Quality Hip Waders....? Recommendations Needed

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I'm looking for recommendations on a good set of hip waders to be used for deer hunting.

I'd like them to be able to hold up fairly well to minor abrasion as I would be using these to dog through swamp and cross rocky creeks.

I'd also like a pair with boots attached, decent boots that I could actually hike a good distance in.

Is it possible to get a comfortable reliable pair that are not extremely noisy?

Any recommendations would be very helpful.

Thanks
 
I looked in every shop I could think of in Saskatchewan this spring, for working on our trapline for beavers, but no luck. Seems like stores stock plenty of chest waders but the few hip waders I could find were junk. Good luck, I will certainly be interested if you get some recommendations from other gunnutz.
 
I spend a good deal of time in waders (hip boots and chest waders) every spring, summer and fall. If you are looking for a set of hip boots then there is no better pair then the LaCrosse Traplines. They are tough as hell, very comfortable, and long lasting. But you'll have to buy them out of the USA as no one in Canada sells these. http://www.lacrossefootwear.com/hunt/waders/traplinetm-hip-waders.html These are the only boots that we get multiply seasons of use out of. Everything else last for 1 season at best and the junk you buy at CDN Tire lasts us less then one week on average.
 
I worked in sportfishing retail from counter staff to marketting manager purchasing agent. I'd second the lacross traplines as most waders with boots attached are fine for the weekend flyfisherman but for the hunter/trapper... Not so much.
A second option would be a pair of BARE 3mm neoprene pants with sockfoot and a decent oversized light weight hiking boot and neoprene cuffs. It's what I wear and often I'll throw fleece pants over top for extra silence ;)
BARE are manufactured in Langley, BC, IIRC
 
I use muck boots and love the fit and feel, but they are a bit too fragile in tough conditions. I completely shredded a pair on the "people traps" that beavers leave in their feeding grounds - you know, the thumb sized aspen stumps sharpened like Vietnam war - era punji sticks left to spear the unwary. Neoprene boots just do not stand up to the conditions encountered while "dogging through swamps" - good rubber backed with nylon is far superior.
 
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