I've seen several Cottenmouths this year and a few rattlesnakes in places their normally wouldn't be any. All this water has got the snakes movin around. I havn't ever worn snake boots though my grandad won't leave the house without his.

I remember a few years back I did some serious pre season scouting and found a really nice place for mine and his stands. Lots of buck movement around and I was really looking forward to opening morning. We usually go into our stands before sun up. As I was getting to my stand I heard my grandads shotgun go off twice. I knew it was too early for him to have shot anything so I mucked my way through the swamp over to his stand.

He had shot a rattlesnake about 6 foot long that was resting at the bottom of his ladder stand. I wasn't too happy with my grandad because he totally blew our spot for a few days. By time things cooled down and we were able to hunt the spot again it was covered in other hunters. After that incident I bought my grandad a pair of Irish Setters snake boots. They were a little fancy for him but I insisted that he doesn't leave the house without them lol...

I plan on wearing my Military issue bates desert boots this weekend and hopefully I don't get snake bit.

Alpine, sounds like we need to round up some rattlers and make a road trip. Head north.

I hunt in the South Carolina lowcountry and like American express, I don't leave home without them. We have copperheads, canebrake rattlers, eastern diamondbacks, and moccasins. When you walk through the woods before daybreak or after dark, snakeboots are a good insurance policy. Even when the weather gets a little cool they are still out and about.

I just had my first run in with a rattlesnake the other night. It was a long hike out in the dark knowing that I could get lit up by one at any time.