Team Ropers

[RobinFarmandRanch]

Got this in an email today. I realized i really am a heeler with a little header mixed in.


Header or Heeler?
If you saw a team roper with his hands behind his back, could you tell if he was a header or a heeler? I have done an extensive study on this very problem with a grant funded equally by the Pro Rodeo Ex-Wives Collection Agency and the TRA (Team Ropers Anonymous) Halfway House.
Here are the results of my findings:·

Headers are more likely to have their hair styled rather than cut. Heelers get their hair cut bi-annually and usually need to shave.


· A header owns a fairly new truck and trailer with a coordinating paint job. A heeler buys recaps and the paint job on his trailer matches the primer on his brother in law's barbeque grill.



· A header will often have two horses, his favorite and one in training. A heeler with have one horse in training and the same one for sale.



· A header may own his own arena. The heeler usually owes last week's stock charge.



· A header carefully positions his horse in the box, checks for steer alertness and nods at precisely the moment everything is perfect. A heeler is jerked awake when the chute gates bangs.



· The tack box of a header contains an extra set of reins, leather punch, fly spray, snaps, saddle blanket, talcum, horn wraps, assorted brushes and combs, a second tie down, various sizes of leather straps, cotton rolls, leg brace solution, hoof care tools, dikes, two pair each of bell boots and splint boots, a jar of silver polish and a can of assorted brake light bulbs.



· A heeler's tack box will have a warm bottle of Combiotic, some Bute paste, an inner tube, a hatchet, some baling wire, a nest of twine, an 18 piece Taiwanese socket set, a running iron, beer opener, and one skid boot.



· A header has ulcers. A heeler has a hangover.



· A header will discuss the lineage of his horse, "He's out of an Easy Jet Mare and a full cousin to Stick". A heeler will discuss the lineage of his tack, "I used to ride broncs with this saddle. It's an association tree but I bolted on this horn and wrapped it with duct tape and rawhide. Dee Pickett gimme this halter.



· A header will blame his horse, himself, his rope, his wrap, his saddle, his timing his technique, his dally, his loop, the steer, the wind, or overtraining.



The heeler blames the header!

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

That right there is about as accurate as you can get in a discription of headers and heelers. hehe

 

[gcreekrch]

When I was heeling it used to really irk my header that he would pay $10-20,000 for his heading horses and I could out-rope him on any of my $500.00 ranch horses.
I was well known for rope halter tie-downs and the odd bit of baler twine on my gear.

 

[katrina]

Team roping is like sex, fun to do... But hell to watch!! :twisted:

 

[Justin]

interesting

 

[RobinFarmandRanch]

i havent cut my hair in about 3 months. havent shaved in two weeks. my trailer lost a wheel to the last rodeo. and everything i own is always for sale. 8) can ya'll tell im a heeler??

 

[RobinFarmandRanch]

Team roping is like sex, fun to do... But hell to watch!! :twisted:

not thats cutting. thats like watching paint dry.

 

[gcreekrch]

Team roping is like sex, fun to do... But hell to watch!! :twisted:

That goes with any sport for me.

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

Barrel racers....and this is just off the top of my head....lol

Barrel racers spend almost as much time at the beauty parlor as they do practicin on their horse. They get their hair done once every 6 weeks, trim, color and highlights, unless there's a big show comin up, then they gotta go the day before the show, and their nails done weekly. More often of course if they break a fake one off while ridin.

Barrel racers show up in all shapes and sizes of trailers. You never know what they will drag outta that lil two horse bumper pull with three different colors of primer on it! Then there's the other end of the scale.....$50 grand truck, and $50 grand trailer.

Barrel racers will have as many horses as it takes. There's always their, "good horse" and then all the rest are in training.

Few have their own arena's, but will haul all over just to go practice at one. And come race day will spend just as much $ on exhibitions as the entry fee costs them.

The tack compartment of a barre racers most times will include 40 gazillion bits, all with their own headstalls and reins attached, 3 or 4 saddles, umpteen different colors of matching coordinating splint boots and bell boots. Ten different saddle pads, how they know which one goes with which saddle on which horse I'll never understand. A tube of bute, a tube of some sort of "make it go faster' concoction, a tube of some sort of "calm it down" concoction, dmso, banamine, (but they never have a syringe when they need one) fly spray, detangler, rubber bands for manes....rubber bands for their selves to keep feet in the stirrups. Brushes and combs almost as bad as in their own bathroom. And 400 rolls of vet wrap, in all different colors.

Horse lineage.....that's an all day conversation with them.

A barrel racer will blame, the horse, the ground, the tractor driver, the light, pattern's too small, pattern's too big, horse is sore, saddle fit.


And some how....Lil Lilly isn't as bad with all things mentioned. Maybe it's because she's still young :wink: .....hahaha.

 

[Justin]

Barrel racers....and this is just off the top of my head....lol

Barrel racers spend almost as much time at the beauty parlor as they do practicin on their horse. They get their hair done once every 6 weeks, trim, color and highlights, unless there's a big show comin up, then they gotta go the day before the show, and their nails done weekly. More often of course if they break a fake one off while ridin.

Barrel racers show up in all shapes and sizes of trailers. You never know what they will drag outta that lil two horse bumper pull with three different colors of primer on it! Then there's the other end of the scale.....$50 grand truck, and $50 grand trailer.

Barrel racers will have as many horses as it takes. There's always their, "good horse" and then all the rest are in training.

Few have their own arena's, but will haul all over just to go practice at one. And come race day will spend just as much $ on exhibitions as the entry fee costs them.

