Cold feet

i suggest getting boots that have gortex in them this way they breath this means that they let all the moisture out but not any in. they are as good as rubber boots.

untrue. I use this kind of boots for many years and find that their best quality is waterproofness. If you walk your feet will sweat and yoursocks will become soaked with humidity and this cause your feet to feel cold. I found one way to stay warm even if I walked a lot. I use a pair of polypropylene sock inside a pair of heavy sock. This inner sock cannot keep moisture so it always stay dry and the moisture is gone to the next outer layer and so on but the Gore Tex liner cannot let the moisture out at the same rate that you produce it. For me if I want to stay warm (my feet), they should stay dry.

Over the past twenty-five years I have experimented with many different types of boots in order to keep the piggies warm during hunting and fishing excursions in frigid weather (-27 actual was the worst conditions). The gore tex caused my feet to sweat profusely, while the old felt pac always kept my feet warm. Leather uppers with a rubber bottom on boots made by Lacrosse, and Kaufman (sorels) have always come through in the worst of conditions, even after complete immersion while ice fishing. The gore tex has another drawback, they retain scent like crazy, and no manner of washing totally eleminates the scent. I've watched deer do an about face sprinting for the next hillside when encountering my trail while using gore tex. I've used the felt pacs, and watched deer after deer cross my trail without twitching a nostril. In the shanty with the heat turned up, two of us were wearing gore tex, and the smell was akin to a carp thrown up on the bank on a hot July afternoon. I'll never use gore tex again under any conditions.

What ever your choice for shoes and socks, the only heat source you have is your blood stream (assumes you don't used those battery powered socks!). When your appendages (fingers, toes) become inactive, the blood vessels contact, eliminating the source of warmth (blood). To force warmth back into those appendages, keep em moving. From the moment you sit down, wiggle them toes, and do it without anything moving (all inside the boot).

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Well that must have made for a fun morning hunt in shanty! (:^)

I use rubber bottom- leather top boots with heavy felt liners AND put in one of the disposable (my coal brand) hand warmers in each boot. Works great even when sitting all day. My feet are never cold anymore. The hand warmers last all day.