re: Good pair of waterproof hiking shoes?

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this is why I can't imagine NOT having waterproof boots, and most of the times I discovered my boots were no longer waterproof it wasn't from walking through water, it was walking through wet grass

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Yep. Turkey hunting in the south my boots and bottom of my pants are often times soaked all morning from walking through the woods or across a single field in the morning. Once the sun hits and dries the grass up its all good.

Drier climates are different I know. I've hiked many many miles in wet feet and will again. I just would much prefer not to.

Its one thing to have a high top gore tex boot when you don't need it, but a low top hiking shoe like trail runner has never been an issue with me as far as not breathable. Just my 2 cents