[Top Dun]

Just cause you were taught that doesn't make it 100% gospel. I grew up in cow country in the middle of New Mexico. I've worked at the local sale barns Worked 4 years in Southern AZ with cattlemen and I've found that it is all 100 % PERSONAL Preference. Some cowboys don't tuck them in and some do it ALL the time.

I've seen em dressed up in for the dance or the bars all in high style with high tops showing all the way.

Originally Posted by sorrell

I was trained by Texans, Arizonians and South Dakota Indians, all of whom told me that tucking your pants in your boots signified you were not a real cowboy, but a wannabe (same with tied on hat). I'm just passing on what I was told.

PS, did some research with some real cowboys and they said that you only tuck in your pants if you wear chaps over them while riding because things like bugs and burrs will travel down your pants and into the boots. They buy boot cut jeans and wear them over the boot to prevent things from falling into their boots and cringe at people who wear skinny jeans tucked into boots, because that is a ladie's fashion not guys. The pants should also be long enough to come down to the heel of the boot when you are sitting down and should wrinkle around the top of the boot when you are standing. The first is practical, the second fashionable. So take it for what it's worth, and by all means feel free to do whatever works for you. It isn't like the fashion police will come get you if you wear your pants tucked in or your hat tied on... or will they...

[willeys bonanza]

Try hair spray. For shows i use super strength hair spray inside the hat and on my head, and it wont move if you are in a tornado.