How do you dry out your boots?

[Limhangerslayer]

If you're spending a lot of time glassing that is a good tone to let your feet air out also.  Something to wear at camp besides your boots at night is another good idea.   The boots i have suggest  newspapers lightly stuffed inside to help dry. 

[Boss .300 winmag]

I feel like I didn't describe this well enough. It's desiccant in a container that drains down to a lower chamber (the desiccant absorbs the moisture out of the atmosphere and it drains into a dish you can just empty the next day).

http://www.drizair.com/index.html

[Todd_ID]

I just use newspaper stuffed in them. Let the newspaper dry through the day and use again the next night.

[pd]

I just use newspaper stuffed in them. Let the newspaper dry through the day and use again the next night.

I also do this.  Carry a newspaper in a gallon Ziplock bag, throw it into my back pack.  Firestarter of course.  Reusable boot drier as well.  Newspaper can be reused several times.

If you wear your boots for a long time (18 hours in a day, for example), they will get wet from the inside, even with moisture wicking socks.  This can't be helped.  If you don't have access to a fire at nighttime (most of us don't burn a fire on a backcountry hunt), your only choice is to let the boots air dry over night in the wind, with newspaper inside.

[7mag.]

I just use newspaper stuffed in them. Let the newspaper dry through the day and use again the next night.

I also do this.  Carry a newspaper in a gallon Ziplock bag, throw it into my back pack.  Firestarter of course.  Reusable boot drier as well.  Newspaper can be reused several times.

If you wear your boots for a long time (18 hours in a day, for example), they will get wet from the inside, even with moisture wicking socks.  This can't be helped.  If you don't have access to a fire at nighttime (most of us don't burn a fire on a backcountry hunt), your only choice is to let the boots air dry over night in the wind, with newspaper inside.

This is what I was going to suggest as well. I will add that this past year, I started using a cylinder stove on backpack hunts, and it is a game changer.

[EmeraldBullet]

I feel like I didn't describe this well enough. It's desiccant in a container that drains down to a lower chamber (the desiccant absorbs the moisture out of the atmosphere and it drains into a dish you can just empty the next day).

http://www.drizair.com/index.html

Yes! That classic design is the one I had in mind. I might get one and do a test run just to see if it works or not and post the results (don't want anyone to find out the hard way when it's not necessary to do it that way)

[aorams]

I will add that this past year, I started using a cylinder stove on backpack hunts, and it is a game changer.
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Tell me more!  How did it improve your experience.  Can you dry out your stuff and keep the condensation down in the tent?  I'm very intrigued by the concept but want to know if I should moderate my expectations.

[7mmfan]

I saw a video once where a guy strung his boots up into the top of his tent off his center pole and put a thermometer up there to show how hot it was. What was a comfortable 70+ down near the ground was about 95+ in the top of the tent. His boots were dry asap just hanging up there. He commented that if you get to camp, string them up and go about making dinner and doing your evening routine, by the time you go to bed they should be mostly dry.

[PacificNWhunter]

It won't dry them completely but I've placed hand warmers in each boot then stacked them together (slide one boot opening inside the other so the soles are facing opposite directions) also keeps the bugs out.

[7mag.]

I will add that this past year, I started using a cylinder stove on backpack hunts, and it is a game changer.

Tell me more!  How did it improve your experience.  Can you dry out your stuff and keep the condensation down in the tent?  I'm very intrigued by the concept but want to know if I should moderate my expectations.
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Yes, and yes. It's a huge help with condensation in a single wall, floorless shelter. It also is great for drying gear. The morale boost you get coming back to camp after a long, cold, and or wet day of hunting, just by starting a fire in the stove and warming up your shelter, is huge. Knowing that you don't have to put wet clothes back on in the morning is pretty awesome too. I love waking up in the morning, reaching out of my bag and starting a fire. I stay in my warm bag for 15-20 minutes until the tent heats up, then get dressed, eat some breakfast, and get ready to head out without freezing.

[actionshooter]

It won't dry them completely but I've placed hand warmers in each boot then stacked them together (slide one boot opening inside the other so the soles are facing opposite directions) also keeps the bugs out.

wow, can't believe someone else uses this one. I but a hand warmer in each boot and then lay the socks on top, works pretty darn good.

[PacificNWhunter]

It won't dry them completely but I've placed hand warmers in each boot then stacked them together (slide one boot opening inside the other so the soles are facing opposite directions) also keeps the bugs out.

wow, can't believe someone else uses this one. I but a hand warmer in each boot and then lay the socks on top, works pretty darn good.

Nice!

[Magnum_Willys]

Yes, and yes. It's a huge help with condensation in a single wall, floorless shelter. It also is great for drying gear. The morale boost you get coming back to camp after a long, cold, and or wet day of hunting, just by starting a fire in the stove and warming up your shelter, is huge. Knowing that you don't have to put wet clothes back on in the morning is pretty awesome too. I love waking up in the morning, reaching out of my bag and starting a fire. I stay in my warm bag for 15-20 minutes until the tent heats up, then get dressed, eat some breakfast, and get ready to head out without freezing.

 

[mtn muley madness]

get 2 sticks and stick them in the ground inside the tent/shelter if it's floor-less or somewhere close by where it's sure to be dry and hang your boots upside down on the sticks as if they were on a boot dryer. Just being upside down and off the ground will help tremendously as opposed to the soles being on the cold ground not getting any air flow. If they are super wet I'll wad up newspaper with a hand warmer inside it all and put on 'boot dryer.' After a few days ill use a pair of wool socks to substitute for the newspaper because I'll start conserving the print fire starter just because and I'm usually ready for a fresh pair on the feet anyways. But if it's just a little moisture and not soaked, just hanging upside down usually in itself is enough...unless its really cold out then i'll wad up some newspaper or used wool socks with a hand warmer inside and stick it in the toe/shoe part of the boot and hang on 'boot dryer!' Heat rises and when there's no way for it to escape up and the downward exit is wadded up the heat stays in there nicely. Enjoy your red neck boot dryer! Hope this helps...wet feet in the woods is the anti....shoot wet feet in the face! Pew Pew

[coachcw]

Just take three  or four pairs of boots !