Damn nice rope work.

Maggot

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    Years ago I roped a big ol shorthorn bull for a neighbor. He probably weighed 1200# and was meaner than Cooters Hell. I had the roped tied off to a telephone pole. Once he jerked to a stop I hit him with a 2nd rope but only caught one rear leg. That damn bull pulled my dally so hard it looked like my saddle was one fire it smoked so much. We held him til he quit fighting, then he acted tame as a kitten. The owner put a halter and lead rope on him and walked him back to the barn. I had to put new mulehide wraps on my saddle horn and buy a new rope.
     
    Years ago I roped a big ol shorthorn bull for a neighbor. He probably weighed 1200# and was meaner than Cooters Hell. I had the roped tied off to a telephone pole. Once he jerked to a stop I hit him with a 2nd rope but only caught one rear leg. That damn bull pulled my dally so hard it looked like my saddle was one fire it smoked so much. We held him til he quit fighting, then he acted tame as a kitten. The owner put a halter and lead rope on him and walked him back to the barn. I had to put new mulehide wraps on my saddle horn and buy a new rope.
    Living near the Wichita Game Preserve hear in OK. Ive been near some Bison recently. I'd like to see someone drop a rope around one of them. Better be ready for some action.

    There's one big monster bull that looks like a mix of Bison and Longhorn. Wild looking critter, if I see him again Ill get a snapshot.
     
    I saw almost this exact situation happen in high school at an indoor coliseum in Austin transformed into a temporary rodeo arena. Except the arena fence was nothing but a temporary chain link fence.

    A big bull named T-10 with some wicked long clown stickers bucked his rider off under 8 seconds and spent the next five minutes prowling the arena looking for some payback. He'd go right up to the chain link and paw the dirt and stare at people a few feet away.

    He charged a rider on a little buckskin pony and almost hooked it but that little Spanish dun stayed a half step in front of him just like he was bred for it and kicked the shit out of him but not without that bull leaving a glob of slobber on it's rump.

    The rider finally roped him and drug him out. I couldn't believe that little horse, barely 14 hands and weighing under 800 lbs leaning into his chest strap and dragging that big ass bull out out of the arena.
     
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    ^ It's really not impressive to see someone put a rope on a bison... they just choke down- and have a really good chance of dying. Judging by their build you would think they would be a lot harder to handle than a bull- but something about their airway can't take it. And with the position and shape of their horns/head you can't just rope the horns like you can on cattle.
     
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    5 or 6 of us were riding fence and came across a moose calf that couldn’t get up and out of the river. One guy was ably to get a rope around it and drag it up while the rest of us pushed the cow on off. She won’t real happy but she won’t looking to go up against 4 or 5 folks horseback
     
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