Just regular Irish Setter boots here.
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I was blissfully ignorant and often went into the same area Crock had the close encounter with the 6+ foot diamond back in nothing but shorts and sneakers and still do nap on the ground, but now I spray the area with permethrin and wear lacrosse knee high burly boots and filson double tin pants (if not too hot), hopefully a snake will not make it through 2 layers of tough canvas and a rubber boot. I remember waking up from a nap this year with a snake eyeballing me from a few feet away, luckily it wasn't poisonous. there are plenty of other places one could bite you above the knee if not careful, the hand/wrist come to mind first. I might give gaiters a try and tend to stay away from those snaky areas in the hotter months. just been lucky I guess. I've seen moccasins in NC but no poisonous snakes here in Fl,Colo,Utah,AZ.
I have hunted over 30 years in Fl and have had many,many close encounters with rattlers and moccasains. Never been bit but had the shit scared out of me a few times.I only recently bought a pair or snake boots and I loved them but they fell apart after 1 season. Rocky's lynx model I believe.LAst year I tried gaiters and hated them,way to hot and uncomfortable. I do feel more comfortable walking in the woods when it's dark outside when I had the boots. If wearing them makes you feel better when hunting by all means buy them and wear them.I know a lot of hunters that have hunted way longer than me,and their dads who have hunted way before I was born and never heard of anyone being bitten by a venomous snakes unless they were messing with it. Most people who get bit bytrying to handle them. The older I get the more I enjoy seeing a big old rattler and I leave them alone. I'm not so nice to moccasains,but I see way more of them and I've had several dogs bit by them. Good luck and don't worry so much about them,enjoy the woods.
I've had a couple of close encounters when the weather is warmer but I normally hunt during the cold seasons because I hate to sweat up in the stand and when I'm trying to sleep in a tent. I have a pair of cabela's gaiters and I'd wear them over snake boots because you can pull them off when you get in the stand. Just my opinion :>)
I can't find a link to the actual gaiters I have, but I got them at Dick's S.G.
The have an elastic band that you put your boot thru, then 2 buckles. I actually just leave them on my rubber boots now, so I don't have to ever take them off
I can say they are no more hot and/or heavy than wearing snake boots. Plus I don't have wet feet from walking thru wet grass
