Snake Guards

[BamaBill]

I'm sure a few of you guys wear them. Are they effective? Any personal experiences?

 

[The Digger]

Hey Bill, I hear they work really well, I like the ones that go up on your thigh more, after all the snakes Iv'e heard about in Pennsylvania and the pictures sent in I'm definitely getting a pair!

 

[boogeyman]

Pretty much standard gear here in Arizona & Nevada. DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT EM! Never been struck with gaiters, but was struck on my leather boot when I was a kid. I remember thinking that little snake had a lot more poer than I would've guessed.

 

[allen]

i dont do high weeds, so no need for them.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Ive used them but never got struck so I can't tell ya how good they work. But, Here in the Carolinas cover gets thick in the summer so, I try to stay out of the woods till fall.

 

[Will Penny]

If you look at the advertisement for all snake boots it states "For North American Snakes Only" and the reason for this,the striking distance is always below the knee. The size and power of the snake limits the distance it travels. When one travels outside the U.S. snakes can grow up to 15 foot like the Brown and Tiger of Australia and the Cobra of Africia and Asia.

When watching programs of snakes of the world,you never see anyone wearing them because these snakes can strike and bite hip level and higher making boots useless.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

That, is a very good point!

If you look at the advertisement for all snake boots it states "For North American Snakes Only" and the reason for this,the striking distance is always below the knee. The size and power of the snake limits the distance it travels. When one travels outside the U.S. snakes can grow up to 15 foot like the Brown and Tiger of Australia and the Cobra of Africia and Asia.

When watching programs of snakes of the world,you never see anyone wearing them because these snakes can strike and bite hip level and higher making boots useless.

 

[extractor]

I dont leave home without them. IN the desert area I hunt there area a lot of Mohave Greens.

 

[stefen]

I dont leave home without them. IN the desert area I hunt there area a lot of Mohave Greens.

For anyone not familiar with the Mohave Green...its a diamondback with a potency about 40X that of a common rattler...

Secondly, they are aggressive and will seek you out rather than retreat...

 

[Woodland Detectors]

WTF? Seriously. Thanks Stefen. Most of us I'm sure didn't know what they were

 

[extractor]

Seriously, this snake is one of the most venomous rattlesnakes and is both hemo and neuro toxic.

 

[stefen]

As Extractor stated, this is a really one bad dude...

Check out this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_scutulatus

 

[Shortstack]

I dont leave home without them. IN the desert area I hunt there area a lot of Mohave Greens.

For anyone not familiar with the Mohave Green...its a diamondback with a potency about 40X that of a common rattler...

Secondly, they are aggressive and will seek you out rather than retreat...

The Pacific Rattler is also green. Maybe they're first cousins. What's funny is, the Pacific Rattler population was so thick in the Central Coast of California, that some college educated dude (or dudette) decided that wild pigs should be brought in to keep down the snake numbers. Turned out that the snakes and the pigs liked different terrain........sooooooo the whole area around Vandenberg AFB and Lompoc, California got ass deep in wild pigs AND Pacific Rattlers. Those pigs were kin to the Arizona javilina and had 3 inch razorsharp tusks. That's what hiring a college educated idiot will do for you. Those things were so bad, that we had a pig hunting season bow only across the street from the base housing. Other area on base had black powder, shotgun, and rifle seasons.

I would NEVER go into snake country without snake boots, or at least the gaiters. You can get the knee high boots at Bass Pro Shops for $99 and up. Cheap insurance.