I squirrel hunt a lot, so I'm always slipping along looking up in the trees. I also live and hunt in cottonmouth country, along with copperheads and canebrake rattlers. I almost always wear high snake boots or some Knight and Hale snake leggings . While I've never been bit, I have stepped on a couple of copperheads and cotton mouths. When deer hunting I wear regular boots and watch where I step.