I bought $400 Irish setters and they are hot and hard to get used to. They have very stiff walls that go high to the knee, I wore them once, I like the idea of light weight gators that are flexible and can go with any boot.
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Are Snake Boots worth the money?
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Let me put it like this, snake boots aren’t a whole lot different than CCW options. There are a TON of them on the market. Know yourself and do your research and try them on when able. Because like a CCW pistol if you choose incorrectly you won’t have them on when you need them and it will be a waste of time and money for you. I chose incorrectly for mine. I went all in and got the biggest baddest most expensive and it was my mistake. If I had some simple bite proof gators in the truck I could slide on that were flexible and feasible for on the go then I would wear them all the time. Vs having a giant pair of rigid hot boots that take up 50% of my truck box that I dread putting on.
You guys are making me paranoid, now I’m afraid to get of the sidewalks! 
Its for sure a serious subject, and one that should be discussed. I have boots and gators, my wife bought the boots and the gators were a birthday present. I wear them pretty often but not always , and that’s not the smart thing to do. I’m going to be more vigilant in the future.
Its for sure a serious subject, and one that should be discussed. I have boots and gators, my wife bought the boots and the gators were a birthday present. I wear them pretty often but not always , and that’s not the smart thing to do. I’m going to be more vigilant in the future.
You guys are making me paranoid, now I’m afraid to get of the sidewalks!
Its for sure a serious subject, and one that should be discussed. I have boots and gators, my wife bought the boots and the gators were a birthday present. I wear them pretty often but not always , and that’s not the smart thing to do. I’m going to be more vigilant in the future.
And don't leave the truck/boat/roadside without your snake boots, snake shot, machete and/or a spade. A long handled shovel makes a great walking stick and it's a multi use weapon/tool. Learned this as a land surveyor. Plenty of snowflakes will call the law on you for walking around with a machete, sheathed or not.... but a shovel is just as deadly and has a longer reach and nobody looks twice. All a spade is is a wide point spear. And it can be file sharpened just like a spear or machete too.
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Rebel_Rider1969
Well Known Nuisance
Yep, I've got a sharp shooter long narrow shovel that I sharpened.
Yep. I have walked a lot with one of these too. Made for walking, long but not as long as a regular spade, with a knob for a hand grip. Made for walking, deadly on a snake, coyote or trespasser. I used it to clean tracks on my CAT 311 in Maine for a long time, and used her up. I walked miles in between everybody's hoes cleaning tracks at the end of the day. Very handy
Also consider taking a good cat with you : )
We had a litter of five females born here in 2008, and kept three. Two of ours each cornered a rattler for us... one at the edge of the woods, and one by the back door, and the two we gave away to one home tag-teamed and KILLED a rattler!
Of course, their daddy was "Daddy Cat", a neighborhood wanderer who my wife called a "thug", and whose neck was the size and density of a ROUND FENCE-POST!
We had a litter of five females born here in 2008, and kept three. Two of ours each cornered a rattler for us... one at the edge of the woods, and one by the back door, and the two we gave away to one home tag-teamed and KILLED a rattler!
Of course, their daddy was "Daddy Cat", a neighborhood wanderer who my wife called a "thug", and whose neck was the size and density of a ROUND FENCE-POST!
Rebel_Rider1969
Well Known Nuisance
Gotta go somewhere they sell em, look for youth sizes.
I wear the Chippewa brand and they are much more comfortable than any other brands that I have tried. I've been bitten a couple of times and would not go to the woods without them. They're expensive but worth every penny. If you are going to be in rattlesnake country then wear the chaps also. The boots only protect up to the bottom of the knee and larger snakes can strike higher than that. I use both when upland bird hunting.
I used to quail hunt with some guys near Brewton. I wasn’t with them that trip but a guy with them got hit by a good-sized diamondback.
He got better eventually but took several months and he almost died.
I hunted with them a couple of weeks later and everyone was wearing brand new snake boots.
I always wore snakeproof gaiters but came across a good deal on a pair of Rocky’s so I was one of the ones wearing new boots.
He got better eventually but took several months and he almost died.
I hunted with them a couple of weeks later and everyone was wearing brand new snake boots.
I always wore snakeproof gaiters but came across a good deal on a pair of Rocky’s so I was one of the ones wearing new boots.
I recommend gaiters. My wife has TurtleSkin gaiters. These are way cooler, lighter and more pliable to wear then other gaiter brand (or boot).
Easy on and off.
No need for the boot bulk or cost.
Personally I dislike any boot.
A person learns to stalk and walk so much more quieter when the foot is not turned into an armored battering ram that gives no thought to where it steps.
Use gaiters. You will walk farther, quieter and longer.
Notah
Easy on and off.
No need for the boot bulk or cost.
Personally I dislike any boot.
A person learns to stalk and walk so much more quieter when the foot is not turned into an armored battering ram that gives no thought to where it steps.
Use gaiters. You will walk farther, quieter and longer.
Notah
