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The bull riding world has a heavy heart at the sad news from Chad Berger that his great bull Pearl Harbor passed away on April 24th. Pearl Harbor was 6 years old. Number one bucking bull in the world at the time of his death, there is no question that
April 12, 2018 From the moment Kenny McElroy saw Big Black buck, he knew right then and there he wanted that bull. “I actually followed that bull through his 3-year-old year. He was winning quite a few derbies,” said McElroy of the bull Big Black who would end his
April 7, 2018 Terry Lidral for Bucking Stock Talk in collaboration with Kenneth Olson, PhD, PAS, Extension Beef Specialist, Animal Science Department, South Dakota State University* A bucking bull’s worth is greatly enhanced by his ability to become a successful breeder. There are many factors that affect breeding ability.
April 4, 2018 The influence of the British White Park Cattle on the American Bucking Bull breed can be seen in the black points on ears, eyes and nose that are common in many of the bucking stock breeding programs. The British White Park Cattle were a rare breed
Bob Wilfong got started raising bucking bulls in the 1970’s. He’d grown up in ranching and he was a rodeo man. “I rodeoed for 30 years,” Wilfong told us. “I rode broncs and bulls. And the ranching business was in my blood.” So, raising bucking stock just came naturally.
March 29, 2018 The recent transitions and changes going on in the bucking bull world are, for most of us I imagine, a little unsettling. Sitting back to ponder these changes, it’s important to keep things in perspective. There have been some big announcements, and some of them
March 10, 2018 David Bailey’s passion was to build a lifelong legacy in the bucking bull industry. He planted the seeds by himself and people have come and gone out of his life. He’s been called a “Man’s Man” who can be compared to John Wayne. And it was
March 6, 2018 For any breeding program in the bucking bull industry to stand out, there has to be a legacy of outstanding bucking bulls with outstanding bucking bull stats. For the Coffey breeding program, that legacy happened, in a large part, thanks to the partnership with Sammy Andrews. Andrews
Photos by Homegrown Photography Idaho February 12, 2018 When it comes to loving what you do, junior rodeo stock contractor Kevin Hensen has found that niche. He runs Rodeo Fever Contracting out of Caldwell, Idaho. Hensen has been involved in rodeo for the past three decades and there is
February 9, 2018 When Charlie Coffey and his father Gene, brought up some cattle from South Texas in the late 1960’s, they were looking to build a herd of rodeo cattle. What they did was develop a breeding program that would serve as one of the genetic foundations for the
