Why we wear Snake Boots or Gaiters

[TonyS]

From the track on the dirt road that looks like it was a sidewinder. They do give live birth as I once skinned one run over that had nine babies inside. Thank god they were all dead.

 

[ilovesprig]

From the track on the dirt road that looks like it was a sidewinder. They do give live birth as I once skinned one run over that had nine babies inside. Thank god they were all dead.

Sidewinders are desert dwellers & are kind of small.....This track was 3" wide.

.The sidewinder ranges from the Mojave and Sonoran deserts of southeastern California, western Arizona, southern Nevada, and southwestern Utah. Sidewinders are often found in arid deserts, flatlands, loose, sandy washes, hard pan flats, and rocky areas below 5,000 feet. Sidewinders are also common among hummocks that are topped with creosote where their food source of kangaroo rats and other rodents live. This is the smallest and least dangerous snake in Nevada. However, this is the most common snake in the Las Vegas Valley. In Las Vegas, they are fairly common on the lower slopes of alluvial fans.

 

[Snake Charmer]

Not a sidewinder as for the reasons Steve has stated. They are tiny at best compared to other species we have in this part of the world.

 

[just_ducky_1]

It’s a snake, don’t be a little girl. Leave it alone or kill it and eat it. I like the taste.

 

[krist003]

Man, now I need to add a pair of gaiters to my list. This turkey hunting stuff is getting expensive