No doubt you can find a snake boot that is comfortable and doesn't leak. BUT how are we to know if they will actually protect you from a snake bite? Has any of you ever been bitten on a snake boot or know of someone that has?

I see several videos on YouTube of companies testing snake boots with little tiny rattle snakes. But those snakes are puny compared to what I have seen and killed in Jackson County AL.

I got bit in 1985 by a five foot Timber Rattler in Greene Co. I was wearing Lacrosse Grange rubber boots, both fangs went thru the boot, one went into my calf. I had only minor swelling and redness, it was pretty much a dry bite.

I got a pair of Gokey Bullhide snake boots the next week. I stomped a three foot Cottonmouth a week er so later, taking numerous bites to the ankle/foot section of the boots. None of the bites got thru those Gokeys.

These guys?

that would be them....

they are heavy, nonwaterproof, but a 20 foot rattler couldn't go thru them....

I have had some 10" and knee high gokeys for probably 15 years now. Great boots once you get them broken in. I think ive re-soled my low tops ones 5 or 6 times.

I'm reading reviews ... folks say buy them once, wear them for a lifetime. Considering how much time I spend in Johhny rattlesnake's kitchen I might just save up my cash and get a set. It would be worth the $500 if they really lasted a lifetime. I'm 54 years old and my foot ain't gonna grow no mo ...

if you get all leather, buy the leather crème and bake them to break in.

although they say the all leather are snake proof, if I was buying for the reason of snakes, I would get the cordura ones.

Excellent info, thanks guys

I wore the Chippewa snake boots for about 7 years. Look just like the Gokeys but you can get Goretex liners. I retired them when I finally wore through the liners and they started leaking. The boot itself is still fine, I just can't stand wet feet.

Did you ever get bit while wearing them?

The only time I ever got struck, I was wearing snake chaps.

Had a friend step over a fallen down tree and a timber rattler bit his boot. He was wearing rocky snake boots, and all was good.

I wear Danner snake boots, but I have not been hit....Knock on wood.

How big was Johhny rattlesnake?

I did but wasn't wearing snake boots. It was painful, expensive, and I don't suggest it

Except I would be changing my underwear.I hate a dang snake!

Not that I know of, but a snake getting through them never entered my mind. They are as heavy duty as they come IMO. They weigh a lot more than a average snake boot due to the leather/cordura. You could probably take one off and club a snake to death pretty easily, especially if you get the steel toe model

ive heard back of calf stepping over a log is a high percentage of bites

I have some of the Lacrosse snakeproof boots but still would like Gokey or Chippewa. My dang feet are wide and weirdly shaped, though. If I ever get any leather or Cordura-leather boots they'll probably have to be custom fit.

I was getting ready to go to south Texas a few years ago to turkey and hog hunt. Asked a friend about the property because he'd been there and if he had seen any snakes.

"They're so big there they strike above the knee. Your boots won't matter."

He was kidding, I think.

I was bit by a copperhead in bow season. I was wearing cabelas brand snake boots. Bit right on the ankle, never went through. I curb stomped his ass to death too

Many years ago I was standing on top of a 36" cottonmouth while wearing my snake chaps, he struck 5 or 10 times before I could get my foot off of him.

I never knew my snake boots were supposed to protect against bites, I thought they repelled them.

Y'all are scaring the piss out of me. I have yet to get any snake boots but I think I may have to now. I have not been bitten yet but I have came close on many occasions. I had a 37" cottonmouth in between my legs last year and just about got bit. This was in December and he was in cold water though. I'm usually really careful when I am walking through the woods but I know one day my luck will run out.

Chippewa here too. Never been bit wearing them. If you spend much time in South Texas, you'll see more folks that stay in the brush daily wearing Chippewa than any other snake boot.

go back under yer rock....

I have been hit by cottonmouth in both a pair of lacross and cabelas brand snake boots. It's going to happen if you hunt swamps especially with palmettos as you can't see the bases of the palmettos. I had no problems but it spooked me pretty good. It sounded like my momma hit me with a switch on boot. The other I stepped on it and it was just kind of chewing on the side of the boot. I have 2 pair of gokeys but they are not the snake version. I wish gokeys were waterproof as I would wear them as they are the most comfortable boot on the market.

I have the Lacrosse Mudlite rubber snake boots...I hope they work.

I've been tagged by a pretty large cotton mouth, wearing cheap boots. Don't remember what brand but lacrosse maybe. He had a hell of a wallop on the back of my calf. I thought I had stepped on a stick that popped up

I got a 3 foot timber rattler on the back of the calf from stepping down off of a rock when on a land survey crew years ago.

I was wearing military issue black combat boots with a lingering spit shine on them. The bite did not penetrate. The snake scared the dirty words right out of me and he/she/it did not get a chance at a second bite.

I had a senior chief knock a very young snake out of my hands before that he claimed was a cottonmouth. I still claim it was an ill-tempered little banded water snake. It bit me at least a dozen times.

Never owned any snake boots.

I have Rocky`s and haven`t been bit. I do remember a little tag in the box when I bought them that said something to the effect of "they would protect against a snake bite from most north American snakes". I thought WTF when I read it. On a side note snake boot tester is number 1 on the list of jobs that I don`t want!

No bites yet thank goodness. Last year I just about picked up a cottonmouth. I still don't know why it didn't strike. He let me go so I let him go.

I dont go stompin around swamps and snake territory during the warm months

I usually kill at least one moccasin in deer season down here every year. Never wore snake boots though.