RamSlammer
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Spring turkey season is coming up and unfortunately around here that coincides with snakes coming out from hibernation. Four years ago I was bitten by a pygmy rattlesnake while setting up a ground blind. It ranks high on worst experiences of my life. Timber rattlers abound on our land and I want to get out in the woods, but am somewhat apprehensive about a repeat episode with a larger rattler. The pygmy episode was not pleasant in the least and the doctors said it could have killed me if I was 2-3 hours later in getting to the hospital.
I have some lace-up 15" boots which claim to be armor from snakes. However, I am thinking of getting chaps to get higher coverage. The terrain is woods with much underbrush including downed limbs and trees from ice storms. POtentially snakes would find cover as high as waist level in some areas.
So what's a good chap for this situation? Before I was bitten we were blase about snakes and just "shooed" them out of our way when seen. I've seen huge timber rattlers on the property and we occasionally have both eastern and western diamondbacks including one eastern we shot outside the cabin in '02 that measured just under 6 feet.
I have some lace-up 15" boots which claim to be armor from snakes. However, I am thinking of getting chaps to get higher coverage. The terrain is woods with much underbrush including downed limbs and trees from ice storms. POtentially snakes would find cover as high as waist level in some areas.
So what's a good chap for this situation? Before I was bitten we were blase about snakes and just "shooed" them out of our way when seen. I've seen huge timber rattlers on the property and we occasionally have both eastern and western diamondbacks including one eastern we shot outside the cabin in '02 that measured just under 6 feet.