azcowpuncher said:
I have drug calves with a reata , and used one to catch horses a few times just houlihan in the corral afoot . But even draggin calves with them things you have to be pretty on top of things to not break it . That mexican fella i had workin with me he used a reata quit a bit not all the time but he would carry it alot and i seen him rope some big cows with that thing and there is an art to using one thats for sure . His dad and his grandad were charros in mexico so he knew all them fancy rope shots and tricks and could really rope , you put him horseback in the middle of a corral with a cow or calf and no matter were in the corral that cow was he had a shot he could either catch the hind feet front feet or head , and now that i think back on it i cant say as i have ever seen him miss a shot .
Don't you just hate people with talent? :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I made one once years ago. 61 feet long.
I got it all worked down to where it felt good so while out checking on some pairs I snuck up on a calf and was just gonna heel him and then turn it loose to see how it would feel. I threw a loop at the heels of a calf and it hit the ground in front of his back feet and just kept on goin'! Panty hosed him and he let out a beller and took off, my horse threw a fit, I threw down the reata to pull his head up and when the dust settled I had a calf on the end of about 30 foot of rope and the rest in a birds nest around my horn and a whole bunch of bellerin' cranky cows. I finally got every thing freed up and the calf let loose and decided that the next time I roped something with it I was gonna pay a little more attention to what I was doin'!
They just seem to be alive. If a cloud passes over they change a little.
I had a shorter boughten one that I used to heel calves at brandin' one year. Worked real good once you got the hang of it. Got to rainin' on us at one brandin' and it kind of messed it up so I hung it up and grabbed a nylon and never used it much after that.
They are kind of fussy to get to feelin' good, to me and quite a little work.
I still think about getting another and using it in the spring at branding, but I guess I'm just too lazy and it's pretty easy to just use my poly or nylon.
But I used one enough to respect the reata and them fellers who can really make one work.