I am in Buffalo right now, and was wondering how many were around here.
I've got quite a bit of experience with them in Idaho and Montana, as well as SW Wyoming. We're lucky around here as far as snakes go.....they're about as shy and timid as snakes come. People do occasionally get bit, but it is really rare if you're not a drunken teen and messing around with it.
I have never felt the need for snake proof boots of gaitors. I have never not gone hunting for fear of them.
You're fine, as long as you use common sense around them.
