i do now, i was giuiding a quail hunt three years ago for a family friends ranch and got bit by a rattler. thank god it was a dry bite, the flew me out to the hospital in courpus christi and made sure i was ok. i have worn snake boots ever since. i was hit twice last year on the boot hunting on my roommatesland inMcCookTx. not in the same day but in the same month. scared the crap out of me. killed both of those rascles. they dont always rattlecontrary to belief.[&:]