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RJY66, you don't say where you are, but I seriously doubt that your location is any more wet or hot than Florida. Snake boots that are NOT waterproof are, for me, a waste of money, since virtually everyplace I hunt, hike and camp is surrounded by puddles, creeks, lakes and swamps.
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Me and a friend go turkey hunting in Western Md.I came across a diamond back a few years back. If you came across a Diamondback in Maryland, you'd better get snake boots, chaps, and a tin foil hat.
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I hunt in the SC low country for deer starting in August, though I don't usually get serious till mid September. It is not hotter than Florida but hot enough that I cannot deal with lined boots. My feet will be either be wet from sweat or wet from water coming from the outside and without the lining my feet can at least breathe.....and no, I do not have to walk through water as a rule where I hunt.
I am a hot natured person and that is why I told the guy that "his mileage may vary" because we are all different and conditions are different. The guy asked for "experiences" and I gave him mine.
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Me and a friend go turkey hunting in Western Md.I came across a diamond back a few years back. If you came across a Diamondback in Maryland, you'd better get snake boots, chaps, and a tin foil hat. hehehe, just what are you trying to say?
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I have Irish Setter (Redwing) snake boots.
Do not wear them a much as I should. Cannot say how good they are cause have never been bitten.
Saw a recall by Rocky for their Silent Hunter snake boots because they failed a bite test
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Ha! No joke, I had a buddy that used to go Rattler hunting, made himself a set of medieval armour looking leggings, complete with hinged foot guard out of stove pipe! He and his cousin would head to the foothills and hunt the Chinese rock walls/fences.
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Me and a friend go turkey hunting in Western Md.I came across a diamond back a few years back. If you came across a Diamondback in Maryland, you'd better get snake boots, chaps, and a tin foil hat. I stand corrected.....was a timber rattler....tin foil not needed
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justin ropers Roger is tougher than the rest of us! I only get within 12 ga range of Rattlers, and that's as close as I'm gonna get. In my experience, the really big ones, say 5 feet or more in length are the most agressive! Couple of years ago I had real 6 footer chase me out of the barn. Bastards are hard to hit with a Glock 32 while running backwards! I guarantee he had muzzle and powder burns!
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Several of the guys around here that work and play in wet, snaky areas wear jungle boots plus either gaiters or chaps. The idea being your feet are going to get wet anyway, so wear something that fits and lets the water out. Switch to rubber knee or hip boots in winter.
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Wife picked up a live coral snake the other day to keep for me, then realized while I was coming back from a fire call I got an ems page for CPR, and a medivac flight so she didn't want it to escape in the meantime so she took a rock and made it a permanent resident.
I asked her when I got home, you sure that was ok? Yep, had my leather gloves on and they only chew mostly, instead of fangs, I wouldn't have grabbed a cottonmouth or copperhead unless I'd have had a snake stick..
Ok then.
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If you're afeared of snakes, you be better off staying at the house, cause you're going to be looking more for snakes and nothing else..
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Boots for snakes, what'll they think of, next? I've never seen a snake wearing boots. It's hard for them to do, since they don't have feets!
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Me and a friend go turkey hunting in Western Md.I came across a diamond back a few years back. If you came across a Diamondback in Maryland, you'd better get snake boots, chaps, and a tin foil hat. I'm sure he meant rattler. Right?
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No, he fixt it. He meant Timber rattler.
I kinda zinged that one in because all types of snakes are the most mis-identified creatures. I wish I had a nickel for every harmless snake I saw killed cause somebody thought it was a rattler, moccasin, or copperhead.
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we have copperheadedrattlemockassins. Worst of the bunch.
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I don't think snakes need boots. They don't even have feet. ... just sayin'.
I had a pair of snake boots for a while, a sort of Wellington design. I would warn you against them if I could remember what brand they were. I have size 9 feet. I bought size 10 boots. They were not big enough ... fine once I got them on but the ankles were too tight and I couldn't slide my feet into them someetimes.
I would look at either the zip-up boots or at gaiters.
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Would a regular pair , of say red wing steel toe works boots stop a snake bite?
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Would a regular pair , of say red wing steel toe works boots stop a snake bite? Would stop a snake bite on the toe.
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