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Texas Longhorn Trails

November 2010

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Staff VOL. 22 NO. 8

NOVEMBER 2010

Editor in Chief: Brenda Cantrell • Ext. 104 brenda@tlbaa.org

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Feature: Longhorn Trail Blazers ..................21-24 By Henry King

Feature Articles: This & That - Membership Update....28

Sales, Shows & Tours: Appalachian Trail Sale Results....................8 Winfield Farms Dispersal Results............32 Heart of America Sale Results ................20

Departments: Chairman Letter ..................................6 TLBT Page ........................................30 Affiliate News .................................. 38 Dams of Distinction ..........................39 Movers and Shakers............................40 Herd Management ............................41 News on the Trail ..............................45 Advertising Index ..............................47 Just for Grins......................................47 Save the Date ....................................48

Special Reports: Best At West Sale Catalog..................35-37

About the Cover: Showing Ultimate Bull Power this month on the cover is JP Rio Grande, as he stands proud and strong. JP Rio Grande has been named the Ultimate Bull at the LWC for the past three years (2008, 2009, 2010). His definitive traits are being cast to all of his offspring. Six good examples of his ability to sire excellence join him on the cover: Hubbell’s Rio Darlin’ (owned by Mark Hubbell), Hubbells Rio Glory (owned by Dave Hovingh), Hubbells Rio Linda (owned by Tom A. Smith), BL Rio Catchit (owned by Bob & Pam Loomis), SDR Rios CJ (owned by Panther Creek Ranch) and Rio Grande Chex (owned by Loomis/Friedrich Partnership). JP Rio Grande is owned in partnership between Hubbell Longhorns, Hudson Longhorns and Panther Creek Ranch. If Ultimate Bull Power is what you are looking for in your herd, JP Rio Grande will bring you those traits and more.

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From the Chairman of the Board Dear TLBAA Members: I would like to thank everyone that helped make the 2010 TLBAA Horn Showcase a huge success. Brent Bolen did a super job as Chairman of the event but I know that he could not have done so without the help of his lovely wife, Cindy. The TLBAA staff worked long hours before, during and after the event to make everything happen. The large group of volunteers worked tirelessly to “get it done”. The exhibitors brought a great group of cattle to be measured and displayed for everyone to view. The sponsors opened their pockets to provide the support to make the event happen. The spectators congregated to watch the spectacular parade of cattle come through the arena. Texas Longhorn breeders, new and old, then filled the house for the Friday evening banquet. The grand finale was the Horn Showcase sale where the consignors offered the opportunity for so many quality Texas Longhorn cattle to be shared with other breeders and the buyers jumped at the chance to add them to their herds. Also, a big thank you to all who hosted, worked and entered in the satellite measuring, which gave so many breeders that could not make it to Fort Worth a chance to participate. For me, the highlight was experiencing the positive energy and watching the great camaraderie that was exhibited by all in attendance. The new TLBAA Web site has been launched and is still being improved weekly, with many more exciting things to come. If you haven’t visited the site lately, please take the time to do so at www.tlbaa.org. The new GPS registry system is being used in the office by the TLBAA staff. Once the system is proven to function according to the TLBAA rules, it will be rolled out to the membership. It is important that members get into the habit of completing their registration and transfer paperwork properly, as the new system requires all of the information to be accurate. All active and lifetime members in Division B (Texas) should have received their Director Nomination ballots. Please take a minute to participate in the process. Once the nominations have been tabulated and those nominated have confirmed they will accept the nomination, the voting ballots will be mailed. The TLBAA By-Laws and Rules & Regulations Committee presented proposed changes to the TLBAA By-Laws. The Board of Directors voted to accept the changes as presented by the Committee. These proposed changes will be printed in the December issue of the Trails magazine and the members will vote on them at the upcoming Annual Membership Meeting, which is scheduled for January 14, 2011 at 10:00 A.M. in Fort Worth. Meeting information will be published in the Trails and on E-Trails. The show season is picking up steam and offers another avenue to showcase our cattle to the general public. Our youth group, TLBT, not only do a great job in the show ring but also as good ambassadors of the breed. Recently, a lady that was showing two different breeds of cattle arrived at a Fair thinking that her Texas Longhorn cattle were showing the following day, when in fact they were showing that morning. She was overheard saying there was no way she could get all of her cattle ready in time for the show. A group of Texas Longhorn youth jumped into action taking her cattle to be washed and made ready. She could not believe it when the youth presented her cattle to her in time for them to be taken into the show ring and compete. We should all be proud of our youth. The next TLBAA Best at West Auction will be on Saturday, December 4, 2010 in West, Texas on IH 35 just north of Waco, Texas. The Premier Heifer Sale will be January 15, 2011 at the Will Rogers Complex in Fort Worth. I look forward to seeing you at a Texas Longhorn event soon.

