Mark Homner heading a steer for the calf-branding portion.
'Branding' the calf with cold irons.
The wild-cow milking portion. They have to milk a wild cow into a bottle - they just have to get enough so that they can pour some out. Sometimes it's only a few drops! 🙂
Steer roping.
There are 4-man (or woman) teams, and each team has to complete 4 tasks within a time limit. In this case - 8 minutes for all 4 events. Each local ranch rodeo can be slightly different. The four events most ranch rodeos are made up of include:
Calf-branding.
Wild-cow milking.
Steer roping.
Trailer loading.
Keep in mind that the cattle are numbered, and they have to pick out their assigned bovine to work with. It looks alot easier than it is!
It was a real scorcher, for Wyoming. It hit 100* at 4 pm. But despite the heat, it was interesting to watch.
Love ranch rodeo! We have one on the 4th, then one the next weekend. And I believe three in August.
We love them, too! We have at least one next month - not sure how many we'll find to watch this summer. 🙂