New Bull (pic)

[Ryan]

Here is the new bull at the ranch I work for.

RCR Scorpions Stinger
D.O.B. 3/22/2004
Sire: Sunrise Samson
Dam: RCR Scorpion
Wt. on 6/9/2005: 1125lbs

He is the 2005 TLBT National Grand Champion Bull, he also was Grand Bull at the Houston Livestock Show.

He's been out to pasture since the 2nd week of June, what do yall think?

Ryan

 

[Rustler9]

Good bodied bull-could use more horn.

 

[showme]

I am not a man to tell you about longhorns but I will give it a shot. I could say the only thing I can see i nthis longhorn is he has arc in his back and could use some BC or volume, muscling. But I am not a lonhorn guy.

 

[Travis Bryan]

I'm not a longhorn man either, but that is a good looking bull.

 

[preston39]

Ryan,
Good phenotype.... as longhorns go...but, where are the horns? How old is he ...maybe 18 months...2 yrs?

 

[Ryan]

Ryan,
Good phenotype.... as longhorns go...but, where are the horns? How old is he ...maybe 18 months...2 yrs?

His D.O.B. is 3/22/2004 so, i guess he's like 15 1/2 months old.

He's got horns, not much, but they're there.

Ryan

 

[anghere]

Good bodied bull-could use more horn.

OK body, could use my dehorners. :lol: :lol:

 

[Running Arrow Bill]

Nice looking muscled Longhorn bull. Great color! Could have straighter topline. Should contribule "body" to his calves (LH or Cross-Bred). Probably won't contribute much horn to calves though unless bred to 70" + cow.

By comparison, our Junior herd sire has about 47" total horn at 19 mos (had 39" at one year). He's got decent body too.

 

[Copenhagen & Shiner B]

I could have sworn that it was a paint Beefmaster if I didnt know any better.

 

[DOC HARRIS]

The back will strengthen and level in another year - just judging him as a BEEF Bull, he is a much better beef animal than previous LH's I have seen, particularly in the hind quarters. His heart girth is lacking (typical LH ) but not too bad. Good bone - better than most LH. In Longhorn judging you have to consider Horn, and he is a little lacking. But for beef - 0-10 - -I give him about 6. Great color for LH breeders to consider. The experience that I have had with Longhorn MEAT: Little marbling - therefore tough, stringy and not very good taste. A LH breeder friend of mine told me that you have to get used to it! :shock: Say- WHAT? N-o-o-o-o-t Exactly!

 

[Rustler9]

Just had some awesome Longhorn T-bones form our last steer butchered. Grilled medium, had been marinated in some Dale's for about an hour prior to grilling. Delicious. For some reason our Longhorn beef hasn't been tough, stringy or bad tasting. Hmmm.....

 

[showme]

I guess you got lucky.

 

[Rustler9]

Don't think so. Feeding out another one now.

 

[kaneranch]

I'd cut those horns off and put him on my angus cows. I wouldn't mind having him be my first calf heifer sire either. :lol:

 

[SF]

As a longhorn, seems to be lacking horn. Other than that, nice loooking bull. Really surprised at the lack of horn though.

 

[Ryan]

As a longhorn, seems to be lacking horn. Other than that, nice loooking bull. Really surprised at the lack of horn though.

He doesn't have a whole lot of horn, correct. He comes from a breeding program similar to ours, in that they are willing to sacrifice some horn and not body. I guess we are unlike other breeders who are willing to sacrifice beef, conformation, and production ability for some more horn.

We do have a couple of other bulls that do have really good horns, one at 60+ inches and a junior bull with 50" at 2 1/2 years old.

Ryan

 

[SF]

As a longhorn, seems to be lacking horn. Other than that, nice loooking bull. Really surprised at the lack of horn though.

He doesn't have a whole lot of horn, correct. He comes from a breeding program similar to ours, in that they are willing to sacrifice some horn and not body. I guess we are unlike other breeders who are willing to sacrifice beef, conformation, and production ability for some more horn.

We do have a couple of other bulls that do have really good horns, one at 60+ inches and a junior bull with 50" at 2 1/2 years old.

Ryan

How large do you expect this bulls horns to get?

 

[Ryan]

If I had to guess I would say between 40" - 50".. but that is just a Guess. I'm not really sure it is possible to predict the length of the horns on Longhorns. I know of one website that has a calculator that uses some formula based on length of horn, and months of age to predict at maturity, but i dont know how well that works, and it was made a while back. Don't know if it is up to date with all the breeding for horn of today.

Ryan

 

[SF]

If I had to guess I would say between 40" - 50".. but that is just a Guess. I'm not really sure it is possible to predict the length of the horns on Longhorns. I know of one website that has a calculator that uses some formula based on length of horn, and months of age to predict at maturity, but i dont know how well that works, and it was made a while back. Don't know if it is up to date with all the breeding for horn of today.

Ryan

If he ends up with 50 inch horns then he will have more than sufficient horn. Must just be the picture. Looks like you've got another good one.

 

[Ryan]

If I had to guess I would say between 40" - 50".. but that is just a Guess. I'm not really sure it is possible to predict the length of the horns on Longhorns. I know of one website that has a calculator that uses some formula based on length of horn, and months of age to predict at maturity, but i dont know how well that works, and it was made a while back. Don't know if it is up to date with all the breeding for horn of today.

Ryan

If he ends up with 50 inch horns then he will have more than sufficient horn. Must just be the picture. Looks like you've got another good one.

Thanks. I doubt he'll get all the way to 50. he was brought in for his body and conformation, definantly not for horn ;-) . I think we've got a couple of other bulls that make up for his horn, or lack thereof.

Ryan