When do you throw boots away?

[CMcCormick1805]

I was wondering when everyone else calls it quits for their hunting boots? Do you resole them instead?

Mine usually get tossed once the tread wears off and the rubber rand is peeled away. I’ve got a pair of Crispi’s holding on for dear life.

 

[Sierra Hunter]

I think pics would be illustrative in this thread. I don’t have any pics on hand but I toss them once they become a liability (not waterproof, tread loss) or can’t be repurposed.

 

[Pulleye16]

When a hole forms or rubbing issues.

Only once due to smell…

 

[5MilesBack]

As long as I like the boots, I'll wear them into the ground. I have a pair of Zamberlans that are going on year 14, they've been in need of a resole for a few years now. I just haven't gotten around to it yet. I have a pair of dress shoes that are 36 years old. They have leather soles. They've been resoled three times. The left shoe has a hole in the leather bottom about 1.5" across. I just last week bought a new pair of dress shoes. I'll tolerate quite a lot to not have to spend money. I am my dad.

 

[Fool-hearted Footslogger]

Good question. I've never thrown any away. They get broke in so well they become camp slippers or maybe dry day short hikers. I do replace them every few years though. Th moment the welt cracks between the sole and the leather or really anything that doesn't keep your feet dry, there quickly replaced. I've got a lot of miles on some of my boots. Hard to let them go I guess.

 

[BC03]

Wear till falling apart, then time for the sacrificial burning!

 

[bigunit]

Treat them like tires. If you're going on a trip (hunt) and wondering if they'll make it, its time to replace them. Also, bring a spare!

 

[Exterra]

I stop wearing them hunting when they are no longer waterproof. They then become the boots I wear on training days, summer scouting, anything that doesn't involve them being wet. I always have a couple pairs in the rotation.

 

[dgfavor]

Wear till falling apart, then time for the sacrificial burning!

Moment of silence...

 

[S.Clancy]

I wear the sides out before anything else. You have to be walking a large proportion of your miles on trail to wear the tread out first. I have never worn the tread out on any boot ever.

 

[brancher147]

When they are cracked or leak or have holes. Never had a sole wear out and I walk a lot but mainly only wear boots in the woods not on concrete or pavement or walking around town

 

[MallardSX2]

As soon as they’re not reasonably waterproof anymore, I throw them in the trash.

I HATE getting wet feet.

 

[Akexis972]

Mostly when the sole starts losing its waterproofing.