Snowshoes for Winter Hunting

Brambles said:
I just bought some Atlas 1235's, very light for the size of the shoe, some great features and a lifetime guarantee.

Not cheap but you don't have to buy another pair. Going to give mine their maiden voyage today if my brother gets his ass out of bed and calls me, too many christmas parties:cool:
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you're going to love them, they are the upgraded version of mine. just did the math, had my 1233's for 7 years. nothing has broke, worn down, needed fixing, failed to function. love them. I've done winter camping/backpacking in them, rapelled in them, bounced them off granite boulders in the Gatineaus and Maniwalki, chased coyotes with them in BC.....

Todbartell bought his after using mine for a spell. his girlfriend said he thought they were so ###y she had to sleep on the couch? :D
 
Ive got some Atlas shoes right now (forget the model), not the greatest for deep snow, I use them for trails. Im gonna use those big wooden/animal hide suckers for the deep.
 
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We use traditional shoes sometimes (we do treemarking on Crown lands) because they work so well if the snow is dry but we like Faber Hybrid shoes for bush work. Flotation is very good and with their copolymer decking and heavy mono laces they are perfect for wet mush AND they're pretty cheap for a good, Canadian-made shoe. LeBaron's has 'em really cheap, check their WG1140 and their WG1430 (bearpaw).

I do like the look of the GVs, though.
 
I have a set of 60" Algonquin style traditional shoes. Great for open country, and deep snow. They're alright in the bush, but only if you are walking straight lines. The length makes them a ##### to turn in the bush.
I've had them for about 35 years. Still work fine.
 
I've had a pair of Atlas shoes for many years, they are very good, previously used Tubbs and the Atlas are far better, have also used a pair of traditional shoes, but they had poor bindings and no grip.
 
Silverado said:
Check out the GV snowshoes. Made in Canada, lifetime warranty, and very similar to the Atlas et al in design.

This is the company that manufactures the showshoes the CF use. gvsnowshoes.com

I bought a pair of these last year... the flotation is nothing short of awsome.
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+1 on the GV's. Made in Canada, by a company that's been doing snowshoes for a while and isn't just marketing some fancy little snowshoes the size of tennis rackets to yuppies so that they can go poncing around on groomed trails in designer outerwear at the resort for half an hour before retiring to the bar to stave off hypothermia :).

I've got an older model set of GV's, 10X36's, that are doing great after 4 years.
 
I've tried em all....for some reason I just don't like the "new" style shoes. Not enough flotation for the real deep powdery stuff we get up here (and it's generally crusted with 1/4" of ice to boot)

After multiple pairs, I ended up with a set of good old CF magnesium/stainless shoes....best ones I have found :)
 
Wrong Way said:
I've tried em all....for some reason I just don't like the "new" style shoes. Not enough flotation for the real deep powdery stuff we get up here (and it's generally crusted with 1/4" of ice to boot)

After multiple pairs, I ended up with a set of good old CF magnesium/stainless shoes....best ones I have found :)
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X2, Although the best kind for deep powder is traditional michigans 48", it's all about square inches. The tails keep the toes up and keep some of the shoe weight on the trail. the traditionals don't last long in wet conditions, have to marine spar varnish them all the time.

I've also gone to the magnesium military ones, they are smaller but more resilient. I carry a set of faller bear paws with corks on a sling for the steep wooded areas. There is no "one" snowshoe that is perfect for all conditions/regions so I carry two specialized types.
 
I have used a pair of the CF aluminum/magnesium for over 20 years. One is broken at the side and some of the cables are also breaking. I tried a pair of the new style found at CTC (given as a gift) and after using them for half a day they are great for going to the barbee in the back yard or on a skidoo trail. It all depends if you want to walk trails, open country where most snow shoes will work and how often you plan on using them. The true test is walking in cedar swamps, over/on logs, up and down ditches, uneven surfaces, ice, plowed fields, over fences, wet snow, crossing creeks, etc day after day and not a couple of times a year to see how they will last and work. A good harness is a must and I found the rubber inner tube work best and last longer. The downfall is they are heavy.
 
I'll get this thread alive again. I've just purchased a set of "Nanuk" snowshoes manufactured by "Nanuk winter sportsystems". I can't find anything about them on the web. Someone I sort of trust advised me they were of exceptional quality, and they do look it - very nice. Can't find anything on the web...any information on them?
 
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