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| 1418.1 | what I used | 30164::AHO | How about some SMOKED SKEET? | Tue Nov 29 1994 13:22 | 10 |
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I used a marine type of urethane.... I haven't used them since
I treated them so time will tell. I found out that by using
the shoes in warmer weather when the snow is "mushy" seems
to scrape off the finish off quickly... I guess the answer is to
have multiple pairs of shoes or use the "expensive" ones
(i.e Sherpa among others)....
~Mike~
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| 1418.2 | what is your recomendation for new shoes. | 16616::MELENDEZ | | Tue Nov 29 1994 19:19 | 7 |
| after having spent quite some time thinking about it I am finally going
to break down a by a pair of snow shoes. what are the drawbacks other
than the above to the cheap kind. From looking at the expensive type
they look as if they would not be a effective in snow and the cheap
leather type. any idea's?
Joe
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| 1418.3 | REI | 8817::HELMREICH | Steve | Wed Nov 30 1994 15:38 | 11 |
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Stores like REI have a pretty good selection of traditional style and new style
snowshoes. For hunting, I'd sure try to get ones with a slighly narrower
profile so you can walk in them. But, the narrower they are without any other
changes, the less support you'll get.
Last year, REI had some aluminum-style shoes that were really inexpensive, and
looked impressive. Maybe they'd be worth a try.
steve
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| 1418.4 | | 16616::MELENDEZ | | Wed Nov 30 1994 19:42 | 8 |
| I need to think of something. While working on getting close to elk, I
couldnt make more noise with a truck than tring to sneek up with just
pac boots. The snow was about 2 feet deep and very crunchy. Also in the
Drifts the snow was 3-4 feet deep a tough climb to elevation.
Interestingly enough it was about knee high to the elk.
Joe
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| 1418.5 | Magnesium Snow shoes | 16896::MELENDEZ | | Thu Jan 12 1995 18:57 | 17 |
| I was looking for snow shoes after having a hard time with
snow in Montana. I found that Gander Mountain has US army
issue Magnesium snow shoes for 49 bucks. I purchased a
pair and have used them in the recent snow here in
California. They are lighter than wood shoes and dont
look like they will take much maintenance to keep up.
I rented some of the new aluminum frame with plastic
tops but found that though these floated better on snow
they tended to fill up with snow quickly and thus became
much heavyer than expected especialy in wet snow.
One problem I can see with these is since they are metal
the obvious problems with sticking to your fingers apply
in very cold conditions..
Joe "I wont sink up to my butt no more" Melendez
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