These Are 5 Reasons Why You’ll See A Cowboy Boot Upside Down On Fences In Texas

(Mix 93-1)  People moving to Texas or just passing through as visitors may encounter something that they're not familiar with and wonder why they see this often and what it means.

Anyone who lives along a farm-to-market road lived on ranch land, or worked for a ranch knows what I'm talking about.

Why are there boots on fence posts?

When we would visit my wife's grandmother in the small town of Tool along Highway 274 in Henderson County, Texas we would see this all the time. Oftentimes the boots that were turned upside down on a fence post seemed as if they were left there a long time ago because they had deteriorated so badly.

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As tempting as it would be to collect the boots and take them to resale or donation location, it's best to let them rest where they are because they could signify something important to the landowner who placed them there.

After doing a little research on classroom.com on the topic and tradition, I discovered the top reasons why you'd see a cowboy boot turned upside down on a fence post. As it turns out, I was correct for a couple of these reasons.

So while you're out driving the county roads, farm-to-markets, and state highways and you see a pair of boots on a fence, they're there in honor or memory of someone or something special to the ranch owner.

Texas ranchers and cowboys have long-running traditions that are still adhered to today and this is one of them.