Dun, I thought they might be Longhorn but I've never seen any look that good before. The ones I see around here are rather scrawny. Thanks, I learned something.
I have got to show my husband pictures of ya'lls bulls. Man they sure are nice. We've just got to get a new bull.
Yeah they are S'pol bulls, and a S'pol heifer of mine (after winter). I will be doing ET work with her after she has a calf.
The first set of 2 pictures is of the same bull (WD brand) was winner of Beef 2006 S'pol Comp. I see what you mean about his legs in the photo, I didn't think that when I saw the animal in real life though. I sure did notice his muscling and frame length that doesn't show up as well in the photo angle. I remember the Judges looking for bulls that were good, mobile, animals because these S'pol are going to VERY large properties with great distances to water. So he obviously moved well, and looked good too!
The light coloured S'pol bull in the second set of photos, the sire I just used for AI, I really like the look of him. He should produce some great offspring. At the website below is a photo of the sire (5480 Hercules) of that heifer.
A website with a good set of photos of often used S'pol sires around the world. Click on the small images for larger high quality images. Compare those Boone, see what you think about leg thickness with the breed. Let me know? http://sacramentofarms.com/en/start.htm
A bull I would like to use (this is a terrible photo, taken from a horrible angle, and just doesn't do him justice, but it's the only one I can find right now)
He is 50% Canadian breeding, Badlands. He is a Remitall Keynote 20X son out of a Graft-Britton bred Line 1 Cow. He ended up with the "antlers" or I would have never been able to buy him.
I have seen a lot of cattle with Jim Hole breeding at Ochs Bros in Gunnison, Colorado, when they were in business. Great cattle, not so great EPDs.