I'll confirm what Brittany Man said about the LLBean chain tread. I have used these boots for decades when doing field work (I'm a field biologist). They are suitable for a couple of hours of slow walking, which is what my field work usually is, in mostly grass fields.

But I have also used them as all-day hard walking boots, and there, they fail. They wear out my feet in no time and they are either freezing cold or sweaty wet. And traction is about zero in most places. That's okay in a lot of the places, I hunt here in Iowa, though getting out of a ditch can be a bit of a chore.

I looked at the technical LLBean Upland boots with the Boa closure. It appears that anyone that has had them for a while tends to not like them. They don't seem to last, and they leak a lot. But folks really like that closure system.

Kenetrek, man they sound like great boots and one of my old grad students swears by them. Given what he does for a living as a Wyoming Game and Fish wildlife biologist, I do believe they are the best boots out there, but darn expensive for plain old pheasant boots. Perhaps this is what I have to do though.

I'm looking at some of the more expensive Meindl boots at Cabela's right now and thinking they are back in the running too. I like my Perfekts for big game hunting but seem like overkill for pheasants. Might have to just get over it and shell out the dollars.

While the perfect pocket knife, boot, and shotgun may be unobtainable, I'm always amazed that I've never had anything less than a perfect dog. If I had to choose just one thing to have as perfect, it would be my dogs every time, so I maybe I shouldn't complain about my boots too much. smile

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