Registered: Jul 2005
Location: WEST VIRGINA
Posts: 25

just wondering how many people use snake proof gaiters vs snake boots . thinking of buying gaiter my snake boots are worn out.

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Registered: Jan 2012
Location: Fort Worth , Texas
Posts: 221

I live in north Texas. I wear Danner snake boots, just in case I dont see them.

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Registered: Apr 2015
Location: church hill tn
Posts: 5637

I always wore snake boots and snake proof chaps over them. May have been over protection, but I felt safer, especially in rattlesnake country. The chaps provided additional protection against braiars, etc. Ask yourself the question, is the extra weight worth the peace of mind? In my case it was and will be. Dave

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Dave Richards Treeing Walkers Reg American Saddlebred and Registered Rocky Mt. Show Horses

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Registered: Apr 2015
Location: church hill tn
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I always wore snake boots and snake proof chaps over them. May have been over protection, but I felt safer, especially in rattlesnake country. The chaps provided additional protection against braiars, etc. Ask yourself the question, is the extra weight worth the peace of mind? In my case it was and will be. Dave

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Registered: Jun 2007
Location: Menard,TX
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I wear the Chippewa Snake boots in the months when snakes are crawling here in Texas. When hunting in the mountains of NM and AZ, I don't worry about snakes though there are a few up there.
Adios,
Gary

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Registered: Apr 2015
Location: church hill tn
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Have you ever been hit by a snake while hunting? I figure you probably get plenty if chances to get bit as much as you hunt. Just curious! Dave

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Registered: Jun 2007
Location: Menard,TX
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Dave, luckily I have not been bitten. I have been struck at several times and was just out of range. I have had many dogs bitten but have only lost two of them. I have stepped on a couple in thick vegetation and that is the only reason that I was not bitten...the snake could not wheel around because of the thick stuff. By the time the snake could get to me, I was out of harms way.
I remember as a youngster walking my hounds around a big thicket, trying to find a bobcat. I was walking down a cow trail and an older dog was a couple of steps in front of me. It was dark and there was a heavy dew on the ground, about 60 degrees. I noticed something in the trail right in front of the old dog and before I could get him stopped, he walked right over the snake. I stepped back and said something, hopefully not a curse word and when I did the old dog turned around and walked back over the big rattler. This time, I saw him step right on the head of the tightly coiled snake. The snake never moved and did not rattle when I thumped him over the head with a stick. The snake simply was trying to stay warm and dry and did not want to be disturbed.
Snakes don't like to be in wet vegetation when it is cool and will lay in game trails or in roadways. They will crawl out on highways in the spring and fall at night as temperatures drop as the roads will be warmer and drier.
Adios,
Gary

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