What are the best wooden snow shoes for hunting?

There are some variables to consider with snowshoes, particularly where you'll be using them, and your size (weight)… but the modified bear paw style is by far the most versatile and user friendly for the vast majority of folks. I just did a quick search to see what's out there these days; best option to me would be a pair of Iverson "Green Mountain", 9"x30".

Iverson - made in good ole Michigan UP

I like the Iverson Green Mountain bear paw design or an Ojibway design snowshoe. Pick your manufacture but Iverson is very good, snowshoe dot com has kits, have done a few of those too....

I have a pair of Fabers that are just under 10" wide and the rawhide heavy-lacing net is 46" (55" tip to tip). I'm used to cross-country skis and am 6'3", 180 lbs so I get good float and the length is manageable, and I like the narrow style to keep my feet together in a more natural gait.

Yep, sizes and shapes plus purpose= the right shoe for you and your intended purposes.

I logged a LOT of miles one year on a pair of long skinny shoes that took me all over Itasca State Park up in northern Minnesota. I suppose the Ojibway style would've been more geographically correct, but these were fantastic. If you're much bigger than I am, you would probably want to go with the next size up, but I'll leave that up to you. One thing I would recommend though is that you look into a pair which are strung with what appears to be the sheathing from some white para cord. That stuff won't rot, the critters won't eat it, and it's got to be at least as strong as the real deal. Get a couple coats of varnish on them, and you'll hardly be able to tell the difference. Yes, I guess a few things CAN be improved upon after all!

Made in Michigan, Ojibwa style snowshoes

Here's the man that makes them.

http://www.shrewbows.com/

Shoes made by Clyde Risdon (pictured above)

http://www.mgsnowshoes.com/Bindings-Accessories.html

The preceeding address, is the Master Guide Binding. I have several pairs of woodframe snowshoes with this harness and control of the shoe is fantastic and quiet.

My preferred snowshoe is a 42X10. Using long poles, like cross country skiis can get you moving fast with stability. IMHO, long poles work best.

I use the Risdon Ojibwa. They work well for the big and tall.. TLM

I think I'm going to pick up a pair of Maine Guide shoes this season - mostly likely the 11x42 Sportsman model.

I'm a big guy so I had a pair of custom shoes made in the Ojibwa style, 13X65

I've had these since the mid 80's. They are the Green Mountain type...kind of a modified bear paw. Good all around shoes. Jawge

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