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Tired of Using Waders

I think wool being "warm when wet" is a bit of a misstatement. It stays warmer than some other things, notably down, when wet. But I don't think you can be truly wet in any garment, sitting still without fire or other shelter, and be warm once the temperature dips. You just aren't going to die maybe.

This could even be a dangerous bit because it could encourage people to wear pure wool out in hard rains.
 
I am considering using a pair of barefoot shoes with a pair of thicker poly pants and wearing silkies under them for scouting river bottoms this summer. I want to ditch the heat and weight of waders, be able to navigate the muck bottoms and oxbows without getting stuck. I don't have to worry about copperheads or cottonmouths but I need to have something to keep the skeeters, blackberry prickers and nettles off my knees. This would also possibly work for entry actually hunting where you are moving fast and then you could stop 1-200 yds out and change clothes for your hunt into warm dry clothes. The other options would be to just deal with the massive amount of skeeter bites and thorn scratches I would accumulate on my legs, which doesn't sound fun, or possibly to wear rain pants, but I would probably sweat like I was down in the AL swamps with Nutterbuster wearing something that didn't breathe summer scouting...

If anyone has tried this I'd take recs on barefoot shoes and pants.
 
For you water crossing guys. What if you got a hold of a few of those old water barrels you see for sale here and there. If you made a make shift raft and stashed it some place for the season. Not sure how to keep other people off it. Worse case would be head out to your secret spot and the raft is on the other side all ready. Maybe come up with a way only you keep to get across. Ratchet strap or something to hold it together when you get there.
If you had a big enough branch you could run a Tarzan swing! Leave a Paracord pre set.
 
dhoff545 said:
I am considering using a pair of barefoot shoes with a pair of thicker poly pants and wearing silkies under them for scouting river bottoms this summer. I want to ditch the heat and weight of waders, be able to navigate the muck bottoms and oxbows without getting stuck. I don't have to worry about copperheads or cottonmouths but I need to have something to keep the skeeters, blackberry prickers and nettles off my knees. This would also possibly work for entry actually hunting where you are moving fast and then you could stop 1-200 yds out and change clothes for your hunt into warm dry clothes. The other options would be to just deal with the massive amount of skeeter bites and thorn scratches I would accumulate on my legs, which doesn't sound fun, or possibly to wear rain pants, but I would probably sweat like I was down in the AL swamps with Nutterbuster wearing something that didn't breathe summer scouting...

If anyone has tried this I'd take recs on barefoot shoes and pants.
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@Weldabeast aint messed up about wearin crocs in the swamp and he's got all your bad stuff plus plenty of snakes and gators.
 
dhoff545 said:
I am considering using a pair of barefoot shoes with a pair of thicker poly pants and wearing silkies under them for scouting river bottoms this summer. I want to ditch the heat and weight of waders, be able to navigate the muck bottoms and oxbows without getting stuck. I don't have to worry about copperheads or cottonmouths but I need to have something to keep the skeeters, blackberry prickers and nettles off my knees. This would also possibly work for entry actually hunting where you are moving fast and then you could stop 1-200 yds out and change clothes for your hunt into warm dry clothes. The other options would be to just deal with the massive amount of skeeter bites and thorn scratches I would accumulate on my legs, which doesn't sound fun, or possibly to wear rain pants, but I would probably sweat like I was down in the AL swamps with Nutterbuster wearing something that didn't breathe summer scouting...

If anyone has tried this I'd take recs on barefoot shoes and pants.
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If it ain't cold and I ain't workin' I'm in my Luna sandals. I run upwards of 1k miles in them each year, a lot of it trails, rocks and desert.

If I 100% knew I was wading into deep mud, I'd swap for Altra trail runners - otherwise the sandals are great. Skeeters, chiggers, greenbriar, cactus...you'll get over that stuff pretty quick. It's the danger noodles down here you got to watch for.
 
K98Al said:
If it ain't cold and I ain't workin' I'm in my Luna sandals. I run upwards of 1k miles in them each year, a lot of it trails, rocks and desert.

If I 100% knew I was wading into deep mud, I'd swap for Altra trail runners - otherwise the sandals are great. Skeeters, chiggers, greenbriar, cactus...you'll get over that stuff pretty quick. It's the danger noodles down here you got to watch for.
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Us cold climate folks need a lesson on “danger noodles.”
 
Jammintree said:
Us cold climate folks need a lesson on “danger noodles.”
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First lesson:

The guy who says "They're more afraid of you than you are of them" is wildly off-base and should probably be examined for a brain injury. He is not your friend.

Second lesson: Boots and waders are your friends.


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Swamp Fox__On The Run said:
First lesson:

The guy who says "They're more afraid of you than you are of them" is wildly off-base and should probably be examined for a brain injury. He is not your friend.

Second lesson: Boots and waders are your friends.


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Cant reach out and stomp that pile with one foot or you gonna get bit. Gotta jump in there with both feet and go to work. With snake boots on of course.
 
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