denots
Well-Known Member
Not to cause argument, but I disagree with the Gore-Tex lined Theory. My standard work boot is a Redwing leather boot that has a Gore-Tex liner. The worst thing in the world when you work on your feet all day is to start today off with wet feet. Since I cut grass for a living until about 9:30 or 10 in the morning all the yards have wet grass from the Dew. Before I started wearing these particular boots with a Gore-Tex liner after just a month my boots no matter how much oil them allowed my feet to get wet first thing in the morning. This may not be that big of a deal if you just walking a mile into the woods and a mile back out to make a hunt but when you put 10+ miles a day on your feet, having wet Feet sucks. I have used just about every waterproof membrane item of clothing I can find from gloves, to jackets, to bibs, and the only ones that I find that breathe are Gore-Tex. Gore-Tex will not allow water droplets to pass through but water vapor is allowed to permeate through the fabric and Escape. After several sets of soles on my work boots and when the leather begins to severely crack, my feet still stay dry. Obviously being on my feet this much my feet sweat a lot and are not perfectly dry but nowhere near wet like if you wore tennis shoes, or rubber boots, or just plain leather boots with no Gore-Tex liner. I'm speaking from a hundred percent experience I have been doing this for a very very long time. If you want to see how wet your feet can actually get from wet grass take a walk through some tall grass first thing in the morning and to top it off, add a weed eater throwing it all back into your legs and feet. Say what you will, but I wear all my clothes Gore-Tex lined for hunting purposes(if I need them to keep me dry). The worst thing in the world to me is to step in a big ol water puddle on the way back to your stand and have water seep into your boot. That's way different than having a moist sock from sweat. Even if you change your socks they continue to soak up the water that penetrated the boot from the outside.
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