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<blockquote data-quote="Country Bumpkin" data-source="post: 1753812" data-attributes="member: 92230"><p>How many years do you get out of a pair of Pronghorns?</p><p></p><p>I only ask, because I'm trying to figure out what is a reasonable $$/Year ratio for boots. The 400Gram Insulate Pronghorns are now $240, they were $179 when I sold them at Cabela's 8 years ago. I'd see most customers only get 1 season, possibly 2, out of them back then. </p><p></p><p>Based off my experience and how many hunters I spoke with, I (personally) would assume the average hunter gets 2 years out of a pair, so $120/Year investment. In my opinion, they are super comfy, but NOT a mountain hunting boot, I'd only recommend them to folks for logging roads, upland or whitetail hunting (not elk or mulies).</p><p></p><p>My experience with high-end "mountain boots" is limited to Kennetrek, Meindl and Schnees. Average cost for these would be $400 - $450. My experience shows that I typically get 4 years of really hard use out of them, sometimes 5 (including spot-n-stalk Spring Bear, Spring Turkey, Archery Elk, Rifle Mulies, Chukkar/Quail/Pheasants and all forms of Scouting). This would be $100/Year investment AND they provide much more ankle support in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>I'm glad that some of you have had such great experience with Pronghorns. the ones I owned, and a LOT that I sold, did not meet the mark for Western Big Game hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Country Bumpkin, post: 1753812, member: 92230"] How many years do you get out of a pair of Pronghorns? I only ask, because I'm trying to figure out what is a reasonable $$/Year ratio for boots. The 400Gram Insulate Pronghorns are now $240, they were $179 when I sold them at Cabela's 8 years ago. I'd see most customers only get 1 season, possibly 2, out of them back then. Based off my experience and how many hunters I spoke with, I (personally) would assume the average hunter gets 2 years out of a pair, so $120/Year investment. In my opinion, they are super comfy, but NOT a mountain hunting boot, I'd only recommend them to folks for logging roads, upland or whitetail hunting (not elk or mulies). My experience with high-end "mountain boots" is limited to Kennetrek, Meindl and Schnees. Average cost for these would be $400 - $450. My experience shows that I typically get 4 years of really hard use out of them, sometimes 5 (including spot-n-stalk Spring Bear, Spring Turkey, Archery Elk, Rifle Mulies, Chukkar/Quail/Pheasants and all forms of Scouting). This would be $100/Year investment AND they provide much more ankle support in my opinion. I'm glad that some of you have had such great experience with Pronghorns. the ones I owned, and a LOT that I sold, did not meet the mark for Western Big Game hunting. [/QUOTE]
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