I live in Louisiana, Ibowhunt in the swamps and lowlands andI never hunt without my snake boots. Rocky "Low Country" I was wearing a pair of lacrosse boots when i got bit by a verry large stumptail moccassin about 7 years ago.....spent several weeks in the hospital, thought I was gonna loose some toes, most of my hunting season was shot, and have a real pretty scar fom it[:-