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Many years ago, I was wearing made-in-Canada Sorel winter boots. I rounded a bend of a trail and walked up behind a large Black Tail doe. She was a knowing animal, turned her head and studied me, then walked into the brush. The situation could have gone badly as she could have severly stomped me. Scenarios with surprises have some risk. Noise reduction is more than footwear choices. Synthetic fabrics used in outdoor clothing make a lot of noise when rubbed together and humans can't hear it. Wool is very quiet. Footwear choice is based on many factors: age, arch & ankle support needs, snag resistance, insulation, water proof, critter proof, removable liners and hiking terrain to name a few. I wear 16" high waterproof, pull-on insulated boots. My boots have to tolerate forest debris, mud, dirt, rocks, insects, snow, ice, water in ponds, creeks and rivers and side-hill hiking and have a rubber sole for good traction on rocky terrain ( and be able to scrape the bear poop out of the sole pattern ). Running shoes / moccasins are terrain limited and are not suitable for me but suitable for some. Brand name selection is difficult because so many manufacturers have moved their factories over seas. I suspect that they do not use American sized shoe making Lasts. Some searching is required to find made in the US boots. For those who operate in northern latitudes, potential cost effective footwear might be found at LL Bean and serious pursuit of mukluks is at Steger Mukluks in Ely Minnesota. The previous post listed footwear that was used in a movie. Here goes: In the movie "Wagons East", RIP John Candy, members of the wagon train were able to sneak up on a tribe of indians because they were wearing mocassins. That movie advanced wagon train formations in the way of 'getting the wagons in a square' to combat a cavalry attack.

Hey Tony, i asked Chris to send across one of the Coyote Warning/Locator calls and he just has. Here's what he wrote too about it too : 'This is the call, single coyote, howl screaming, howl barking, very rarely another will chime in and do it too. I think I have one example of that somewhere but it doesn't happen very often and I'm just assuming it's the alpha's mate when that happens. 99.9% of the time this is it. It can go on and on and on but this clip is typical. Chris' April 25 NA1 Coyote Warning howl scream howl bark 1251am 2022.mp3

Almost every place around us has forest cover, game animals and water, so that's almost a given here in Oregon, so we don't have to worry much about that. When we are out and about, we look for things that look "wrong" for the environment. We look for large game trails, odd stick things that are out of place, etc. We also trust our guts - if it feels creepy or like you're being watched, that is a good sign. Places that raise the hair on the back of your neck are good stuff. We do not necessarily rule out things that stand out close to human habitations or towns - we just examine them more closely and judge whether or not it's more likely to be human. It seems to be true that they do and can exist alongside us, especially if it's a travel route. If we were camping overnight, we go to 1) areas where others have had experiences, and 2) where we have had our own things happen. In summer, I'd look more closely at the north side of a mountain, or a shadowed valley because it will be cooler. In winter, the opposite. In summer, I assume they are generally higher up and further in the mountains and it has certainly been our experience that they are lower down in the winter, avoiding the deep snows in the Cascades and visiting the river/lake areas - hence the prevalence of our footprint discoveries in the muddy areas in winter. We also explore places that have traditional names that may have been given to the area for a reason - aka any place with "Skookum" or "Devil" etc.