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A self-dusting porous pouch for securement to an associated boot is set forth to prevent crawling insects, such as ticks and the like, from passing upwardly to an individual from ground level during outdoor activity. The self-dusting boot attachment has secured to the porous pouch a Velcro strap for

A self-dusting porous pouch for securement to an associated boot is set forth to prevent crawling insects, such as ticks and the like, from passing upwardly to an individual from ground level during outdoor activity. The self-dusting boot attachment has secured to the porous pouch a Velcro strap for surroundingly encompassing a boot with associated boot hooks attached at an inside surface of the pouch for securement overlying an associated boot upper perimeter for maintaining the apparatus at a predetermined orientation relative to the boot.

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A self-dusting boot apparatus for the distribution of insect repelling powder about a boot for use in combination with said boot wherein said boot comprises a lower surface and an integral upper vertical surface terminating in an upper vertical edge, said apparatus comprising, a pouch means for sele

A self-dusting boot apparatus for the distribution of insect repelling powder about a boot for use in combination with said boot wherein said boot comprises a lower surface and an integral upper vertical surface terminating in an upper vertical edge, said apparatus comprising, a pouch means for selective attachment about the upper vertical surface of said boot and said pouch means including a selective opening means for filling said pouch means with the insect repelling powder, and strap means including fastening elements integrally secured to an exterior surface of said pouch means for encircling securement of said pouch means to said boot about said upper vertical surface, and wherein said fastening elements include hook and loop fasteners with respective hook and loop fasteners at opposed terminal ends of said strap means, and wherein said strap means is secured to said pouch means immediately below said selective opening means, and wherein said selective opening means includes a zipper positioned between opposed coextensive terminal ends of said pouch means to an interior surface of said pouch means, and wherein said pouch means is of a linear dimension equal to or greater than a permieter surface about said upper vertical surface of the boot, and wherein a plurality of elongate boot hooks are secured to a rear surface of said pouch means at lower ends of the hook on an opposite side of said pouch means to that having secured thereto said zipper and said strap means to enable securement of the hooks to the upper edge of the boot wherein each of the hooks further includes a “U”shaped upper end for overlying securement to the upper edge of the boot to enable said pouch means to be positioned and arranged for attachment to the upper edge of said boot.