gcreekrch said:
3 M L & C said:
I always enjoy your pictures. It's interesting to see how other people do things. I like the clamp invention to hold the calves while you work. I assume you have to have both of the calves back legs for it to work proper. I don't know how to rope, my uncle tried to teach me once, but it never stuck. Does roping both back feet get a little harder toward the end of the day after a little fatigue?
It gets more accurate as the day goes on because you are practiced up and waste less energy swinging your rope. :wink: :lol:
Gcreek is amazingly quite right, although Jerry Reed's song "When You're Hot, You're Hot, When You're Not, You're Not" sometimes comes into play. My sister wears a stopwatch, so usually times the ropers on each draft. This is just for friendly competition between the Kosmo Kid and me, and if extra time is used for confugalties beyond our control, the time gets messed up. At our last branding, I did double hock 15 fifteen calves using only 16 loops, and wouldn't have missed the one had I not stopped to brag about half way along. :roll: The remaining 12 calves in the draft took several extra loops because the "hot" turned to "not."

The roping part is fun and challenging, and controls the speed of the whole branding. Generally the ground crew doesn't mind if we miss on occasion to give them a little breather. :wink: