Had our "Photo Shoot" the other day...(lots of pics)

[showing71]

We had our amateur private treaty bull photo shoot this past weekend for our website. We ran the bulls through the chute last month and torched the hair off them, then this weekend we ran them through again and got the dust/dirt blown out of them. Here's a few of the pictures.

Red Angus bull

Tarentaise bull

Red Angus bull

Angus bull

Tarentaise bull

 

[3waycross]

The bulls and the pics look great .I bet you learned a lot about shooting pics of cattle. How many pictures did you have to discard to get the ones you liked?

Those Tarentaise look interesting. How's their calving ease?

 

[Lon]

The bulls and the pics look great .I bet you learned a lot about shooting pics of cattle. How many pictures did you have to discard to get the ones you liked?

Those Tarentaise look interesting. How's their calving ease?

i was thinking the same thing. how would you compare their calves (in general) to your other bulls?

 

[Dylan Biggs]

From what I can see of the bulls they look good. For some reason though I am only seeing about 4/5 ths of the bulls either they are missing a head or their hind end in the photos.

 

[showing71]

The bulls and the pics look great .I bet you learned a lot about shooting pics of cattle. How many pictures did you have to discard to get the ones you liked?

Those Tarentaise look interesting. How's their calving ease?

i was thinking the same thing. how would you compare their calves (in general) to your other bulls?

Thanks, we went through 2 camera cards for 16 bulls. So, a lot of pictures, I think around 350. And I only kept 2 pictures of each bull, some still aren't the best, but we only had a stretch of 2 days of good weather.

From our herd, our Tarentaise are a little higher on BW. We don't breed any Tarentaise heifers to Tarentaise bulls, just in case. In comparing the Angus and Red Angus to the Tarentaise, the Tarentaise are longer sided, smoother made overall, especially as yearlings. They usually aren't as thick topped or big butted as the Angus and Red Angus. The Tarentaise make great moms though, very protective, and the females look very feminine without losing much bone and muscling. We don't get to see much after they are two year olds. Usually the ones that we keep back for herd bulls get sold as two year olds.

 

[MO_cows]

Looking good! What jumps out at me is how much more masculine and mature the Tar bulls look at the same age. Would like to see pics of your crossbred calves you get out of your heifers sometime.

 

[KNERSIE]

I like that angus bull!

Although its good cattle practice not to get the young bulls too fat, I think most of the bulls are just a little undercooked for promotional photography purposes.

 

[showing71]

I like that angus bull!

Although its good cattle practice not to get the young bulls too fat, I think most of the bulls are just a little undercooked for promotional photography purposes.

I agree Knersie, we try not to push them too hard, since they still need to go out and work. We try to make it so they look conditioned, but won't 'melt' once they get to pasture. I also would have like them to be a little conditioned before pictures, but with this awful winter, they didn't get as big as usual. I think walking through 2 feet of snow every day did it.

 

[SRBeef]

photo pointer: it appears that due to software changes on this site recently, the max photo size you can post is 640 x 480 and still show the entire picture, no matter where it is stored. This is smaller than the standard 800 x 600.

An 800 x 600 photo will get cropped as yours were.

Jim

 

[BIZIN]

definatley some of the best Tarentaise bulls I have seen

 

[showing71]

photo pointer: it appears that due to software changes on this site recently, the max photo size you can post is 640 x 480 and still show the entire picture, no matter where it is stored. This is smaller than the standard 800 x 600.

An 800 x 600 photo will get cropped as yours were.

Jim

I'll crop them. Thanks for the heads up, they were showing up on my computer so I thought they were ok.

I can't edit the OP, so here's the resized, hope these work better. BTW, you guys can tear them up. We're always looking for ways to improve the herd and the best way is by other opinions, you won't hurt my feelings any.

 

[Dylan Biggs]

The black bull strikes me as the most correct bull.

The first Red Angus bull is a good type also, would want to see him move to assess his pelvic/hind leg set. His hind leg set appears a bit posty and he seems to be behind him self a bit, which could be just the way he is holding his pelvis, which would lift his tail head the way it is. Nice head, good full muzzle, good heart girth and depth of rib.

Tarentaise bulls look good also for their age, the second bull is showing a nice crest and nice head and muzzle. Both bulls look a little easy on top but it might just be there stance. I would prefer a bit more depth of heart girth and rib, that being said though they may throw some great cross bred females. We used the Burnett Ajax quite a few years ago and he was patterned similar to the second bull, and he left ideal cross bred replacements. The thing about Tarentaise is the good ones pass on tremendous fertility even though some of the bulls will appear a bit on the dairy side. Must be the dairy heritage and fertility coming through. We all like to believe we can evaluate the genetic merit of bulls based on visual evaluation.

Would like to see the feet on the bulls. Any scrotal measurements or BSE results forthcoming?

 

[showing71]

The black bull strikes me as the most correct bull.

The first Red Angus bull is a good type also, would want to see him move to assess his pelvic/hind leg set. His hind leg set appears a bit posty and he seems to be behind him self a bit, which could be just the way he is holding his pelvis, which would lift his tail head the way it is. Nice head, good full muzzle, good heart girth and depth of rib.

Tarentaise bulls look good also for their age, the second bull is showing a nice crest and nice head and muzzle. Both bulls look a little easy on top but it might just be there stance. I would prefer a bit more depth of heart girth and rib, that being said though they may throw some great cross bred females. We used the Burnett Ajax quite a few years ago and he was patterned similar to the second bull, and he left ideal cross bred replacements. The thing about Tarentaise is the good ones pass on tremendous fertility even though some of the bulls will appear a bit on the dairy side. Must be the dairy heritage and fertility coming through. We all like to believe we can evaluate the genetic merit of bulls based on visual evaluation.

Would like to see the feet on the bulls. Any scrotal measurements or BSE results forthcoming?

We do scrotal measurments and BSE after the bulls are spoken for, unless the potential new owner wants it done before making a decision. So I do not have any of that information.