Thanks Randy... one of the biggest reasons I wear gators early season is bugs - specifically ticks. I treat my gators with permethrin (as well as my pants and boots and jacket) but that gives me peace of mind knowing they won't be in my pants/socks.

I bought the Kenetrek hunting ones today for cold weather bicycling and possibly hiking in Georgia.

Thank you Randy! My first trip to Midwest comes soon , I watch your video and order one gaither. Once again , thank you for you great hunting video tip!. Happy hunting to all and be safe. Tom

Gaiters are also great for keeping my feet a bit warmer in the snow. Worth every penny and then some.

I just bought a pair gaiters for hunting and scouting and I can’t wait to use them

Never seen them before. Great idea. I’ll make a pair of those with leather for myself. Great video!

I tie a small loop of 550 chord to the front of each boot to attach my gaiters. Saves a LOT of shoestring wear. Just leave the loop on the boot, it's small enough to not be a bother when not using gaiters.

I’m always amazed at the number of hunters I see in the winter without gaiters. They obviously have never been backcountry skiing or winter mountaineering. Over the course of a week camping/hunting in the winter, I actually am wearing my gaiters more hours than my hunting boots. Whenever I’m working around camp, or making that midnight run to the woods, I’m wearing a lightweight pair of chukkas with my gaiters. It gives my feet a break from the boots and the boots more time to air out.

Never knew what gaiters were until this video. Gonna have to try a pair this year.

Randy do you wear your gaiters under or over your rain pants in heavy rain? I would think over but I have been reading that under is better.

Whether sun, rain, snow, you'll never see me without my goretex gators. A must have.

Does the velcro stand up to lots of on and off use? Does the velcro get "sloppy" meaning does it loosen up or does it keep the gaiter locked up?

I sort of need ones for work in muddy condintions

thanks again

I have a pair of Idand that I wear with shorts for yard work on hot, humid days.

I thought gaiters were the stuff of the 1800s until I went hiking in Scotland. When you are relentlessly tramping around in wet conditions, with shin or knee high foliage, then gaiters take a lot of your problems and transfers them to the ground. My boots are bomb proof, oiled and exceptional, the rest of my kit is pretty decent too .... but there is a difference between theoretical conditions, and actually tramping around off the trail, where every plant and bush you contact, drains water right onto your legs. It took me decades to realise why so many armies wore these, and it does not surprise me that hunters do too.

Almost every hunter in Mesopotamia regions wouldn’t leave home without wearing one to go mountain hunting, mostly goat hunting. It’s been a tradition of locals to make it from goat wool for thousands of years to today. I have used one too. Its not waterproof, but snow repellent, but most important, it gives you a sense of some security when walking in brushes and paths. Now a better idea is that to have those wool gaiters made with a thin waterproof layer outside that makes it perfect tool to have .

I think, imho, that it would be fair to talk a bit about the downsides of wearing gaiters: In my field experience with gaiters (also goretex): - The velcro gets stuffed with grass and thin vegetation fibers after a couple of hunts. And it's a pain to remove it. - your legs sweat under gaitors, even with goretex. Especially when putting miles on and on. And then they chill down. And I've tried different pants. The next logic step would be bringing on the market gaitors-conform pants 🤦. And a word re goretex: it's not the ultimate product, it wears out soon, pores get clogged, the membrane develops micro cracks and doesn't function to its initial levels.

Never knew this lol. I just bought mucks boots but may go with gaters

From upland to elk hunting hunting in the PNW, my chins become a bruised and bloody mess. I really need to protect them, getting older and it hurts a bit more .. haha. So, will this work?

Great! Thanks! I do have a question, though: Randy, have you worn knee-high leather boots when going into wet or snowy areas? Not for fashion, but to function similar to short boots and gaiters? Thanks!

Will the gators block a rattle snake strike?

