Richard Rowland

I don't care for rodeos. I find them cruel and inhumane. I happened to be watching a western TV channel that was featuring snippets of Baxter Black ( some on here may have heard of Baxter Black) reciting a combination of poetry and apocryphal cowboy tales when a short scene was shown of an attempt to milk a wild cow

The cow is roped to slow her down so three guys can catch her and wrestle the cow to a stop, or throw her down, in an attempt to get a bit of milk in a bottle.

The cow is terrified, not being able to decern the difference of these three guys from a wild animal attacking her. Thankfully, someone had the good sense to outlaw bullfighting.

woodguru

Bull fighting is about as ridiculous as any "sport" involving animals as it gets...

equestrian disciplines can take it way to far with things like intentionally causing tender feet to make them step higher. Young two and three year old racehorses are pushed way too hard by some owners. I've known ethical horse breeders and they get disgusted by how the unethical side works.

Smedley_buzkill

Ever watch any bull riding? I can guarantee you the bull is not the one being abused.

Crayons Loc: St Jo, Texas

so now all the l*****ts want rodeo's n' calf ropin outlawed

Hug

Richard, you seem to be an all right guy, but please refrain from voicing opinions on subjects you know nothing about like rodeo. I coached rodeo in a past life and my son was a professional calf roper. I never saw a rodeo animal abused.

Richard Rowland

The bulls have no say in the matter, the guy riding does. And I have no idea how that strap or rope feels to the bull that causes it to buck. It must not be pleasant or they wouldn't buck as they do. It would be interesting to see how the bulls would react if one attempted to ride without the inducement of spurs or a tightened object applying pressure.

Smedley_buzkill

You don't know much about bulls, do you?

Gatsby

I suspect that those bulls take great pleasure in pounding the crap out of the cowboys.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Ever see a bull without any of that destroy a pickup, and damn near k**l a cowboy?

Crayons Loc: St Jo, Texas

umm-hmm I have a 4k plus lb watch bull...haven't put him on the portable ground scales lately-the kind the
Hwy Patrol uses...but this is what happens every evening...The donkey opens the latch to the gate to the pasture
closest to my command center right before dark-thirty...Blacky the Bull n' his harem of heifers and all
their calves camp around me all night laying in and slurpin the tall grass...If Anyone and I mean anyone
comes near this not so docile herd of angus besides me , they are headed for what I call a
"Texas Hoof Stompin Dance"

Richard Rowland

I'm listening.

Smedley_buzkill

Some bulls, especially Brahmas, are just naturally mean as hell. They don't need much of an excuse to stomp something. Some of the cows are nearly as bad, for that matter.

Hug

Speaking of cows, about three years back, my partner and I were going to treat an ordinary range cow for pink eye. We were putting her into the sweep when she returned on us and stomped us enough to put both of us in Mercy hospital to the tune of $35,000.

Richard Rowland

That's nonsense! Some of the most docile cattle, I've encountered, are Brahmas. This spring, the guy who rents our Texas property changed out the Brahmas for beef master cattle, he has had mostly Brahmas throughout the prior winters we have spent there. They were like pets. They would come up, and I would hand feed 'em treats.

Unfortunately, the Brahma bull became sterile a year or-so-ago and was shipped, which was sad, for he too was as gentle as the cows. Often, however, due to weather conditions, the past winter, flies weren't a problem, as during past winters when flies were a menace, I would chase the flies off of his and the backs of the cows when the flies would be so thick they appeared as a carpet.

I have a picture among the zillions on my flip top phone, (I'm not sure, even if I could find it, that I can t***sfer it to the forum) where I'm sitting in a chair, enjoying the sun while reading the paper; the bull is standing behind me appearing to read over my shoulder.

In another picture, I have my arm around one of the cows. I was really disappointed to see them go.

Smedley_buzkill

Many Brahmas have been interbred with milder mannered European strains. Maybe that's what you had. Most of the bulls I have seen don't take much prodding.