Bucking Stock Talk - an online publication for and about the bucking stock industry.
by Terry Lidral Bucking stock partnerships are bringing an interested public into the bucking stock industry. The article, Bucking Bull Business – Consider Partnership, is one of the most consistently and widely read articles on the Bucking Stock Talk Magazine site. And, if partnerships are done right, it’s a good
by Terry Lidral Rodeo legend Jim Shoulders and his great bucking bull Tornado were inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1979. Two decades before the bull Tornado came on the rodeo scene, Shoulders was turning heads and building a legacy of 16 world titles as a bull rider
by Terry Lidral For Julio Moreno, it’s no surprise that 2018 PRCA Champion Bull 35 Spotted Demon is headed back to compete in this year’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Spotted Demon racked up the big numbered bull scores over the course of yet another very successful season. “He’s had a
by Terry Lidral Today marks the two year milestone for Bucking Stock Talk Magazine. Back in 2017, as I published the first articles, I could only imagine how big a response I would get. Or how far the outreach would go as a publication marketed on word-of-mouth and search engine
by Terry Lidral It wouldn’t be traditional Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas without Benny Binion’s World Famous NFR Bucking Horse and Bull Sale. This longstanding sale and bucking competition highlights the investment Binion had in rodeo and in the NFR. It was Binion who was a major catalyst
by Terry Lidral Youth programs are the heart and soul of the sport of bull riding. Without our solid youth programs, the sport would be looking at an abrupt end These youth riders of today will grow up to fill those entry slots as they become vacated by the inevitable
Bucking bull Bodacious had power and heart
by Terry Lidral If we didn’t love watching bucking stock buck, it’s a good bet we wouldn’t be associated with the bucking stock business. There has been lively, and positive, discussion about what can help the futurity, classic and derby aspects of the industry. But the majority of conversations were
by Terry Lidral When you’re bucking futurity bulls in competition, you want your animals in peak shape and at the top of their game. With one and two-year-old bulls, that’s not an easy task. Understanding their disposition, their physical needs and their emotional make-up goes a long way to helping
by Terry Lidral Cory Melton, who owns and operates Melton Bull Company in Tolar, Texas, knows a whole lot about bucking bulls. In fact, according to Melton, that’s pretty much all he knows. Brought up in Louisiana around bull riding from an early age, being a bull rider came about
