I do wear snake boots. But, mostly due to the multi-functional aspect. I am WAAAY more concerned with avoiding chiggers. I have hunted Rattlesnake country for 20+ years & encountered three rattlers, one Water Moccasin, two Coral snakes & two Copperheads.

"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country."
Robert E. Lee