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Re: When do you wear snake boots? [Re: stxranchman] #5681949 04/03/15 01:01 AM
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Nice collection up

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Re: When do you wear snake boots? [Re: SniperRAB] #5682169 04/03/15 02:42 AM
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flush mocuson down at de creek today, while checking cam's. rofl found out me duck tape on me tennishoes got a leak. bang Forgot ta wear me depends, can still hear de scrrams whin the wind switches, some say its a panther. Heck with de boots,, tomorrow wearen me slinger i let my spurs a jingle-jingle-jangle. last time got suprised. Jumped straight up in de air, drew, fired 5rounds before me feet hit de ground, still had all 5toes. flag



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Never owned a pair or even tried any on for that matter... lucky so far.

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Never owned a pair as they seemed too stiff for me and were uncomfortable to wear any length of time. I did buy a pair of snake chaps a few years back and keep them in the truck all the time. They are easy to wear and not nearly as expensive.


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I wear either gators or snake boots the vast majority of the time I am out...been know to wear them with shorts when dove hunting. Definitely at night. I'll consider not wearing them when the temps are low enough that I am putting on long-johns and insulated coveralls.


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I used to wear chaps. I've always looked at the ground before I stepped anyplace, looking for arrowheads. I will not walk through tall grass if I don't absolutely have to.


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Re: When do you wear snake boots? [Re: REALKILLER] #5682810 04/03/15 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted By: REALKILLER

Did you know that the guy that got killed by the stingray and used to tackle crocs in Australia said that the cotton mouth was the only snake that worried him the most because when its pissed off it always has its mouth open and its hard to tell when its actually going to make a move. up

scratch choot. One time, in a land far far away. Seen ol boy, wraped in turbine wearn notten but poormans depends, kiss one of em dar snakes in de pic on de top of its head. muyloco turned out he used protection, yagh, chaps comes in a little round tube. flag



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Re: When do you wear snake boots? [Re: Erathkid] #5682827 04/03/15 05:08 PM
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Unless it's really cold, I wear my snake boots all the time now. I used to never wear them, was taught to watch where I'm stepping. That worked fine until I started pig doggin', kind of hard to watch where you're stepping when you are running/chasing dogs - especially at night. Almost stepped on a rattler one night creeping in with night vision. Figured I better start wearing them before I get bit. I've gotten used to them now.

Re: When do you wear snake boots? [Re: flintknapper] #5684055 04/04/15 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted By: flintknapper
Wear my snake boots when we go dancing, sometimes my Ostrich or Honey Elephant, but mostly the snake.

rofl cheers got a pair of moccusons, got two left feet so if step on some ones feet, dont hurt as much. flag



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Re: When do you wear snake boots? [Re: dawaba] #5684135 04/04/15 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted By: dawaba
I never wear them. Comfortable shoes are the name of the game for me, and I'm not particularly scared of snakes.


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The majority of the snakes I've seen people scream about are common water snakes or some other non poisonous variety. The exception was a few spots in West Texas or the Kumyyay Indian reservation.

I flew in to San Diego early one morning, hopped in a rental car and drove to the reservation to do some work at a wind power facility. After exiting the hwy I drove a mile or so on asphalt to a locked gate at the entrance to a dirt road that wound up the mountain. I unlocked the gate, drove thru, and within a short distance, saw rattlers and the occasional gopher snake sunning themselves on the road, on rocks, basically everywhere, without a care in the world, all while driving up that mountain to the facility. I'd been warned by the site manager about the snakes beforehand and told not to kill them. I had to shoo a quite few off the road.

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Almost never. But I should. I have them.

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I don't wear them. I prefer more comfortable footwear. My Dad got some last year that he says are pretty comfortable, so maybe I ought to look into getting a pair.

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Wear em in rattler country and when im hunting them...will have them on all weekend.

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I do a lot of walking when hunting, and find snake boots too uncomfortable. I might take them fishing, in fear of the cottonmouth, but still I do a lot of walking and they are uncomfortable.

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I wear them because there are snakes


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Snake boots are a lot less expensive than anti-venin treatment.

And WAAY less painful.


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Re: When do you wear snake boots? [Re: tlk] #5706752 04/19/15 01:28 AM
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Originally Posted By: tlk
I know guy who wore flip flops at his house and went outside at night to turn sprinkler off and got nailed - so moral is ? Wear them in your house, outside your house, and while sleeping


Buddy's wife got bit last Fall like that and I was fortunate enough a cpl years ago that it had just rained so I slipped on rubber boots instead of my flip flops to walk down to water steers. Cottonmouth said howdy about halfway across the yard, then a week or so later I was out on the porch one night taking pics of lightning rolling in and happened to look down during a strike and had a big rat snake under my feet/tripod that wasn't there when I was shining the light to get set up.

Re: When do you wear snake boots? [Re: rifleman] #5706800 04/19/15 01:57 AM
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one of the most common places to get bit by a rattler is in your yard. Wear flip flops outside at night to move water sprinkler, etc.

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We don't have many of those, but more than make up for it in copperheads and stub tails...starting to see a lot more coral snakes as well, but I don't plan on letting them gnaw on me.

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I've never owned a pair and probably never will. The snakes just don't worry me.


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Wear mine all the time except the dead of winter unless I'm in South Texas. Even without snakes being active, I like wearing them to keep my legs from looking like a pincushion because of all the cacti and other pointy plants.


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Never worn them. Got bit on the inner thigh by a Cotton Mouth, about 2 inches from the jewels, was just above my waders. I survived that, took 1 hour 45 to get to hospital, then 6 days in the hospital. Worst pain I'd ever experienced, I don't wish it upon anybody

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Snake boots are a lot less expensive than anti-venin treatment.

And WAAY less painful.



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Never worn them. Got bit on the inner thigh by a Cotton Mouth, about 2 inches from the jewels, was just above my waders. I survived that, took 1 hour 45 to get to hospital, then 6 days in the hospital. Worst pain I'd ever experienced, I don't wish it upon anybody


I'm assuming you waded too close to something it was laying on?

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