We just got a pair of these today to try for crew field work in the oil and gas, pipeline and forest resources business. First thing we noticed trying them on is that the strap that goes under the boot and the buckle it buckles into are both sewn on way too far forward, closer to the ball of the foot, not back toward the heel and directly under the instep. The only way we could ever use these would be to take them somewhere and have the strap and buckle cut off and then reattached in the correct places. An alternative might be to just cut off the strap and try to do without it. Another thing is that we don't see any way that one could fasten these things closed at the bottom, or perhaps even anywhere else, if they are putting them over thicker pants, like insulated hunting pants. They are tight, almost even too tight, just over jeans. We bought this pair in size Large to try for a field crew member who wears a size 8-1/2 boot. (Wearing Wolverine Potomac style, not a bulky style, at time of try-on.) If we were going to keep them for that crew member's use, we'd probably have to exchange them for the Extra Large size.

Do the pine colored gaiters have the quiet outer layer like the camo version?

My gaiters are like my Am. Express card...I don't leave home w/o them! Lol I have encountered one major problem w/ my Cabela's gaiters...snow sticking to the bottom nylon strap! So much that it is a hazard! Have you experienced any issues w/ snow sticking to the bottom strap? There was no mention as to what the bottom strap was made from.

I wear gators hear in Aus as snake bit protection.

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Why not a good waterproof zipper assembly instead of velcro? My experience with velcro is, that it does not last long.

Mr. Newberg, did you ever count the number of items you carry with / on you for a typical hunt ?? It seems that this number would be almost 4 digits... )))

Snake protection? Look to lightweight. Anyone know?

I want to know the difference between blousing your boots like the military vs gaiters.

In Finland, we have snow. Lot's of it. Gaiters are good.

Can't get an answer on this from anyone. Will the XL Hunting gaiter fit a 20"-21" calf?

Just bought M77 boots and gaiters. Ad sum leather grease, brush and Ur good.

don't you get water underneath the gator and get into the shoe. I am guessing the boots are water proof

I love my gaiters.

My hunting gaiters doesn't have a snap? Idk?

best boots i've used in Alaska. I use them and last year i had a black bear grab me in the dark i was on a 4 wheeler and the gator saved me from getting a leg wound the claw marks in the gator. p.s bear grease is best boot treatment

Are the gainers water proof

Its called capillary effect

I use my Great Grandfathers Gaiters from World War II

if your hunting and you need 2 different types of gaiters you should probably sell your gun/bow and buy a prius.

500.00 for the boot I'm scared to look at the price for the gaiters.

Gaiters stop snow and ice from freezing your laces solid which is horrible when trying to get your boots off

Probably the guy who been wearing Boot Gators for many years, is Jim Shockey and really started the fad.

Never wear gaiters, never have wet feet from snow or wet grass, guess I must be lucky.

So make sure your gators are waterproof to.

You know what sucks about picking hunting boots Randy? When you wear a size 15 lol...

Forget about the water! I worry about snake bites!

In Australia we use gators because a number of the snakes here can kill you within as low as 30 mins of being bitten, the venom moves through your lymphatic system faster if you move, so if you get bitten out in the bush and there is nobody to carry you or you don't have bandages to stop the venom and call for help ...you're as we like to say ...farked 😬

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wow I have found the very useful as well I love riding horses I wear them now when I ride I make some from one of my horses too when I take hear with using her legs get beaten up very badly she did not like that at first she very aware on how she looked she love purple in colour I pick that colour for her the day we have gone out she was not bucky at all she was well-behaved horse she was all was jumping around we never rode her because of that I ride her with them on her she rides great I used her just for a pack, horse stilling to use then on my other horses as well right after we done with them I remove them from there legs they do not mind wearing them when we go out I know like wearing them too at work, we were cutting down steel been burning my boot laces I put them on and never had a lace burned or my jeans too now for work I wanted a pair from leather the first to work great the guys laugh at them having lunch and the guy were bad and there laces I laughed at them then I had to leave to do some personal needs lift someone to try them the exit day I when to get them and he did not want to give them back it cool sold them to him and were my new pair that night i was asked to make more of them you can tell the crew I am with by the boot covers they work great in the snow too

Never seen water travel against gravity before. That's crazy.

adhesion? I think he means osmosis.

osmosis

Horseshit! I have been hunting, fishing, camping and hiking in the wilderness for 45 years. On dry land, in snow, rain and extreme heat in the summer. I have never had a pair of quality mink oiled waterproof boots leak down my pant leg or down my sock what a ridiculous notion and sales ploy.

Moist

Differently NOT a big fan on the velcro!!

Why say one word when you can say 20. God Bless them, NOT!