I agree, really nice work. I especially like the one where the cowboy's
butt is completely off the ground. Shows the power of the steer.
I actually did calf roping. In my early 20s when while single, I lived
with my sister and bro in law on their horse farm here in NJ, and we all had
either a quarter horse or a standardbred. Calfs were hard enough for this
city boy, I can't imagine wrestling the calf's daddy. I recall how
well-trained the horses needed to be, they made accurate split-second
decisions and
movements. Things moved so fast, they would act on their own, without a lot
of input from us riders . They were an even more important aspect of the
drill than the cowboy's skills were.
My bro in law had been a cowboy in Pennsylvania in his youth and a bit
after the his Air Force stint and was a trainer of roping horses. Poor guy
handled, loaded on aircraft, and sprayed agent orange in Vietnam, he got sick
and hung in there for 17 years before dying. We waged a long battle to get
his name included on the Vietnam Memorial, but the government refused,
telling us we had to prove his illness and death was as a result of him
getting ill in Vietnam. They even came up with a stupid possible explanation
for
his illness that the local enemy poisoned the airmen's rice supply.
- George
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> Shot some steer wrestling today. Not sure I would want this as a hobby
for
> myself.
>
> http://leowesson.com/home/Steer.html
Catching action like that, with everything in focus the way you
intended, at the right moment, in the right part of the frame, is really
tough. Nice work.
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