It normally isn't the snake you see that get you....it is the one you step on or as was said before sit on...OUCH

As Mouthcaller says, in late season snakes are active. They are worth the extra, even if it is for the ankle support while on rough terrian...

Many, many years ago,I bought a pair of Chippewa leather snakeboots. Warm weather hunting in the south ... I will be wearing them.T

They've worked great ! Better than I expected because while wearing these boots, I have yet tocome across a sanke in the woods.I am not sure the $$$ was worth it, but it would take only one hit by any of thevipers we have down this wayto sway me otherwise. I am too old to be swayed.

I always wear snake boots during turkey season, partly for the extra protection but also because of the comfort. Something I've always been curious about though is how much protection they really give you. The boots only go up to just under your knee, and who says a large snake can't strike higher than that? Those 18 inches of snake protection don't mean much if the snake strikes 20 inches high. What do yall think? Any chance they might strike over the boot?

It only takes one

I hunt in Kansas I don't wear them. It is always in the back of my mind every time i go out. A couple years ago i thought i was a dead man. i was walking back to the truck after a fruitless hunt i wasn't really watching what i was stepping on then all of a sudden i heard a rattling noise. i figured my life was already over i might as well see what killed me before i died and it turned out to be a little gardner snake that was shaking its tail in dry leaves.

I wear them during turkey AND early deer season. I almost stepped on a timber rattler in late October when it was 46 degrees and raining. He may have been too cold to bite me, but I'm not taking any chances in the future.

I hunt in South Georgia, and I hunt snakes as well as turkeys. I am a nurse and have taken care of countless numbers of people who did not wear snake boots. A bite by a rattlesnake, especially a eastern diamond back is no laughing matter. I have seen people die from something that could be prevented. Don't you be foolish boy!

I've killed two canebrakes (timber rattlers in SC) in my driveway. Do I wear snake-proof boots when I hunt? Oh, yeah. In fact, I wear them any time I walk outside my yard and into the woods.

I always wear snake proof boots, better be safe than sorry.