Wudstix, I've also heard that rattlers don't rattle as much in hog country which is a scary thought to me.
I've hunted the S.E. US(GA, SC, NC, from the coast to the mountains) all my hunting career and never seen a poisonous snake in the wild while hunting. I know they are there but I never see them. I do wear snake boots during snake season, just in case. I think I got mine from Cabelas too, many years ago.
My last deer lease in the hill country and the place we own north of Abilene had plenty of rattling rattlesnakes and hogs too.
I've no fear of them but the one time I got popped by one it only got denim and the venom on the jeans gave me a serious rash on my shin.
Now I wear the Academy brand. I've had several rattlesnakes and copperheads bite my boot when I stepped on them to catch them and never a problem with fangs penetrating the boot. Get some venom on the out side, which I suggest you rinse copiously, but I was protected.