That is a little different than how it works up here....grin
Those big older bulls must try to stand their ground most of the time or do they try and run for awhile?
Those guys better know what they're doing and it looks like they do!
Great pics Curdog, very interesting!
These "cowboys" - most are ranchers and their family members - all are used to working in this kind of country, but their cattle are not as wild.This same bunch,for the most part, have been coming down to the WMA and catching these wild ones for about 14 years.
A couple of the older bulls had probably been roped before and escaped.They quit when the first rope hit their horns,and couldn't be heeled or tripped.Even with 4 ropes on him,one fought so long and hard that he choked down and then died.Probably weighed around 1700 or 1800 lbs. according to the ones who would know.
The pilot is extremly good at this.He has the bull so focused on the helicopter that he can bring him right by the cowboys at top speed so that when they trip him,it really takes his wind for a minute or two
