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<blockquote data-quote="Running Arrow Bill" data-source="post: 680122" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>As a follow-up comment,</p><p></p><p>We breed our Longhorns for both body and horn. Don't want our longhorns to look like fat "commercial" cattle with "short horns"...lol. Try to preserve the traditional look of the Texas Longhorn as well as put some decent (not BCS 6 or 7) flesh on them. Also, try for good straight toplines, etc.</p><p></p><p>We shoot for horns definitely past their ears at weaning and horns 24 to 30" at one year old minimum. By the time they are 24 months old they should have 40 to 50" horn at minimum. If they don't meet our criteria for horn growth, they are serious candidates for "growing wheels" or for our freezer beef. However, we do have some cows with less than desired horns that when bred to one of our bulls will put more horn on their calves than she did. It's all about (body or horn) breeding strategies that create a calf that is "better" than the sire or dam.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running Arrow Bill, post: 680122, member: 9"] As a follow-up comment, We breed our Longhorns for both body and horn. Don't want our longhorns to look like fat "commercial" cattle with "short horns"...lol. Try to preserve the traditional look of the Texas Longhorn as well as put some decent (not BCS 6 or 7) flesh on them. Also, try for good straight toplines, etc. We shoot for horns definitely past their ears at weaning and horns 24 to 30" at one year old minimum. By the time they are 24 months old they should have 40 to 50" horn at minimum. If they don't meet our criteria for horn growth, they are serious candidates for "growing wheels" or for our freezer beef. However, we do have some cows with less than desired horns that when bred to one of our bulls will put more horn on their calves than she did. It's all about (body or horn) breeding strategies that create a calf that is "better" than the sire or dam. [/QUOTE]
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