Hiking/hunting boots

[Biggamefish]

I am looking at danner boots for hiking hunting boot. I just can't spend the kind of money for kenetreks right now.

Has anybody had any experience with Danner boots and what are your thoughts?

Thanks Matt.

[TIM B]

I’ve wore the danner elk hunters for years and like them.  I think it’s just a matter of what fits your foot best.
Tim B

[ESP]

There is nothing wrong with Danner Pronghorns.  Mine usually last two seasons.  They take very little time to break in.  For me they are a gold standard.  There are some a little better but you will pay. 

[trad_bowhunter1965]

I have a pair of Elk Hunter they can be rebuilt for half the cost of new pair.

[MnFn]

I’ve had two pair of Danner. Different styles,one a hiker and the other a full sized boot.  The Construction was very good on both, but that was ten years ago.

The second pair didn’t fit quite as well, maybe because of problems with my feet.
So I went to Meindles, of course more money, but they are boot of choice now.

[mnbwhtr]

Last year I was going to Kodiak and needed a pair of boots, I looked Danner Pronghorns and their reviews. Kept looking and then Scheels had them for $111 dollars so bought a pair. First thing I did was fill a tub with water up over my ankles and stand in it for 15 minutes. No leakage which was the main complaint in reviews, I wore them everywhere for a few days, comfortable, hardly any break in needed. They worked out great in the rain and wind and everything else that goes along with the island. After coming home and whitetail hunting I found myself using them as much as my rubber boots for the comfort. Well worth the $111. 

[Terry Green]

Got an up and coming company in this market looking at being a Sponsor here.  Made in the USA also.

I have always strived to buy quality boots that last and preserve your foot health.

Footwear is majorly underrated.

[dnovo]

Last pair I bought several years ago was Meindle. Little pricey but I’m very happy with them and figure they should last me for years.

[matt schuster]

I am a boot rep and have worked for several boot companies over the years after working for New Balance for several decades.   Have owned Pronghorns in the past and won't say a bad thing about them.    I now rep Thorogood Boots, a company mostly known for our USA-made work boots, and we are coming out with a hunting boot next month called the Infinity that was designed by the gentleman who used to design the boots Meindl made for Cabela's.   When Bass Pro bought Cabela's, he came to work for Thorogood.    Although the Infinity is not out yet, it is designed to be similar to the Kenetrek at about half the price.     Kenetrek's are great boots as well and I have a pair that I won't wear anymore now that we are making hunting boots. . lol.     One real key with any boots is just to make sure it fits your foot.   A boot I love, you may hate because all of our feet are different.

When our new hunting boots launch in July, we are the ones who are going to advertise on Tradgang.

[wingnut]

It really depends on what you are doing.  I wore Danner elk hunters for years while hunting elk in Washington and Idaho and loved them.  Took them to Alaska where the hills were steeper and rocky and they self destructed the first season.  Side wall broke down.  Went to mountaineering boots for that application and have not looked back.

Mike

[olddogrib]

I bought a Pair of Danner Frontiers w/1000 gr. thinsulate many years ago in July of all times.  They were discounted less than 1/2 price due to it being the middle of summer.  I still have them as they were USA made and re-solable and I'm on the second set.  This model may not even be offered now and if it is it's probably "evolved" and may be entirely different, but I've been entirely satisfied.

[Tim Reese]

These are my fav hikers that I have. Not good for deep water as they are short. But love them. And are rebuildable

[degabe]

Don't care for boots with heavy lugs because they carry too much mud into the house. That makes the wife unhappy.

[kevsuperg]

I really like my danner boots . sorry can't remember the model.
 Only had to change the inserts to fit my high arch.
 Wear them almost exclusively when hunting.

[arrow30]

i used to wear danners, got tired of spending 200 plus every year on boots, now i prefer something light weight that fits good.plenty of boots that are just as good that last just as long and wont break the bank.

[F. Dobbs]

I've hear rumblings about Thorogood.  I'd like to check them out for this fall as I am in the market.  I hear they are serious about making a great affordable boot.

[ozy clint]

used a pair of meindl until my arch's flattened out and they became too small. now i have Lowa. both very good.

[kopfjaeger]

Been using these Meindl Ibex boots since 1998. I did have them resoled a couple times. They are great boots. They fit like a hiking boot and are gortex. Besides wearing them around home bowhunting small game I wore them on seven trips to Colorado bowhunting elk and muledeer, and twice bowhunting black bear in New Brunswick Canada. They're a tough boot.

[Silent footed]

I use addidas terrex sneakers. QUIET, flexible, can feel the twig before it pops and back your foot off immediately before it makes a sound; and lasts longer than moccasins.

Guys tell me they need boots to protect their feet. But I say if you're tromping around to the extent that you need foot protection then you need to SLOW down.

I know this is not a recommendation. But couldn't help it.  Sorry guys. Every deer I've ever killed has been on foot while still-hunting. Hence my screen name on here.

I'm sure all these boots are quite durable though.

[Karl61]

Wore a pair of (broken in) Danner Pronghorns on a three or four day deer hunt in the mountains in Colorado some years back.  Thirty days after the hunt most of the skin had healed on my toes.  They found their purpose in life behind my lawn mower.  Lowas ever since. Pronghorn might do ok hunting back 40 whitetails but not a boot for the mountains with a pack. But boot fit is certainly a personal thing.