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Before You Buy - Boots Preferred by Woodsmen

Foresters, Rangers and Loggers Pick Their Favorite Work Boot

By Steve Nix, About.com

RedWing Boot
"Your feet are the only two feet you got for your whole life and they will always be the ones who take you where you need to go. Treat them like kings because without them your face would be in the dirt." - Tyson Schultz, Oregon Logger

A discussion with rangers, foresters and forest owners has provided several recommendations for purchasing forestry/logging/hiking boots. I thought I would pass this information along and provide links to those top recommended companies that have Internet sites. Although many boot companies sell only through retail distributors and catalogs, you can purchase several of the boots right from this feature.

Promoters of these boots have had years of experience in the woods and, to my knowledge, have no particular connection to any of the boot companies. I tallied their votes in a poll on a recent feature and have listed the top boots in order of popularity. Voters are professionals that regularly post at the About Forestry Forum and use the About Forestry site. About Forestry does not endorse any of the recommendations and has no endorsement agreement with any of the boot manufacturers.

With that out of the way, let's look at some of forestry's favorite boots.

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