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Ankle support seems fine for me...if I'm hunting steep terrain I'd rather be wearing a leather lace up boot.
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On the front porch this afternoon. Just in time for spring gobbler season. I had them fitted in May of last year when Russell was in the lowcountry at Bray's Island. Hart's Turkey Hunter snakeboot by Russell. Gil  After lace up hows them zippers working out for ya ? I got 5 bucks says you lace'um tight and they won't come off or go back on when you un zipp them.
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Frank,
My old Rockies were lace-ups with side zippers. I'd rotate pairs during the season with one pair the boot drier and the other worn. I like the zippers. I had a choice between speed lacing and studs on the pictured boots but they had problems of their own so I opted for full eyelets on up. As for ease of on or off, we'll see. I've always used a boot jack in removing my old ones.
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John, for wet work, I have a pair of LeChameau Chasseurs covered with Turtleskin Gaiters. I can't put on a slip on rubber boot because of high insteps and that's why I got the LeChameau with its baffled zipper. I have side-stepped cottonmouths and copperheads turkey hunting and one place we hunted was loaded with Eastern Diamondbacks. One area I hunt regularly I ran across a coiled-up canebrake while looking for Chanterelles this summer. It was within a rock throw from where I've killed birds. What you have never seen, has seen you for sure. Gil bOy you iz snake sensitive.... Wouldn't pay to go hunting with me I'd have you looking for a new skin... The way I figure if'n you got a clear conscience there's no need to worry about snakes.
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Frank,
My old Rockies were lace-ups with side zippers. I'd rotate pairs during the season with one pair the boot drier and the other worn. I like the zippers. I had a choice between speed lacing and studs on the pictured boots but they had problems of their own so I opted for full eyelets on up. Them ain't Rockys...they lace low on the top of your foot. I would've went with the Army studs. You being a Russel man like me you should know that you always have to loosen up the very bottom laces to get them on and off...Russells are designed to be tightly laced. Trust me you ain't going to like what happens when you lace them up good and tight and un zipp.... tOOOO late now. 
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I've also got a pair of Chasseurs I've had since the mid '90's that I absolutely love, have worn them during the cold months here for days on end.
I bet you wear them when you're dog hunting those fine young dOe deerzzzz
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John, for wet work, I have a pair of LeChameau Chasseurs covered with Turtleskin Gaiters. I can't put on a slip on rubber boot because of high insteps and that's why I got the LeChameau with its baffled zipper. I have side-stepped cottonmouths and copperheads turkey hunting and one place we hunted was loaded with Eastern Diamondbacks. One area I hunt regularly I ran across a coiled-up canebrake while looking for Chanterelles this summer. It was within a rock throw from where I've killed birds. What you have never seen, has seen you for sure. Gil bOy you iz snake sensitive.... Wouldn't pay to go hunting with me I'd have you looking for a new skin... The way I figure if'n you got a clear conscience there's no need to worry about snakes. Well, you might think differently about snakes if you knew two men that I know who were bitten during the winter in my neck of the woods. One almost lost his leg. He was bitten leaving his deer stand. He just got lazy and didn't wear his snakeboots that afternoon. I've hunted with 4 men who have had bird dogs killed by snakes during the winter here while hunting and others who had dogs survive the bites but with consequences. Another man lost two Brittanys to gators. This is a reptile friendly area. Gil
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Gil; The real kicker(s) with those Russell mocassin boots is they cost $550 and take at least 6 months to have made and get. You will probably like them, but.....
Socialism is almost the worst.
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Buzz, I ordered Uplands and the Snakeboots last May. I got the Uplands about two months ago and the s'boots yesterday. My boots should last me up to the Long Good-bye. As for the time it takes to lace them up, what else is going on at 4:30 in the morning?  Gil
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I quit lacing boots years ago. I skipped zipper boots altogether and went straight to Muck slip-on. Step in in the morning; slip off when the hunt's over. No ankle support, but its not hilly around here so it doesn't matter...Geo
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