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When do you wear snake boots?
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04/01/15 04:33 PM
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Do you wear snake boots all year round when out hunting? Particularly when you are night hunting?
My hunting place is in south East Texas with one feeder on pipeline cleaning. There is always water to walk or trudge through and I have been using my rain boots from October to March.
Now with warm weather and I saw snakes on the road already, maybe it's time for nake boots.
Thanks.
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04/01/15 04:35 PM
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Don't wear them anymore. Used to wear them 365 days a year back when I was managing a ranch in La Salle County.
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04/01/15 04:36 PM
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04/01/15 04:45 PM
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The minute I hit the first bump gate till I leave Not worth it Pretty much this! Find a good COMFORTABLE pair of snake boots, and wear them. Too much to risk these days. It has to be VERY cold for me to switch to something else.
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04/01/15 04:53 PM
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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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04/01/15 05:04 PM
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X2 - just not worth the risk. I use the 17" high boots.
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04/01/15 05:07 PM
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Yeah. Well dawaba I'm not particularly scared of anything. Snakes, people, death. But I try to be smart and when I'm in snake country walking in tall grass I wear my boots. They help with cactus as well. You may go your whole life without getting snakebit. But it only takes one to mess you up and cost you a whole lot more than a pair of boots. And I hear tell a snake bite isn't all that comfortable as well.
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04/01/15 05:16 PM
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Ive been bit 3 times by 3 different poisonous snakes. I wear them when the temp is above 65 degrees. Especially March 1 through November 1. And don't think they cant bite through a rubber boot/blue jean/sock all together because they've done it to me. I even had one bite through an old wore out pair of snake boots around the ankle while walking in tall grass. I have stepped on at least 5 more that couldn't get around on me and bite me. These were cotton mouths and copper heads. They don't like to make noise, and they just sit there, sometimes shaking there tail against the ground. If they are in dry leaves you can hear the tail slapping the ground or the scales moving through the leaves. The 2 other times I got bit were at night. East Texas is loaded with cotton mouths, copper heads, and some rattle snakes. The rattle snake being the deadliest. Nov, Dec,Jan, and Feb are pretty much snake free, but I have seen them in Feb and Nov. If you like yourself enough to live you might want to slip some snake protection on. Put ice on bite as soon as possible to slow down poison travel.
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04/01/15 05:23 PM
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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.
Recently got a gym membership, strange folks! I like to show up the roid zombies with my full motion curls with the 55lb. bells. Not their cheater short stroked light weights. It's holarious.
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04/01/15 05:24 PM
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I have killed rattlesnakes a couple of days after snowfall in December. Killed 2 in South Texas 2 days after a 4" snow with 24 degree morning low day before and another one in West Texas 5 days after a 12" snow with some snow still on the ground in shade.
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#5679653
04/01/15 05:28 PM
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killed 5 copperheads in the last week or so
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not much to worry about with them though if you were boots.. having little man running around worrys me most
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04/01/15 05:35 PM
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I wear boots, but not snake boots. Too high and hot for my liking. I don't go anywhere in Texas in the outdoors without looking where I'm going to be stepping before I do. I always see snakes before I get within striking distance of them. Everywhere I've hunted will stick you if your not looking ahead before you go there.
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04/01/15 05:43 PM
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Never. It's not uncommon for me to wear flip flops while dove hunting. I just pay a little extra attention where I'm putting my feet.
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04/01/15 05:54 PM
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I wear snake boots year round. I don't want to take the chance
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04/01/15 05:59 PM
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I know a gal that was bow hunting down south. She and her husband took their bumper pull camper down there. one night she was in camp in her camper and decided to step outside. Thankfully she grabbed a flash light even though there was a street light. There was a 5 ft rattler sitting at the base of her steps not making a sound. She said that she would of stepped right on top of it if she didn't use her light, because it was mostly under the bottom step curled up. When you start getting to sure of yourself or have been out in the back woods a whole [censored] load and get tired of looking for them, that's when youll get bit. Its only a matter of time. Where I live the ground foliage is thick and you want get anywhere staring at the ground while trying to get to your destination. I also wear out lots of boots walking in the woods and while Im there I look for snakes, just been there a million times.
Recently got a gym membership, strange folks! I like to show up the roid zombies with my full motion curls with the 55lb. bells. Not their cheater short stroked light weights. It's holarious.
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#5679748
04/01/15 06:16 PM
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I wear mine usually from March to Nov, or if the highs are above 60 degrees. I haven't worn them yet from Nov to Jan. That being said, I had a GW in camp this past season. While visiting with him, he told us to watch out for rattlers. The night before he was working his way into a camp, "lights out" on foot after dark, temps in the 40's and he just happened to get lucky and be forewarned of what was a few steps ahead of him. He flipped on his flashlight and saw a good size rattler coiled up right in the path he was taking. As most have said, these guys are unpredictable. I personally am ok rolling the dice if its really cold out because I am walking on well worn paths or roads. If I were going through tall grass and down timber, I'd probably rethink wearing the gaiters.
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04/01/15 07:01 PM
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Most of the rattlers we saw last year were crossing the path/roads. In February, one of my buds was in South Texas hunting. He killed 5 just driving the roads.
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4 of the 5 rattlers we saw last year were crossing the path/roads. In February, one of my buds was in South Texas hunting. He killed 5 in one day just driving the roads.
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#5679823
04/01/15 07:11 PM
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#5679848
04/01/15 07:24 PM
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Don't wear them anymore. Used to wear them 365 days a year back when I was managing a ranch in La Salle County. You did not mention why you stopped wearing them....?
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04/01/15 08:12 PM
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Im gathering that diamond back rattlers must be shallow hybernaters, because of all the colder weather movement. If we see a timber rattler in East Texas its normally when things green up and get warm. Ive only seen 5 compared to thousands of copper heads and cotton mouths.
Recently got a gym membership, strange folks! I like to show up the roid zombies with my full motion curls with the 55lb. bells. Not their cheater short stroked light weights. It's holarious.
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04/01/15 09:58 PM
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Do you wear snake boots all year round when out hunting? Particularly when you are night hunting?
My hunting place is in south East Texas with one feeder on pipeline cleaning. There is always water to walk or trudge through and I have been using my rain boots from October to March.
Now with warm weather and I saw snakes on the road already, maybe it's time for nake boots.
Thanks.
Never wear them and I've been hit 4 times, not once would snake boots have kept me from getting hit.
Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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04/01/15 10:23 PM
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I did get bit once on the knee in the dark wearing shorts and tennis shoes fishing in the bottoms.
Recently got a gym membership, strange folks! I like to show up the roid zombies with my full motion curls with the 55lb. bells. Not their cheater short stroked light weights. It's holarious.
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04/01/15 10:29 PM
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Im gathering that diamond back rattlers must be shallow hybernaters, because of all the colder weather movement. If we see a timber rattler in East Texas its normally when things green up and get warm. Ive only seen 5 compared to thousands of copper heads and cotton mouths. They den in numbers and usually the den is facing south or southeast which mean in the sun and out of the wind. As far as depth I can't tell you but the bite I received to the right shoulder happen when I was about 10 ft into a very wide entrance den.
Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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