alacowman1
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Heritage is at Higdon shows wagyuHenagar, up by Scottsboro. Heritage Farm. Probably several other owners around there that aren't on a registry.
Heritage is at Higdon shows wagyuHenagar, up by Scottsboro. Heritage Farm. Probably several other owners around there that aren't on a registry.
If I seen a long horn that old it was usually at an exhibition..or Taking pictures.Longhorn steer View attachment 19566
You have NEVER seen one of these at a roping competition
Corriente steers
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Longhorn steer View attachment 19566
You have NEVER seen one of these at a roping competition
Corriente steers
View attachment 19565
Yes, but they do not have the spread like a LH, certainly no more spread. People have crossed Watusi with longhorns and corrs around here. Never seen this cross produce a wider spread than a LH has, It usually results in less spread, more height, and a lot more circumference, like you said. The cattle in the video are all cows. The pic I think your referring too, is a steer. Like the narrator said in your video, steers grow bigger horns and bigger bodies than bulls and cows. That steer in the pic does not have anywhere near as thick a horn base as the watusi x LHs I have seen. It is pure LH.Alot of the African breeds carry much more horn. The dead give away is the size of the bases like in the picture you posted. That is not true to the breed. Google African cattle and look at the size of the bases on those cattle.
Notice the head shape and every thing different on your puc vs in the video.
Usually by the time a LH has grown horns suitable to rope, he is way too big and heavy.Isn't it really more a question of age on a longhorn? I mean... they aren't born with those 8 foot spreads or we would not be buying calving ease bulls.
How old does a longhorn have to be before it gets horns wider than a Corriente? How fast do the horns grow?
I'm betting that the horns on a longhorn aren't substantially different in width compared to Corriente until they are over 18 months old and maybe more.
Or am I wrong?
You are right.Isn't it really more a question of age on a longhorn? I mean... they aren't born with those 8 foot spreads or we would not be buying calving ease bulls.
How old does a longhorn have to be before it gets horns wider than a Corriente? How fast do the horns grow?
I'm betting that the horns on a longhorn aren't substantially different in width compared to Corriente until they are over 18 months old and maybe more.
Or am I wrong?
Yep, when the calf roping calves got too big, you'd put these on them and get another season out of them. Putting these on a polled beef steer was about as easy as putting on horn wraps . As a heeler, if you could heel one of these short-legged beef steers, you had it made when you got to a roping or rodeo with Corrientes.this was and alternative when we couldnt find any. Had a barrel full .View attachment 19579
That's what it looks like to me, too.I've seen some steers around here that I suspect were longhorn crossed with Ankole.
Nope.Yes, but they do not have the spread like a LH, certainly no more spread. People have crossed Watusi with longhorns and corrs around here. Never seen this cross produce a wider spread than a LH has, It usually results in less spread, more height, and a lot more circumference, like you said. The cattle in the video are all cows. The pic I think your referring too, is a steer. Like the narrator said in your video, steers grow bigger horns and bigger bodies than bulls and cows. That steer in the pic does not have anywhere near as thick a horn base as the watusi x LHs I have seen. It is pure LH.
Hey! I know that top steer! He actually belongs to my family, in fact, I even took that photo He's in his upper teens now, but he is a real gentle giant. When we got him in 2015 he was 84 inches tip to tip, but he's never been measured since.Longhorn steer View attachment 19566
You have NEVER seen one of these at a roping competition
Corriente steers
View attachment 19565
Coll. So he was 9 years old or so when he measured 84? Where was he located in this pic..Oregon or somewhere else?Hey! I know that top steer! He actually belongs to my family, in fact, I even took that photo He's in his upper teens now, but he is a real gentle giant. When we got him in 2015 he was 84 inches tip to tip, but he's never been measured since.
Yep.Coll. So he was 9 years old or so when he measured 84? Where was he located in this pic..Oregon or somewhere else?