| Cowboys wore boots to protect their feet from | | | | was very likely to die from it. As a result, |
| many things. One in particular, which hikers will be | | | | protection against snakes was a very desirable |
| aware of, is snake bites. There are only a few | | | | quality in the wardrobe of both drover and |
| venomous snakes in the United States, but each | | | | rancher. |
| one of them is a real danger to anyone who is | | | | There are a number of companies that produce |
| not protected from their bite. | | | | boots that are good enough to protect the |
| In general practice, all one needs to do in order to | | | | wearer from snakes, but few of them offer |
| be safe from snake bites is to block the fangs. | | | | footwear that is stylish at the same time. Those |
| Most snake fangs are not very long; but, more | | | | proud few, Dingo Boots for instance, make their |
| importantly, they generally lack the power to | | | | boots strong enough to last through rugged use |
| puncture hardened leather. This is very important, | | | | and then be cleaned up in under an hour to wear |
| because while snake venom can take several | | | | to parties and dances. |
| hours for symptoms to become apparent, they | | | | Snakes are everywhere, adapting to whatever |
| are often accompanied by bites that are easily | | | | environment they find themselves in. Taking |
| missed if one is occupied by other things. | | | | measures to be safe from their bites is a |
| If a cowboy was bit while out on the range, there | | | | necessity for the city-dweller as much as it was |
| was often no one who could help him, and | | | | for the cowboy. |
| anti-venoms were more difficult to come by - he | | | | |