Thread: John Bull crows for hunting

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

john bull ANGUS boots are quite good for hunting boots...dont hurt the wallet too badly . the whole zip down the side thing makes me laugh.....it shows just how P.C. the modern world has become.
back when men were men and sheep were scared you laced your boots up in circular motion so all your laces were straight across boot and were proud of eyelets...if you got shot in leg or other injury that required your boot to be removed in a hurry,you slid knife down laces and they popped one by one easy peasy.....but now you arent supposed to carry a knife...
I heard there was a thing with the laces too...something about commandos identifying fried from foe by it??? Gurkas I believe it was???

I find the zip quite useful. Sometimes if I want a bit of relief from sore feet undoing the zip for the socks to breathe a little can help while I rest. If I remove the feet from the boots, I need to undo the laces and retie them with the zip done up. But when I get back t the hut / car absolutely beggared, I can slip out of them quickly and put on something else. (I dont like driving while wearing hunting boots- lack of feel on pedals)

For emergencies, I would still cut the laces. Undoing the zip is not a magic boot off technique.

Dont get much water through them, but they are not as waterproof as non zipped boots.