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| Yep, I took it while driving down the highway crossing into Texas from Louisiana after flying into Shreveport, LA. |
After a year of talking about my bulls and only looking at pictures and videos of them, I finally made it to East Texas and saw them in person. I was also able to see where they were learning their craft of bucking off cowboys and meet the people I am entrusting
their care in. In addition, I was able to just watch them for three days, and see how big they have gotten this past year and how much more growing they have to do in the next year. Mike Rawson is a very experienced rancher and bull/stock contractor. He's had a lot of success in both the Championship Bull Riding (CBR) and the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) with his bulls, and in partnering with others. He is proactive in the care of the bulls and is not only looking back at what his bulls have done and how they got that success but also looking ahead and watching his own herd of yearlings develop. He has a field full of potential 2 year olds that are mixed in with my two as well. I feel like Commander B and Channel Kat are in a really good place. Mike isn't doing it alone though, he has Dillon Bruce living on the ranch handling the day to day feedings, maintenance and care of the bulls and the ranch. Dillon, like any typical young gun wears more than one hat; he is also a professional bull fighter and rodeo clown.
All in a days work for Dillon Bruce at Rawson Ranch.
These photos were taken all in one day and at then end of that day, we brought many of the 2 year olds into the pens in the arena. The bulls then got practice loading in the chutes, having a 2 pound remote controlled dummy strapped on their backs and then let them go in the arena to see what they would do. At the end of the night, the clown in Dillon was starting to come out. (keep in mind it was a mild 90 degrees or so that day and a bit of humidity too and by the time I took this last picture it was around 10 pm). Before I go any further, what's the old saying? Behind every sucessful man is a woman doing just as much work? Eh, something like that, and thus, meet Morgan. She is the 'bull wisperer' at the ranch. She is so good with Commander B and I really enjoyed not only getting to know her and spending an afternoon shopping with her but it gave me peace to know she was there too. I felt like she could give my bulls some nurturing that I can't from this far away and you can tell, she really cares about not only my two but all the animals there.
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Morgan feeding Commander B
and giving him some TLC.
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What started out as just a trip to meet my bulls and find out how they were progressing ended up with me making new friends and having a couple relaxing days in East Texas just watching my two boys and wondering what the next year will bring for them.
After a year of talking about my bulls and only looking at pictures and videos of them, I finally made it to East Texas and saw them in person. I was also able to see where they were learning their craft of bucking off cowboys and meet the people I am entrusting their care in. In addition, I was able to just watch them for three days, and see how big they have gotten this past year and how much more growing they have to do in the next year. Mike Rawson is a very experienced rancher and bull/stock contractor. He's had a lot of success in both the Championship Bull Riding (CBR) and the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) with his bulls, and in partnering with others. He is proactive in the care of the bulls and is not only looking back at what his bulls have done and how they got that success but also looking ahead and watching his own herd of yearlings develop. He has a field full of potential 2 year olds that are mixed in with my two as well. I feel like Commander B and Channel Kat are in a really good place. Mike isn't doing it alone though, he has Dillon Bruce living on the ranch handling the day to day feedings, maintenance and care of the bulls and the ranch. Dillon, like any typical young gun wears more than one hat; he is also a professional bull fighter and rodeo clown. 
These photos were taken all in one day and at then end of that day, we brought many of the 2 year olds into the pens in the arena. The bulls then got practice loading in the chutes, having a 2 pound remote controlled dummy strapped on their backs and then let them go in the arena to see what they would do. At the end of the night, the clown in Dillon was starting to come out. (keep in mind it was a mild 90 degrees or so that day and a bit of humidity too and by the time I took this last picture it was around 10 pm). Before I go any further, what's the old saying? Behind every sucessful man is a woman doing just as much work? Eh, something like that, and thus, meet Morgan. She is the 'bull wisperer' at the ranch. She is so good with Commander B and I really enjoyed not only getting to know her and spending an afternoon shopping with her but it gave me peace to know she was there too. I felt like she could give my bulls some nurturing that I can't from this far away and you can tell, she really cares about not only my two but all the animals there. 
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