Great content! Just started exploring our northern Michigan marshland. A lot of it is state & federal land in a national forest. One part of the survey is to find our property boundaries. Using property tax info, I can get close to our pins with a gps. Two points are squarely in the marsh. Just for LARPing fun, I am looking for a 'back door' marshland way off of our property to dry land w/o encroaching on private property. Will carry the 870. I want to know this place like my old childhood neighborhood.
As far as pant/boots I feel pretty qualified to comment on that. I hog hunt with dogs in swamps year round, and have put a lot of boots through their paces. First off, pants need to be unbloused. You need tall socks (not crazy tall, just about halfway up your lower leg). You need jungle boots. I have put a few thousand miles on a pair of Rocky jungle boots and they have held up great except for I have probably replaced the laces 4-5 times after they break. They’re not the most comfortable boots though. I’m now using Nike SFB jungle boots (the brown/olive color that they discontinued) and they have been the best so far. Holding up great and very comfortable. Good boots is critical, a ankle boot sucks when you get in mud and it gets over the top of the boot. With a full height boot that doesn’t really happen even if you’re in deep stuff because they’re higher up in the pants. The MOST critical thing is having boots that drain. You absolutely do not want to try and keep your feet dry. They ARE going to get wet, so you need to be able to walk them dry quickly. Water should flow in and out easily. It should go without saying, you need big deep lugs or you’re going to slip and slide every time you have to cross water and try to get up the bank on the other side.
Thanks as always for the info, great videos for a fellow Fl boi like myself. You get out on private land mostly or do you have any preference for parks?
This stuff is going to help a lot on this JRTC rotation I'm going on. A lot of it is just a good refresher on things I haven't looked at in a while too. I like this content a lot. Anyone who actually wants to learn will get a lot from your videos
In my personal experience blousing your boots does a good job of keeping the insects out but you have to do it the way us 03's do it where you put the bootband below your ankle. But on the other side of the coin doing this is a good way to trap water in if you do a bunch of water crossings or are stepping in a lot of deep puddles so like everything its situation dictates.
I almost don't count the blousing band trick because its barely "blousing" by being at the ankle. But youre totally right, its more of a pant leg cinch when done like that. Good call!
Pretty much, yeah. Not ideal. Most leather boots are more suited for temperate and mountain areas, where its preferable to have goretex. There may be some boots that break that mold or are better suited.
Awesome videos. I’ve spent a lot of time hunting in big cypress and all over Florida (mostly central). I’ve always been a gun guy but got into the preparedness aspect in the last year or so when I started to see the relationship between my flat range shooting hobby and my hunting/camping. Found you after finding the Longhouse podcast after seeing them on the art and war podcast last week. Awesome to see another guy from Florida. I’ve always used waders or snake boots while hunting, but I really like the idea of having lightweight quick drying boots like you mentioned. In search of something resoleable, have you ever tried the McRae or surplus jungle boots? Can’t wait to see more videos.
the green black mcrae jungle boots are a little behind the times but still great boots and they use true dms construction like the og jungle boots instead of a glued soles
Great content! Just started exploring our northern Michigan marshland. A lot of it is state & federal land in a national forest. One part of the survey is to find our property boundaries. Using property tax info, I can get close to our pins with a gps. Two points are squarely in the marsh. Just for LARPing fun, I am looking for a 'back door' marshland way off of our property to dry land w/o encroaching on private property. Will carry the 870. I want to know this place like my old childhood neighborhood.
As far as pant/boots I feel pretty qualified to comment on that. I hog hunt with dogs in swamps year round, and have put a lot of boots through their paces. First off, pants need to be unbloused. You need tall socks (not crazy tall, just about halfway up your lower leg). You need jungle boots. I have put a few thousand miles on a pair of Rocky jungle boots and they have held up great except for I have probably replaced the laces 4-5 times after they break. They’re not the most comfortable boots though. I’m now using Nike SFB jungle boots (the brown/olive color that they discontinued) and they have been the best so far. Holding up great and very comfortable. Good boots is critical, a ankle boot sucks when you get in mud and it gets over the top of the boot. With a full height boot that doesn’t really happen even if you’re in deep stuff because they’re higher up in the pants. The MOST critical thing is having boots that drain. You absolutely do not want to try and keep your feet dry. They ARE going to get wet, so you need to be able to walk them dry quickly. Water should flow in and out easily. It should go without saying, you need big deep lugs or you’re going to slip and slide every time you have to cross water and try to get up the bank on the other side.
Thanks for the info man. Definitely not enough content around focusing on the south.
I do it for you all!
Love to see it. Thanks for the info bru
Glad you like it!
Are gators a consideration for night hikes?
They certainly can be dependent on route, sone standoff from canal edges is preferable
Awesome information especially on swamp area and avoiding building artificial holes
Hey, don't you quit making videos man. All good info.
I plan on keeping on, time wise its a big constraint!
@@opfor8r it definitely is, I struggle with it myself. Glad you're still in it. I miss your IG.
@@navyman8903 I have IG again! @opforconsultation
Thanks as always for the info, great videos for a fellow Fl boi like myself. You get out on private land mostly or do you have any preference for parks?
These videos are amazing man. Thank you!
Glad you enjoy them!
This stuff is going to help a lot on this JRTC rotation I'm going on. A lot of it is just a good refresher on things I haven't looked at in a while too. I like this content a lot. Anyone who actually wants to learn will get a lot from your videos
I appreciate it and hope it helps during rotation
@@opfor8r what branch were you in?
@@kurtiscommerce3999 US Army
@@opfor8r very nice what was your MOS?
@@kurtiscommerce3999 11B
Thanks for your videos - can you post a vid on how you paint the pattern on your rifles? Thanks
There is a video on my channel that goes over how I paint
@@opfor8r Thanks... must have overlooked it.
An hour long? You spoil us!
In my personal experience blousing your boots does a good job of keeping the insects out but you have to do it the way us 03's do it where you put the bootband below your ankle. But on the other side of the coin doing this is a good way to trap water in if you do a bunch of water crossings or are stepping in a lot of deep puddles so like everything its situation dictates.
I almost don't count the blousing band trick because its barely "blousing" by being at the ankle. But youre totally right, its more of a pant leg cinch when done like that. Good call!
Given your past videos, would I be correct in assuming that leather boots are a no-no in swamps?
Pretty much, yeah. Not ideal. Most leather boots are more suited for temperate and mountain areas, where its preferable to have goretex. There may be some boots that break that mold or are better suited.
Awesome videos. I’ve spent a lot of time hunting in big cypress and all over Florida (mostly central). I’ve always been a gun guy but got into the preparedness aspect in the last year or so when I started to see the relationship between my flat range shooting hobby and my hunting/camping. Found you after finding the Longhouse podcast after seeing them on the art and war podcast last week. Awesome to see another guy from Florida. I’ve always used waders or snake boots while hunting, but I really like the idea of having lightweight quick drying boots like you mentioned. In search of something resoleable, have you ever tried the McRae or surplus jungle boots? Can’t wait to see more videos.
Didn’t realize how long that comment was till I posted it
I havent used the McRae boots, but if they are the AR670-1 versions youre on the right track, look at all those options
the green black mcrae jungle boots are a little behind the times but still great boots and they use true dms construction like the og jungle boots instead of a glued soles
34:40 jolly ranchers are better imo because menthol inhibits your sense of smell