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Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 597
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Gaiters are great lightweight option for wearing a more comfortable boot and they also keep your legs dry from walking through wet grass and mud.
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Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,555 Likes: 31
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Joined: Mar 2011
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Im wearing chippewa snake boots in the warm months in the woods, seeing a lot more rattlesnakes the past couple of years it seems.
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Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 26,712 Likes: 31
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Joined: Feb 2005
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I've never worn snake boots nor gaiters turkey hunting which is probably stupid. In my lifetime I've been bitten once on the kneecap by a black racer, and I've stepped on two cottonmouths but luckily on the first one it was crazy cold that morning and he was slow. The other one I stepped on his head and was able to kill him before he could get free and bite.
I've encountered a lot of snakes turkey hunting but those above were the close calls.
"Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters."
-- Archibald Rutledge
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Joined: Mar 2011
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I watched a friend step right across a large timber rattler way back on a piece of public last Sept - how he did not step on it or drag his foot across it I do not know.
I guess this one was in a good mood that day or decided discretion would be the better part of valor.
I just looked at him and said "you just stepped across that"..
He was in hikers. I was in my chippewas lol.
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Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 4,326 Likes: 32
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99.9% of the time a rattlesnake would never bite you. That’s how they ended up on the continental marines flag
Micah 6:8
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Posts: 2,236
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I like the T & K gaiters, but there not snake proof. They don’t say anything about being snake proof, but for $200, they should be! I believe they make a snake version, they're right at $300.00.
if i hadnt taken up hunting i might have became a juvenile delinquent or worst taken up GOLF
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Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,386 Likes: 3
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Joined: Oct 2004
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The T&K’s are very well built. I ordered a pair but they were more heavy duty than what I was looking for. They were built like a tank. Of If I lived out west, would definitely have them for the snow.
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Posts: 2,840 Likes: 45
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I once saw a timber rattler as I was about to step on it. It didn't react much until I pinned the head down and began to decapitate it with my pocket knife. The reason for the lethargy may have been the big ol' bo' squirrel it had eaten.
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I wear turtle skins bc wearing snake boots is the biggest pain in the ass to deal with in the turkey woods. I can wear those turtleskins and a good pair of hiking boots and be comfortable and a lot lighter than snake boots but still be protected. I dont watch for snakes either so thats why I always wear them. No telling how many ive stepped beside, over, or around and never knew they were there
Sent leaning against a big oak in knee deep water
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 13,876 Likes: 52
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Joined: Feb 2008
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Protects my boots, laces and lower pant legs from damage and are good in mud and at creek crossings if they're waterproof. I only wear them when I know I need themI also use them to keep rocks, debris, snow and ice out of unwanted places.
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Posts: 2,420 Likes: 12
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I've bought a pair of Turtle Skins back in 2010 bc the Marine Base I was hunting out west was chock full of snakes. They're still holding up, but I wonder if they'd still stop a snake.
Pro Tip: zip them together when you take them off so you don't lose one side. I had about a 2 year stretch where I could only find 1 side.
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Posts: 5,231 Likes: 45
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Joined: Mar 2012
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I've bought a pair of Turtle Skins back in 2010 bc the Marine Base I was hunting out west was chock full of snakes. They're still holding up, but I wonder if they'd still stop a snake.
Pro Tip: zip them together when you take them off so you don't lose one side. I had about a 2 year stretch where I could only find 1 side. Which leg did you wear it on or did you swap it back and forth? 😁
I ain't fightin nobody that swings around in trees with a running chainsaw like Tarzan. - FurFlyin
Oh I just thought u were a dumba$$ 🤣 my apologies… - jb20
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Joined: Nov 2017
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Joined: Nov 2017
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I've bought a pair of Turtle Skins back in 2010 bc the Marine Base I was hunting out west was chock full of snakes. They're still holding up, but I wonder if they'd still stop a snake.
Pro Tip: zip them together when you take them off so you don't lose one side. I had about a 2 year stretch where I could only find 1 side. Which leg did you wear it on or did you swap it back and forth? 😁 Ha, I didn't wear it.
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