drying out waders

mississippi_duc_htr · Postby **mississippi_duc_htr** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:36 am

Well I finally fell in first time in 10 years. Went back too get the boat to move to a new location about 7:00. I had already walked through the spot and stepped over a log in the water, dont know what happen but hit the log got over balanced and went in up too my neck. Man was that an eye opener that early in the morning.Whewwwwwww weeeeeeee!!!!!! Took my breath and all, anyway last time I fell in I was wearing canvas wader and it didnt take long too dry them out. Now have neoprene but havent fell in since I ve had them. This morning the boots are still wet on the inside and they wont seem too dry out laid them in the sun the rest of yesterday and kept them on a heater vent all night and they are still wet. Any ideas on getting them too dry out today so I can hit it again in the morning. We still kept on hunting till 10:00 but was I freezing my axx off. Worst part was didnt fire a shot, and saw very few ducks

gator · Postby **gator** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:40 am

i like those little plug in the wall boot/wader dryers.....stick em on in the evening, they'll be dry as a bone (or close) next morning....

i don't like the propane ones, even tho i think they dry them quicker.....the lil propane tanks are just one more thing to keep up w/...

cost about 30 bucks and you can get them at most any hunting store....i know van's has em and i'm sure MM does too....gator

Postby **Greenhead22** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:44 am

Peet Boot Dryer, make sure you get the wader extensions for it, sold seperately I believe.

gator · Postby **gator** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 10:17 am

Greenhead22 wrote:Peet Boot Dryer, make sure you get the wader extensions for it, sold seperately I believe.

yeah, that's the name....gator

Doc & Nash · Postby **Doc & Nash** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 11:54 am

Put on a couple of pairs of socks and put your feet in the boots, this gets any water out that can possibly be dried out. Then pull the Neo part all the way down to the top of the boot and lay them in front of the refridgerator. )top of boot facing the vent on the bottom of refridge) this will dry them out over night.

Seymore · Postby **Seymore** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:21 pm

Cheap wader dryer. Every bit as effective as the more expensive jobs.

Take a PVC T and put pieces of PVC into the T to match the width of the waders. Then stick elbows on both ends of that and put longer pieces of PVC into the elbows. Then insert the whole contraption into your waders and stick your wife's hair dryer in the open end of the T. One longer PVC end goes into each leg. Turn it on. Takes no time to dry your waders. If the hair dryer doesn't exactly fit the opening, use duct tape.

I had maybe 5 bucks in parts and we already had the hair dryer. Boy was my wife pizzed when she came home and found her hair dryer in the garage drying my waders. :lol:

rebelduckaholic · Postby **rebelduckaholic** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:58 pm

It might work just as good. But 5 dollars and pissing the wife off vs 30 peet boot dryer. I will stick with the store bought one :lol:

Dutch Dog · Postby **Dutch Dog** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:43 pm

In a pinch you can put plastic garbage bags over your feet and go hunting with wet waders. Done it MANY times and it works like a charm.

mississippi_duc_htr · Postby **mississippi_duc_htr** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:37 pm

Thanks for all the suggestions been awhile since I had wet feet hope it'll be along time before it happens again :wink:

DUKLUVR · Postby **DUKLUVR** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:48 pm

The PVC suggestion works-only don't use a hair dryer. Use a small ceramic electric heater from wal mart, etc. You can drill holes in the pipe to help dry all the way up. However now know that the HARD part is drying the boot part.

I got some good ideas from some of the posts. Been there been wet, wet, and longer wet. Certainly will be again.

RotDorn · Postby **RotDorn** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 6:35 am

I wad up newspaper and stuff it in the foot part, it wicks the moisture out.

sipseyduck · Postby **sipseyduck** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 4:54 pm

Using your wifes hair dryer and burning it up! NOT a Good Idea!!!!

Seymore · Postby **Seymore** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:17 pm

rebelduckaholic wrote:It might work just as good. But 5 dollars and pissing the wife off vs 30 peet boot dryer. I will stick with the store bought one

I'm into my 16th year of blissful matrimony. Part of the secret to the success is knowing when I can get away with chit like that and when I can't. :wink:

Kinda like my new shotgun I got a few weeks ago. It's all in the timing boyz. Everything else is easy.

kwat · Postby **kwat** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:13 am

Go to your local muffler shop, and ask them to build you one. Take the muffler pipe and make a base in the form of an "H" with the center of the "H" being about 18 inches. The other two pieces need to be about 16 inches. Then squeeze the ends down on the 18' inch of pipe and weld them to the center of the other two pieces. Next cut a hole for a insert pipe into the top of the 18" center piece ... Oh heck, just call Billy Ryals at 662-226-5177 and get him to make you one for waders. Works off of a hair dryer and will dry a completly soaked set of felt lined waders before your next morning hunt. You will never regret it :!:

tunica · Postby **tunica** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:24 am

Doc & Nash wrote:Put on a couple of pairs of socks and put your feet in the boots, this gets any water out that can possibly be dried out. Then pull the Neo part all the way down to the top of the boot and lay them in front of the refridgerator. )top of boot facing the vent on the bottom of refridge) this will dry them out over night.

How'd you learn that trick you been stepping out of the boat without your handy stick depth finder?

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