Thread: Boots without the pu shit

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

well I still wear my ashleys hunting more than 50% of the time...and I drink TUI......
guess that really makes me an old fuddy duddy???

You Sir are beyond redemption.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Bullers are feet wrecking bastards of things. Should be burned along with any remaining Swandris. Wish I had never met them. Them and the later lined Skellerup ones. I wore them for years chasing venison and farming. Sap your feet during the summer. Cold in the winter. No top protection from sheep trampling all over them in the race. Bugger your big toe gear changing bikes, 3 wheelers and then quads with them. Only redeeming feature is that they were light and cheap, and that at the time I never realised how they were buggering my feet.

Thought I was very cool with the holes burnt though them with a hot wire in the instep to let the water out, and the number eight wire hooks instead of laces. One of the lads. But the truth is most of the old cult stuff was bad for you. Tui being an example.

Brand new leather boots. 2 weeks river walking in the Ruahines in 1975 and they were wrecked. Along came Bullers and never looked back. Yes people hated then but for value if doing heaps of river walking they cant be beat.. Did 5 hours today chasing trout in a full back country stream in them. Most hunting now in Redbands. Sorta like an expensive raincoat called Betacraft.

Originally Posted by TeRei

Brand new leather boots. 2 weeks river walking in the Ruahines in 1975 and they were wrecked. Along came Bullers and never looked back. Yes people hated then but for value if doing heaps of river walking they cant be beat.. Did 5 hours today chasing trout in a full back country stream in them. Most hunting now in Redbands. Sorta like an expensive raincoat called Betacraft.

Betacraft I have, and can tolerate. Even if they are now made in China. All my rain and outer gear is Betacraft.

Yeah, it's 'horses for courses' sort of thing.
If you are silly enough to wear Bullers in a deer shed, etc then maybe you should rethink your strategy.
For keeping feet warm and dry the Bullers/Ashley are great. I hunted all over the South Island and never once had cold feet ('cos I had innersoles, and I wore 2 pair of socks in Winter hunting. OK, so I'm a softy...but I was a warm softy).
The boot is so soft on the ground it doesn't make as much noise as a hard soled boot.
You can sneak up on those wee pesties (and big pesties).
It's not the boot that is bad...it's the wrong tool for the job in some cases...and that's your fault if your feet get stood on, or your motorbike gearchange hurts your toes.

Originally Posted by Grey Kiwi

Yeah, it's 'horses for courses' sort of thing.
If you are silly enough to wear Bullers in a deer shed, etc then maybe you should rethink your strategy.
For keeping feet warm and dry the Bullers/Ashley are great. I hunted all over the South Island and never once had cold feet ('cos I had innersoles, and I wore 2 pair of socks in Winter hunting. OK, so I'm a softy...but I was a warm softy).
The boot is so soft on the ground it doesn't make as much noise as a hard soled boot.
You can sneak up on those wee pesties (and big pesties).
It's not the boot that is bad...it's the wrong tool for the job in some cases...and that's your fault if your feet get stood on, or your motorbike gearchange hurts your toes.

Hah If you use them for what they are best for they will be by your bed as slippers. Although I did once cut a pair down to be like crocs as hut shoes.

Lets not talk about the Jackie Howe, the swanny, the ranger bush shirt, the woollen balaclava,the flash shorts called undies and the bastard grass festooning your woollen socks because the deer loved those gullies. Ooh yes the flash gps called the moon light. Lastly but not least the bushmans saviour...the nickel spinner.

Originally Posted by 308

Tui being an example.

Amen to that - fucking dishwater[/QUOTE]

Oi, heathen!

When I can be bothered to imbibe beer the only one I can stand the taste of is Tui... Better than bastardswamp water or southern spew that's for sure. As far as boots, one of the main things I hate about a lot of current models is the complete lack of grip on moss, mildew, wet trunks etc - fricking dangerous...