I asked the same questions to a man I know in SW Georgia. He is a bird dog breeder and handler in the Red Hills of SW Georgia, and is in the field daily before, during and after quail season. He's on the ground running his string of setters for various landowners for wild quail. In a year, he goes through two pairs of LLBean upland boots (not the rubber bottomed Bean Boots) with the Boa closure system. He swears by them and he has worn them all. He'll do up to 15 miles a day in them, and for him, they are comfortable out of the box. Gil
