We lamp most nights and ferret around three or four days a week giro. Digging wether to terriers or ferrets soon ruins them as does stomping about in bramble patches. I found lowa a good boot if I'm honest untill I was told altberg done country boots and not just military ones. I always knew they ws a guy good boot tho its where the army usex to send the squaddiescwith duff feet don't know if they still do though