instead of Uggs, mukluk boots

[OakLeaf]

Yep, it's the range of the projectile that's the issue. (Also that they still have to have a state license, and bow season here is four months long as opposed to the gun season, which is never more than two weeks plus special seasons.)

We don't allow deer hunting with rifles at all in Ohio. The range is too long. Shotguns only in the main deer gun season, then there at least used to be a weekend handgun season - not even sure if they do that any more. Small game can be hunted with small-caliber rifles in their seasons.

A lot of municipalities near us have licensed a handful of bowhunters to control deer. AFAIK though, there are few if any places near us that have both municipal hunting regulation *and* lot sizes large enough to require homeowner permission. As I understand it, they hunt only in parks.

Still, the patchwork of property lines and jurisdictions is an issue. There were a couple of incidents I've read about already this fall (not on our land), where a deer was wounded, either by a car strike or a less-than-perfect shot, and kept crossing political boundaries or property lines, making it exceedingly difficult for anyone to finally put it out of its misery. Even though our property is posted, I'm aware that it's pretty much inevitable that sooner or later, one of our neighbors will track a wounded deer across our property line, and we'll have no real choice but to let them finish it.

Which I still much prefer to our other, former neighbor's "target" shooting in random directions that used to have bullets bouncing off our roof ... thankfully they were at least far enough away that there wasn't enough velocity to penetrate ...



... this thread has drifted, hasn't it? <guilty>

[lph]

Oh, and I can get back on-topic. Sorta ;-)

I've lusted for kayaking mukluks for several years now. They're high waterproof boots with a soft low-profile foot, and are designed for kayaking in cold water. If you have to get out of your boat in the water and drag it up on land, even in summer the water can be cold enough to make it an unappealing prospect. Up north where the water is always frigid and the tide effects ensure a lot of boat dragging they're a huge bonus.

I googled the traditional dry-wear mukluks and was surprised by one thing, though. The calf is so much wider than the foot, which seems to have very little insulation. They're supposed to be for cold, dry weather, but to me they look like they would let the cold in through the sole.

[shootingstar]

The calf is so much wider than the foot, which seems to have very little insulation. They're supposed to be for cold, dry weather, but to me they look like they would let the cold in through the sole

There is a cyclist in Edmonton (which is 300 km. north of us), who has a pair. She has her own blog, "girls and bikes". So if no one asks from TE, I'll ask her. However I won't get to it for the next 12 hrs.

I agree boots look more suited for dry powdery snow which we do get in our area but then we get warm chinook winds for the slushy snow melts.