Those ropers wouldn't work for the kind of hunting that I do. They aren't meant to hike through the woods/mountains in the rain, snow, mud, muck, coyote crap, etc. However, I do hear that some people hunt ranches where they are dropped off at a box stand, and they don't even have to clean the animals that they harvest. I would hate to get blood and guts on those nice boots! I'd love to have a pair. They look real comfortable, but I wouldn't take them hunting.... L