[WVGrandma4Kasey]

Originally Posted by TN_Gal

Sheet, what do you do if its a girl?? BBQ??

You push it back in till it grows a hose. I'll leave this one for bullrider.

[bullrider71832]

Most breeders try to raise cows with the best bloodlines. The bloodlines do matter in the cows when tryin to sell the calves but not excatly as important in raising a bucking bull. You can take a cow with excellent bloodlines that wont produce anything, but you can also take a regular crossbred cow with no bucking blood in her at all and she can raise a bucking son of a gun, but for the most part now days the breeders try to get cows with lots of bloodlines behind them. Most of the time the breeder who is ai'ing the cows owns them. Sometimes you come across partnerships where someone will buy the semen to put in someone elses cow and the calf will be half and half. Hope this helps.

[TN_Gal]

Originally Posted by bullrider71832

Most breeders try to raise cows with the best bloodlines. The bloodlines do matter in the cows when tryin to sell the calves but not excatly as important in raising a bucking bull. You can take a cow with excellent bloodlines that wont produce anything, but you can also take a regular crossbred cow with no bucking blood in her at all and she can raise a bucking son of a gun, but for the most part now days the breeders try to get cows with lots of bloodlines behind them. Most of the time the breeder who is ai'ing the cows owns them. Sometimes you come across partnerships where someone will buy the semen to put in someone elses cow and the calf will be half and half. Hope this helps.

Yes...you are a very good Bull Sex-Ed teacher.Thanks...

So tell me..do you own your cow or do you just get the calf..in your particular Bo-Baby?

The reason I ask is that I have acess to a herd of Black Angus...could I inseminate one of them and get a bronco bull if I used Bronco Bull sperm?

By the way...what picture to you want up next to your name...it is called an Avatar...just PM rmjvol and tell him and he will put in on for you....

[TN_Gal]

heeeere's Boomer......a son of Bodacious

[bullrider71832]

The chances of getting a good bucking bull is better when u do have a cow that has genetics behind her but there is still that chance. I havent heard of any bo. semen out there for sell but i am sure there is some somewhere. And yes all the cows that we are breeding we do own.

[Sports Fan]

Originally Posted by TN_Gal

That's a lot of BULL!!

[TN_Gal]

Thursday, May 25, 2000
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal

Notorious bull Bodacious dies of kidney failure



Fort Worth Star-Telegram
</B>FORT WORTH, Texas -- Bodacious, who earned a reputation as the world's most dangerous bull by giving cowboys a prime ride or their worst wreck, is no longer walking the pastures.
The muscular 1,800-pound bull, who three times was named the Professional Cowboys Rodeo Association bucking bull of the year, died of kidney failure. He was 12, or the equivalent of approximately 60 human years.
"He was the baddest bull that I ever saw," said four-time world champion Tuff Hedeman, who made the best ride of his career on Bodacious and also had every bone in his face shattered by the bull.
The face-shattering occurred in the final round of the Profesional Bull Riders World Championships at the MGM Grand Garden in 1995.
The cream-colored Charbray had an explosive style of jumping that made him a rodeo celebrity. Bodacious had his own agent and was featured in magazines and television, and he appeared in advertising for Budweiser and at rodeos and fairs. He inspired an abundance of memorabilia, including T-shirts, caps, belt buckles, watches, rifles and mousepads.
Carolyn and Sammy Andrews, renowned northeast Texas stock contractors, owned the bull, which died May 16 at the Andrews' ranch in Addielou, near the Oklahoma border.
Bodacious reared higher than most bulls. As a cowboy leaned forward to stay in rhythm, Bodacious often threw back his head and struck the rider in the face. Bodacious whipped down many cowboys on his massive front end, including Hedeman and 1996 PRCA world champion Terry Don West, causing facial and rib injuries.
Bodacious never killed a cowboy, but Hedeman said the bull had the potential to cause a fatality had he not been retired five years ago. Hedeman, of Morgan Mill, Texas, was Bodacious' most famous foe, finishing 1-4 against the bull.
"Athletically speaking, Bodacious was the 300-pound offensive lineman who could also star at cornerback," Hedeman said.
Bodacious finished as the top bull at the 1992 National Finals Rodeo as a rookie. He also finished as the PRCA's top bull in 1994 and was named the top bull by the PRCA and the PBR in 1995. In 135 attempts, only eight qualifying rides were made on Bodacious. The bull was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame last year.
Since being retired in 1995, Bodacious has sired hundreds of offspring. He appeared healthy until last week.
"He looked good" until the end, Carolyn Andrews said. "He was fat and sassy."

