Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: jdb on December 25, 2010, 03:30:36 PM
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I got show shoes for Christmas and I cant wait to get out and try'em out! maybe kill a coyote or pick up a shed antler!
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I've been thinking of picking up a pair of the short aluminum ones. Don't know how they would do in the sagebrush. Let us know how they work.
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Yeah, me too. Been wondering how the new lightweight ones are. I had a pair of Tubbs ash and gut oldies for years, but they were beasts to walk in. Sold them after a short jaunt in my backyard made my hip joints ache for days. Let us know if they would work for an older cuss.
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We rented a pair once to hike back to a buddy's cabin one year to see how much snow was there. Had fun doing it, so when Joe"s had there "Going out of business sale", I picked up 2 pairs for $15 a pair :IBCOOL: but still have not used them.
Gotta give them a try again some time.
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I've got the biggest RedFeather makes, and Love 'em. They were the only ones I could find that worked with my oversized snow-packs. Grew up on a farm, and must have let my feet get too cold a couple of times, 'cause they sure get cold easy these days...same with my hands.
But I picked these over-sized snow shoes so I could carry a pack and my rifle a long ways in.
Remember-Snow shoes have a load rating, and you need to match what you need to what will work.
http://www.redfeather.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=10 (http://www.redfeather.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=10)
I like these 'cause they are thin, and I don't need to walk quite so bow-legged (hence the hip pain stated above). The longer ones are a bit more challenging when climbing a fence, or turning around, but the extra lift is worth it to me. I have fallen a couple of times, buy hey nobody was watching!!! :D
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Spent a few winters running traplines on snowshoes and a couple of winter snowshoeing from the house to the car parked on the main road(3/4 mile) from November to April to get to work. If you learn to take long enough strides so your shoes go one in front of the other instead of spreading your legs to clear side by side you will not get the hip pain. I spend most of my time on XC skis now, much faster and easier travelin. I still take snowshoes for really steep terrain.
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