in my experence not many longhorns are used for roping!!
correntie are the ropers choice, smaller faster and better over all suited to roping,
also all of the ropers i know (and that is many) take better care of their roping stock that a lot of other folks do! better fed and cared for!
they do not strech them out merely catch them, a lot of the ropers i know will work them for about 6 months or so and then
move on, hiefers they will breed steers go down the road,
as far as asking someone to make them better i do not understand this stament in what way alice? better how?
I'm glad the ropers you know do take such good care of them...the ones I've dealt with don't. Make them better? Well, since they don't care for them well, it means get them over pneumonia, get them to eat since they quit eating, can't get them to run anymore (duh!), blah, blah, blah. I've sold several really nice animals that have been roped that have come back wormy, sick, rope burned. These fools just know how to rope, and I use that term loosely. They haven't a clue how to care for them.
if you think that cute little 200 # calf you bought at the barn, could not have been part of a ropers stock you are mistaken i know several stock producers who buy those 90# to 100# salebarn calves for their string, only to see those same calves show up at the bard in a few months having grown to big to be roped. once again better cared for than a lot of the other cattle around
I don't buy cute little 200# calves...I buy cute little 70-100# calves that still have their navel cords attached and raise them to be nice big 600-700# calves.
The ropers I've dealt with like to buy several many smaller calves, just in case they break their legs...yup, had 'em tell me that...like that's gonna make me inclined to try to make their banged up, sick calves all better for them. Bah!
Like I said, glad you've seen the better side...wish I knew those folks...
Alice