You can get a good pair of snake proof chaps for about $40 up to about $60 that should be all you need. Just wear a good pair of leather boots with them. They do a good job of keeping mud off of your pants also. I' ve been wearing them in the woods for 30 years and have only been struck once (that I know of) when I was standing on a small moccasin. The majority of the snakes will hide or remain motionless while you pass. The only ones I worry about are the moccasins around streams that will lay in trees or bushes about chest high. Put the pellet gun down and get a walking stick about 3 1/2 feet long. You can get any snake in the woods you can get to with it and it is good for parting briars while you walk.