fishing at temps at around -20 (in Canadian). Sorels are the only thing that keep my feet warm enough!

http://www.sorelfootwear.ca/

Our TSC sells like a bazillion kinds. Apparently. So my parents wanted to give my husband a gift certificate for some new boots (he makes snow so he stands on a mountain all winter). They went to go to the local place we usually go and they're going out of business this weekend (what??). So we went in and they had no men's boots.

Anyway we ended up going to TSC and my husband got the Arctic Sport Mucks? I think they're called? He's the happiest man alive and I am SO JEALOUS!

NH homesteader said:

Our TSC sells like a bazillion kinds. Apparently. So my parents wanted to give my husband a gift certificate for some new boots (he makes snow so he stands on a mountain all winter). They went to go to the local place we usually go and they're going out of business this weekend (what??). So we went in and they had no men's boots.

Anyway we ended up going to TSC and my husband got the Arctic Sport Mucks? I think they're called? He's the happiest man alive and I am SO JEALOUS!

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I love mucks I bet his feet will stay nice and warm.

ONLY downside with the Mucks is that when dragging deer through the woods is that they can snag on thorns/brambles (NC has a LOT).

NH homesteader said:

Anyway we ended up going to TSC and my husband got the Arctic Sport Mucks? I think they're called? He's the happiest man alive and I am SO JEALOUS!

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If anybody needs a good pair of boots it's a man who makes snow on a mountain!

I tried on a pair of Mucks. Might be great for some but not for me. They are quite "form fitting" and required more hand grip strength than I have to pull on. They didn't even have a strap of some sort to assist. I have arthritis in my hands, it is not getting better, just trying these on was pretty painful. Plus the size 10s were too tight and the 11s had too much heel lift. Sadly winter boots rarely come in half sizes.