Snakes!
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Posts: 2,186
RE: Snakes!
Many, many years ago,I bought a pair of Chippewa leather snakeboots. Warm weather hunting in the south ... I will be wearing them.T
They've worked great ! Better than I expected because while wearing these boots, I have yet tocome across a sanke in the woods.I am not sure the $$$ was worth it, but it would take only one hit by any of thevipers we have down this wayto sway me otherwise. I am too old to be swayed.
They've worked great ! Better than I expected because while wearing these boots, I have yet tocome across a sanke in the woods.I am not sure the $$$ was worth it, but it would take only one hit by any of thevipers we have down this wayto sway me otherwise. I am too old to be swayed.
#14
RE: Snakes!
I always wear snake boots during turkey season, partly for the extra protection but also because of the comfort. Something I've always been curious about though is how much protection they really give you. The boots only go up to just under your knee, and who says a large snake can't strike higher than that? Those 18 inches of snake protection don't mean much if the snake strikes 20 inches high. What do yall think? Any chance they might strike over the boot?
#15
RE: Snakes!
ORIGINAL: salukipv1
how many hunters really see snakes while hunting? out west on a elk hunt I saw 1.
Keep your eyes open. Though I guess snake boots and a snake slayer pistol is rarely a bad idea...
how many hunters really see snakes while hunting? out west on a elk hunt I saw 1.
Keep your eyes open. Though I guess snake boots and a snake slayer pistol is rarely a bad idea...
It only takes one
#16
RE: Snakes!
I hunt in Kansas I don't wear them. It is always in the back of my mind every time i go out. A couple years ago i thought i was a dead man. i was walking back to the truck after a fruitless hunt i wasn't really watching what i was stepping on then all of a sudden i heard a rattling noise. i figured my life was already over i might as well see what killed me before i died and it turned out to be a little gardner snake that was shaking its tail in dry leaves.
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Arkansas Ozarks
Posts: 325
RE: Snakes!
I wear them during turkey AND early deer season. I almost stepped on a timber rattler in late October when it was 46 degrees and raining. He may have been too cold to bite me, but I'm not taking any chances in the future.
#18
Spike
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Fortson, Ga.
Posts: 23
RE: Snakes!
I hunt in South Georgia, and I hunt snakes as well as turkeys. I am a nurse and have taken care of countless numbers of people who did not wear snake boots. A bite by a rattlesnake, especially a eastern diamond back is no laughing matter. I have seen people die from something that could be prevented. Don't you be foolish boy!
#19
RE: Snakes!
ORIGINAL: salukipv1
how many hunters really see snakes while hunting? out west on a elk hunt I saw 1.
Keep your eyes open. Though I guess snake boots and a snake slayer pistol is rarely a bad idea...
how many hunters really see snakes while hunting? out west on a elk hunt I saw 1.
Keep your eyes open. Though I guess snake boots and a snake slayer pistol is rarely a bad idea...