I wear snake leggings with leather hiking boots. I hate frigging snakes.
Only time I ever got close to being bit was 40+ years ago. Bent down to turn on the faucet to fill up the dogs water bowl. Buzz! Still bent over I looked toward the buzz and the sucker was rared back, eye level, and only 2 feet away. Bowser jumped between us just as it struck or it'd have had my neck. Bowser was sick for days. The snake got his from a 12 guage 870. later that night. Should have made a belt out of it but only had two 3 foot pieces left! He was huge!
But i've stepped on severl copper heads and got too close to coral snakes and cotton mouths. No telling how many rattlers I've walked by unawares.
Wear your boots. Loosing a foot or leg is not going to be fun.
