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Snake Boots Offer Excellent Protection
Posted by: | CommentsI receive quite a bit of e-mail from time to time about boots (I have another boots site as well), and some of them bring up some really interesting points of view.
One reader recently pointed out that, while most hunters and outdoorsman are concerned about being bitten by a venomous snake, the truth is, you are far more likely to be bitten by a non-venomous snake. While I had some doubts about that info, I decided to do a bit of research on the topic.
According to data from Wikipedia, there are an estimated 45,000 snake bites in the U.S. annually. Of those 45,000, around 8000 are venomous bites. This means that 37,000 people are bitten in the U.S. each year by non-venomous snakes. Interestingly enough, my home state of North Carolina has the highest number of reported bites in the US, averaging 19 reported bites per 100,000.
So the reader was correct and his point was: snake boots will protect you from most any snake bite whether venomous or not.
Obviously, I'd rather take a bite from the non-venomous water snake in the top picture than from this big Western Diamondback Rattler. With snake boots, you don't have to worry about the species.
US $39.99
