I should add this! My HD boots SUCK and there made in China...there the engineer boots, and I have had them for 7 years and stretched 3 times there ok for awhile and then tighten back up...I can't wait to give them to the the TRASH can!
I've got a pair of Ariat western boots with rubber soles and high tops. The tops come almost to my knees. Keeps the wind off and takes the sting out of strikes by the giant grasshoppers we have around here.