Rocky Brands Hunting Boots

What went wrong

The notice saysThe boots' snake guard can fail to protect the wearer’s feet from a snake bite.

This notice describes a hazard outside our main groups. Read the official wording carefully and compare the product details with your own pair.

How to tell if your pair is affected

Product description in the noticeThe recalled boots are 16-inch tall rubber hunting boots sold under the Rocky brand name. The recalled boots have a camouflage pattern on the outside of the shaft and foot. A white label on the inside of the shaft of has the Rocky logo, product number RKYS153, a date code between 12-14 and 01-15 in the MM-YY format and the words "Men’s 16 Silent Hunter Snake Boot, Camo" below the product number and date code.

Numbers named in the notice that you can match against the label, box or receipt:

• RKYS153

UPC barcodes listed with the recall:

• 883802723007

What the notice tells you to do

RemedyConsumers should stop wearing the recalled boots immediately and contact Rocky Brands for a full refund or a free pair of replacement snakebite-proof hunting boots in one of the following models: Lynx Snake, Classic Lynx Snake, Prolight Snake in lace up, pull-on or side-zip styles.

Recall contact, as printed in the notice: Rocky Brands Inc. toll-free at (866) 245-2159 from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. ET Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, email at [email protected], or online at www.rockybrands.com or www.rockyboots.com and click on Recall Notice for more information.

The recall is 11 years old. The notice gives a phone number, an email address and a website for the firm; contact details that old may no longer work, while the CPSC notice stays online as the record of the recall.

How this recall compares

• With about 1,800 units, this is the 81st largest of the 95 footwear recalls in our archive that give a U.S. unit count. The median recall in the archive covers about 7,200 units, so this one is well below typical size.
• 2 other footwear recalls in the archive cite a hazard outside the five main groups, 0 of them in men’s footwear. The earliest in this group dates from 2004.
• The notice gives a price of $200. For work and safety boots in the archive the typical stated price is about $110, so this pair sat at the pricier end of its group.
• The notice cites 1 report before the recall. 36 of the 95 detailed notices in the archive cite no incidents at all.

Year, part, store and origin

• 2015 brought 4 footwear recalls in our archive, covering about 55,070 units in all. This was the 2nd of the year by date and the 3rd largest by units.
• The notice names the snake guard as the part that fails. No other footwear recall in the archive names that part in its hazard statement.
• Made in China. 61 of the 91 notices in the archive that name a country list China (67%).
• 1 report on about 1,800 units works out to roughly 56 reports per 100,000 units. The median across the 55 recalls that give both figures is 16, so this recall drew more reports per pair than most.
• At the stated price, the 1,800 units come to roughly $360,000 of retail sales.

Against the other Rocky Brands recall

Rocky Brands also recalled Georgia Boot steel-toed work shoes on April 17, 2014. This recall came 13 months after it. It was the smaller of the two, 1,800 units against 6,800. The hazards differ: this one is an other hazard, the other an impact or crush hazard. These sold for more, $200 against $150. The notice cites 1 report, the earlier one none.

Comparisons use the 103 footwear recalls in our archive, read from the CPSC recall database on October 20, 2026. See data and methods.