[DodgeFB]

That just about says it all.

But I will admit the night he hurt Tuff so bad I wanted to turn him into steak.

[WVGrandma4Kasey]

Originally Posted by DodgeFB

That just about says it all.

But I will admit the night he hurt Tuff so bad I wanted to turn him into steak.

I know he's just a Bull, but I believe we will be united with not only our families and friends, but also our animals. The Bible backs this statement up, and I wouldn't want to go otherwise. Today I'm full of sorrow, Our best friends lost their 37 yr old son Wen. afternoon, he left 3 children and one due the end of this month. So forgive me for sharing my sadness.
DADDY'S EMPTY CHAIR

A man's daughter had asked the local minister

to come and pray with her father.
When the minister arrived,
he found the man lying in bed with his head
propped up on two pillows.

An empty chair sat beside his bed.
The minister assumed that the old fellow
had been informed of his visit.
"I guess you were expecting me, he said.

'No, who are you?" said the father.
The minister told him his name and then remarked,
"I saw the empty chair and I figured you knew
I was going to show up."

"Oh yeah, the chair," said the bedridden man.
"Would you mind closing the door?"
Puzzled, the minister shut the door.
"I have never told anyone this,
not even my daughter," said the man.

"But all of my life I have never
known how to pray.
At church I used to hear the pastor talk about prayer, but it went right over my head."

I abandoned any attempt at prayer,"
the old man continued, "
until one day four years ago, my best friend said to me, "Johnny, prayer is just a simple matter
of having a conversation with Jesus.
Here is what I suggest.
"Sit down in a chair;
place an empty chair in front of you,
and in faith see Jesus on the chair.

It's not spooky because he promised,
'I will be with you always'.
"Then just speak to him in the same way
you're doing with me right now."

"So, I tried it and I've liked it so much
that I do it a couple of hours every day.
I'm careful though. If my daughter saw me talking
to an empty chair, she'd either have a nervous breakdown or send me off to the funny farm."

The minister was deeply moved by the story and encouraged the old man to continue on the journey.
Then he prayed with him, anointed him with oil,
and returned to the church.

Two nights later the daughter called
to tell the minister that her daddy
had died that afternoon.
Did he die in peace?" he asked.

Yes, when I left the house about two o'clock,
he called me over to his bedside,
told me he loved me and kissed me on the cheek.
When I got back from the store an hour later,
I found him .

But there was something strange about his death. Apparently, just before Daddy died,
he leaned over and rested his head on the chair
beside the bed. What do you make of that?"

The minister wiped a tear from his eye and said,
"I wish we could all go like that."

Prayer is one of the best free gifts we receive.

I asked God for water, He gave me an ocean.*
I asked God for a flower, He gave me a garden.*
I asked God for a friend, He gave me all of YOU...
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

Happy moments, praise God.
Difficult moments, seek God.
Quiet moments, worship God
Painful moments, trust God.
Every moment, thank God.

[Team Yates]

G-ma, sorry for you and your friend's terrible loss. Very nice "poem".

[TN_Gal]

GrannyB
Sorry to hear about your friends son.

It's times like this that true friendship is needed. Comfort and be comforted.
We will be here if you need us, and you have my number.
TTYL

[DodgeFB]

I am very sorry to hear this. I believe we will see our animals later too.

Thank you for sharing those comforting words.

[TN_Gal]

BODACIOUS
livestock • Bull • Inducted 1999 to the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame

Perhaps no bucking bull in ProRodeo history was as feared as Bodacious, a 1,900-pound cross-bred charbray that burst upon the scene in 1992. In four years, Bodacious was virtually unrideable. All muscle, the bull with the distinctive yellow coloring bucked off 127 of his 135 riders and became known for a bone-crushing style that sent many riders to the hospital, including world champions Tuff Hedeman and Terry Don West. Bodacious was known for his explosive exit out of the chute. He started out with such force it was not uncommon to see his belly from the top of the back of the chute. He was first ridden in 1993, and it took two years before another bull rider stayed on for eight seconds. His ability to buck riders off before they could nod their heads did not endear him to the cowboys. For his efforts, Bodacious was named PRCA Bull of the Year in 1994-95 and top bull of the National Finals Rodeo in 1992 and 1994-95. Owners Sammy and Carolyn Andrews retired Bodacious during the 10th round of the 1995 National Finals Rodeo. Until his untimely death in 2000, Bodacious spent his time in his home pasture, passing on his genes to future bucking stars.