I'm in south GA as well. I have a pair of the Lacrosse 18" lace-up snake boots. They aren't "cool" by any means, but they're comfortable. I don't do a lot of hiking/walking in them, mainly just to my stand and back. Snake gaiters may be a better choice for warm weather but I haven't tried them.

 

Where about in South Georgia?

 

I don't necessarily have to have "cool", really just want comfortable and easy to climb with. I have a lot of wet areas that I hunt.

 

I’m in South Georgia, too, and I scrapped the snake boots. They’re not comfortable, and based on my experience, pretty much useless. Last pair I had were Lacrosse, and wet grass would soak my feet. The soles on the last pair of Redhead’s I had were so soft they fell apart after two years.

 

Well that's disappointing

 

I have a set of these I wear when I think about them.

 

I don't wear them but my Dad wears snake gators.

 

Thanks for all the insight. I plan on hunting more public land this year and don't
necessarily want to deal with snakes in places that I don't know. I don't mind walking through some sketchy places but snakes seem to be a little more abundant this year.

 

The lightest weight pair of rubber knee boots is what I wear most of the time or when it's really dry I wear a pair of ankle high lace up hiking shoes.

Better to have comfortable feet and just pay extra attention is my mind set on hunting early season.

 

Are you more concerned with eastern diamondbacks, water moccasins, or copperheads? Or just all of the above? EDB would be the only one I’d wear boots for, due to their fang size, and they usually let you know when you’re getting too close.
I hunt zones B and C in FL and I’ve not encountered many snakes that have me concerned. I usually look where I’m going and try to stalk through the woods, I own snake boots but most often I’m in leather danners, it’s just too hot otherwise.

 

I have been known to be a little bit reckless with where I put my feet. I don't think I have ever had an encounter in the woods with a EDB. I have had encountered many copperheads and a couple of timber rattlers. Rattlers don't really bother me cause most of the time they let you know they are there. It's the ones I don't see that I am more worried about.

 

I have snake boots and I use them but not for hunting, I use mine while working on lanes or fields, especially when using a limb saw because I'm always looking up and not where I'm walking. I have never found a snake boot that was comfortable enough to hunt in, they are just too stiff in the ankle.

If I were going to use anything for hunting it would be Turtle Skin SnakeArmor gaiters, I have some of their snake chaps that I use bird hunting, they are a tight weave material so they don't have to be real thick like most others, pretty comfortable considering.

 

I definitely understand using them while cleaning roads and shooting lanes. I plan on hitting more public land this year so it won't be places that I know. Maybe gaiter's would be a better idea. I have personally never found a hunting boot that's comfortable for me. I would prefer to wear my work boots but scent and not waterproof means that's a no go.

 

I've come across a couple water moccasins during turkey season but it much else. I wear snake boots to make my wife feel better about me romping through the woods. I don't wear them in late season.

 

If you look up the stats on venomous snake bites around 85% are on the hands and fingers, looks like we should be shopping for snake gloves instead of boots.😂

Copperheads inflict the most bites on humans, and rattlesnakes are the most lethal.

 

Lacrosse agility snake boots. As a buddy of mine says I need to stay away from New Orleans as I seem to call to snakes. I’ve tried a ton of them, there all hot. Miserable actually. I wear these as I work in them also so it is what it is.

 

I wear snake boots all the time, the longest lasting I ever had was chippewa but the sole would get real slippery. Have had lacrosse, rocky, and danner and all of these leaked water and or fell apart within a year and a half. Wearing Twisted X right now and they are very comfortable and not too hot and pretty light. On year two with them so hopefully they hold up a couple more years.

 

thanks for the info!

 

I have hunted for the last fifteen years with rubber boots only with varying insulation level and my feet eventually get wet from the inside out but not soaked like a leaky boot.
This year hunting early season I wanted a non rubber comfortable boot and decided on snake boots. Many here and other forums said if I’m not walking through water Rocky boots are extremely comfortable, and they were right. I bought a pair and they are very comfortable. I hunt by myself, maybe it’s because I’m getting old but I don’t see so well and my hearing is bad, so there is a chance I won’t see the snake or hear it.

 

Rocky Snake Proof boots. Guaranteed waterproof for 6 months. I have had my for years and they only started leaking after 6 years. Cool also and I wear long soccer socks with mine and a lot of boot powder to beat the boot, sock rub that everyone complains about after wearing tall boots of any kind.