The tack compartment of a barre racers most times will include 40 gazillion bits, all with their own headstalls and reins attached, 3 or 4 saddles, umpteen different colors of matching coordinating splint boots and bell boots. Ten different saddle pads, how they know which one goes with which saddle on which horse I'll never understand. A tube of bute, a tube of some sort of "make it go faster' concoction, a tube of some sort of "calm it down" concoction, dmso, banamine, (but they never have a syringe when they need one) fly spray, detangler, rubber bands for manes....rubber bands for their selves to keep feet in the stirrups. Brushes and combs almost as bad as in their own bathroom. And 400 rolls of vet wrap, in all different colors.

Horse lineage.....that's an all day conversation with them.

A barrel racer will blame, the horse, the ground, the tractor driver, the light, pattern's too small, pattern's too big, horse is sore, saddle fit.


And some how....Lil Lilly isn't as bad with all things mentioned. Maybe it's because she's still young :wink: .....hahaha.

:lol: that may be more accurate than the team roping one.... :lol: :lol:

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

OH and I forgot one very important item that's in nearly everyone's trailer......HORSE COOKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[RobinFarmandRanch]

Barrel racers....and this is just off the top of my head....lol

Barrel racers spend almost as much time at the beauty parlor as they do practicin on their horse. They get their hair done once every 6 weeks, trim, color and highlights, unless there's a big show comin up, then they gotta go the day before the show, and their nails done weekly. More often of course if they break a fake one off while ridin.

Barrel racers show up in all shapes and sizes of trailers. You never know what they will drag outta that lil two horse bumper pull with three different colors of primer on it! Then there's the other end of the scale.....$50 grand truck, and $50 grand trailer.

Barrel racers will have as many horses as it takes. There's always their, "good horse" and then all the rest are in training.

Few have their own arena's, but will haul all over just to go practice at one. And come race day will spend just as much $ on exhibitions as the entry fee costs them.

The tack compartment of a barre racers most times will include 40 gazillion bits, all with their own headstalls and reins attached, 3 or 4 saddles, umpteen different colors of matching coordinating splint boots and bell boots. Ten different saddle pads, how they know which one goes with which saddle on which horse I'll never understand. A tube of bute, a tube of some sort of "make it go faster' concoction, a tube of some sort of "calm it down" concoction, dmso, banamine, (but they never have a syringe when they need one) fly spray, detangler, rubber bands for manes....rubber bands for their selves to keep feet in the stirrups. Brushes and combs almost as bad as in their own bathroom. And 400 rolls of vet wrap, in all different colors.

Horse lineage.....that's an all day conversation with them.

A barrel racer will blame, the horse, the ground, the tractor driver, the light, pattern's too small, pattern's too big, horse is sore, saddle fit.


And some how....Lil Lilly isn't as bad with all things mentioned. Maybe it's because she's still young :wink: .....hahaha.

Thats why i haul in a cattle trailer. sadlle them up at home and drive to the rodeo. but that pretty much hits the nail on the head for barrell racers

 

[Justin]

i havent cut my hair in about 3 months. havent shaved in two weeks. my trailer lost a wheel to the last rodeo. and everything i own is always for sale. 8) can ya'll tell im a heeler??

maybe that is not because you are a heeler...maybe it is because you are going bald and can't grow a beard :lol: :wink:

 

[RobinFarmandRanch]

i havent cut my hair in about 3 months. havent shaved in two weeks. my trailer lost a wheel to the last rodeo. and everything i own is always for sale. 8) can ya'll tell im a heeler??

maybe that is not because you are a heeler...maybe it is because you are going bald and can't grow a beard :lol: :wink:

im 23. i aint near about going bald. Just dont have the time to go get a haircut. :lol: i can grow a full beard in about a week. Its just cuz duck season opens saturday and i need the extra camoflauge. 8) my boss has been complainin about it since halloween, i just tell him ill trim it nice until february and after that ill shave it.

 

[Justin]

i havent cut my hair in about 3 months. havent shaved in two weeks. my trailer lost a wheel to the last rodeo. and everything i own is always for sale. 8) can ya'll tell im a heeler??

maybe that is not because you are a heeler...maybe it is because you are going bald and can't grow a beard :lol: :wink:

i aint near about going bald. Just dont have the time to go get a haircut. :lol: i can grow a full beard in about a week. Its just cuz duck season opens saturday and i need the extra camoflauge. 8) my boss has been complainin about it since halloween, i just tell him ill trim it nice until february and after that ill shave it.

do you get to lookin' like the Duck Commanders on OLN? i like those guys, great show. i'm not much of a bird hunter but those guys make it entertaining

 

[RobinFarmandRanch]

maybe that is not because you are a heeler...maybe it is because you are going bald and can't grow a beard :lol: :wink:

i aint near about going bald. Just dont have the time to go get a haircut. :lol: i can grow a full beard in about a week. Its just cuz duck season opens saturday and i need the extra camoflauge. 8) my boss has been complainin about it since halloween, i just tell him ill trim it nice until february and after that ill shave it.

do you get to lookin' like the Duck Commanders on OLN? i like those guys, great show. i'm not much of a bird hunter but those guys make it entertaining

I used to date Phil's granddaughter, Willie's daughter. I used to let it get that long during college, but now that i have a job ill have to keep it looking nice. They are a wild bunch to hunt with. I had them come hunt some wood ducks down here that made it to one of their dvds. they couldnt keep up with all the birds flying down here.

 

[TXTibbs]

Baxter Black can put the header/healer thing into perspective with some excellent facial and hand gestures. He is the first I heard that from...not sure if he done it originally tho or not....