For most of my South African and my Zimbabwe hunts I wore a pair of ankle high hiking shoes that I bought in Walmart for $15. They also worked well for me on numerous eastern Montana antelope hunts.
Before I went on my first hunt in Mozambique I asked my outfitter what shoes to bring. He told me low cut Solomons. I wore those shoes on both of my Mozambique hunts and have been wearing them for Montana trail hiking, Montana antelope hunts, and a lot of everyday use.
Oh yeah, ever since high school football in the early '60s I've ONLY worn cotton socks for anything! Even when I was a ski instructor and on the professional ski patrol at Steamboat when we had to ski in -30* temperatures, and when I took my ski boots off on those very cold days, my feet would be steaming. Also, I have worn cotton socks for all of my sheep, moose, goat, elk, and everything else hunting all over the world. In over 60 years of outdoor activities I have never worn or even owned anything but cotton socks.