http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=49f_1343718290

I'd hope so...dude got owned!

Here is a youtube from the wild horse race at the Caldwell Night Rodeo. Lived there for almost 20 years so saw the race more than once.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPCiMCrraNU

Dumbass here. Read the following and you may agree.





I spent several seasons bow hunting the Heppner and Ukiah units in Eastern Oregon and my partners and I had a standing bet if one of us was able to touch a wild cow, the other would buy lunch. A few of the "stalks" were pretty intense... a couple cows bedded down in the sun and my buddy and I spent a good hour belly crawling up to them. At some point, I grabbed his ankle and was twisting it because he was ahead of me and somehow that convinced him to wait for me. Finally we closed the distance to about ten yards but we were out of cover and we were kind of stuck down behind a log. Barely able to contain our laughter, we decided to jump up and rush them. In an instant cloud of dust the closest cow peeled right and I gave up almost right away since its direction favored RV. He was in a full on sprint and about a foot from the cow's tail when he over ran himself and ended up (or down in this case) rolling into a ball before ultimately splaying out in the dirt... again still laughing.


About the second year down there I had an epiphany as we were driving home at the end of the evening. I yelled for him to stop the truck and I put a spotlight on a cow standing just off the road. The cow stood there transfixed in the light and almost looked like its eyes were crossed. I quietly slipped out of the truck, started running and tried to jump on the cow's head. Definitely not the smartest thing I have ever done by the way.


As I was in mid air I let out this semi-roar like a bear and at maybe a foot from landing a full body hug on this cow's face it figured out something was definitely wrong and it started to spin. I basically glanced off the side of its head and abruptly fell to the ground.


I am sure a rancher would have shot me had he seen these hijinx but I did get lunch the next day and managed to avoid being trampled or kicked. I have some pictures of this somewhere but that would take some digging.


I am serious when hunting, just not ALL the time.

I'm addicted to that site.

I am missing the wild horse race at Cheyenne Frontier Days for the first time in years. My work kept me from going back to Wyoming this time of year for the first time since I moved to Washington.

Funny stuff to see. Never the best idea to mess with wild horses but very entertaining to watch especially when you know some of the participants. haha

My Grandpa was a bronc buster for the Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Show and by age 35 he had every major bone in his body broken at least once. His name was Roy C Yates and ran the YZ Bar Ranch between Monroe and Sultan. Quite a character. He used to saddle up his horses for us kids to ride......now that a piece ago.

Did that show ever come to this state?

I have no idea. I have a couple of newspaper articles about Roy, and some of his stuff (not much). Used to have more, but much has gone away. I do have HIS father's pocket watch.....how cool is that? His name was Hezekiah Yates and his initials are scratched in the back. I believe he was the first of my Mom's family to make it out here from Montana.

Next time take it to antiques Road show is in town, take it to them.

He certainly touched the horse... Give the man $5 and a bottle of advil.