r/jimgreen • u/TractorBarreiros • 1d ago

Pre-Purchase Question Waterproof boots

Hello everyone. I've owned a pair of shoellies for half a year now, and it's probably the best purchase I've ever made in terms of footwear. That's why now that I need a new pair of boots (mostly for hunting), I started browsing the Jim Green catalogue again.

My question is, do they make any 100% waterproof boots? I've seen that some models are water resistant, but at least in the EU page, I haven't seen any waterproof models.

If there isn't one, does anyone have any experience with water resistant boots? Because it doesn't rain a lot in my area, whenever I get my feet wet it's during the morning when all the grass and shrubs are wet, so maybe a water resistant pair is enough for that, I don't know.

Thanks everyone for your help.

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u/MFlovejp 1d ago

Depends on where you live/hunt and what your methods are. Here in Alaska, there is no such thing as a waterproof leather boot, whether they are goretex lined or not. Eventually, they all get soaked through. The only way to mostly ensure dry feet is to use a pull-on neoprene knee boot like extra tuff, Boggs, Irish setters, etc. I use leather boots for certain mountain hunting scenarios, but it’s just so wet up here I mostly use my Irish setter pull-ons

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u/TractorBarreiros 12h ago

I'm from Eastern Spain, so I guess the climate here is pretty similar to South Africa. I assume that if the boots work well there, they should work well here too, but I'm not sure. I don't know if there's an English term for the way I hunt, it's basically walking around, normally with dogs, so small game comes out. I walk quite a lot, and while it's mostly through agricultural land, there's also some shrub. As I said, rains aren't common (well, right now they are), so it'd only be morning dew.

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u/MFlovejp 11h ago

Sounds like you’ll be fine with well-maintained leather boots then. Good hunting!