Steven Zunker TLBAA Chairman of the Board

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Heart of America Sale Results Submitted by Justin Rombeck

On Friday evening we had a get together at the Sale barn. The weather was great and everyone enjoyed the laid back atmosphere. High Selling cow was JBR Easter Lilly a 2005 daughter of Shadowizm and L-7 Red Cajun Girl. She was sold to Dr. Bill Smith of MO for $4,000. Lloyd Gibbs of Gainesville, TX, was the volume buyer over the telephone, buying 6 head. Second Volume buyer was Gordon Howie from Rapid City, SD. About 1/3 of the sale was purchased over the phone.

Ethan and Ashlee Loos, Columbus, IL.

The sale average was just over $1200. Sale results posted on Longhorn Opportunities.

Lloyd and Bettie Gibbs, Gainesville, TX.

Bill and Michelle Smith, Giddings, TX. Bill Leâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;AN, Humansville, MO and Oren Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dell, Osawatomie, KS.

Todd and Trace McKnight, Pittsburg, KS.

Texas Longhorn Trails

here is a lengthy list of resources that makes the Texas Longhorn industry the spectacular entity it has become. Included in that list of resources is the magazine you are reading, the staff that produced it, the registry and registry personnel, the new computer software, a central office and state of the art communications to keep membership informed, dedicated officers and an involved membership – and the list goes on. It goes without saying that without the cattle, none of this would exist. But just as important as the cattle are the visionaries who saw something special in the remnant of the once vast herds and set their minds and fortunes to the task of preserving that remnant. To those pioneers we are all indebted. The heirs of those pioneers who saved the breed have nurtured the magnificent gene pool; they have selected and culled, watered and fed, molded and shaped with the inner vision that seeks perfection. Their names are honored in the families of the long-horned breed and in the annals of the registry. Some are living legends; some who contributed significantly may be known only to family and friends, but everyone who loves and preserves the stately Texas Longhorn deserves a place of honor. This article acknowledges three trail blazers who have compiled enviable records of accomplishment and introduces three relative newcomers who have chosen to further advance the breed. Each has his own vision and his own methodology in their chosen path toward the common goal of breed preservation and improvement. Trail blazers and new enthusiasts – these also are vital resources.

Owen McGill

Legendary cattleman Owen McGill of McGill Ranch, Wheatland, Wyoming, is 93 years old and has been in the cattle business all his life…and a few months longer. A Hereford heifer calf was branded for him before he was born, and he continued raising top-of-the-line registered Herefords until he sold out after about fifty years. Most of the cattle in his dispersal would trace back to that first calf. His successful program was based on line breeding; he bought his registered Hereford bulls from the same breeder for 30 years or more during his Hereford involvement. “That’s about the only way I knew to breed cattle. Some tell us we need an outcross, but every time I tried an outcross, I’d find some things I didn’t like, and I would have to get rid of those and start over again.” “We’ve been in the Longhorn business 36 years. I thought I was pretty lucky when we got into Longhorns to buy 15 head of cows that were Yates and Butler cows – they all looked about alike and they all bred alike. Then we got Bold Ruler, which was Butler breeding, to put on these cows. We stayed with that breeding as much as we could. We have brought in some other bulls since then – Tabasco – we got him from Johnny Hoffman, who I’ll always think was probably the best breeder that ever was. His cattle November 2010

are still bringing a premium since he is gone.” “Tabasco’s mother was the longest-horned cow in the breed at the time I got Tabasco. Then we put Chuckwagon in. He was out of Tari Graves, that I’ll always think was my favorite of all those cows in the Longhorn breed. A lot of good cattle go back to that old Tari Graves cow. Then there was Hunt’s Command Respect – we bought a half interest from Doug Hunt. He was a grandson of Emperor, a bull Johnny Hoffman bred. Then there was another cross on Hunt’s Command Respect from cattle that Betty Lamb had. Betty Lamb was one of the foremost breeders, and she was real strong on Butler influence. Most of the rest of the bulls were raised on our ranch and out of our cows. We have been Butler-influenced all along in this Longhorn breeding.” “Years ago, Rocky Reagan had topped the Yates cattle, and we got the top off of those. Yates was pretty strong in the Wildlife Refuge cattle, and at one time the Refuge cattle were the most sought-after cattle in the Longhorn industry.” “For newcomers – it takes quite a long time to get a feel for breeding cattle, especially if you don’t have a livestock background. After all my life in the cattle business, the longer I live the more I find out I don’t know what I did think I knew about in the past.” Owen still lives on the home ranch where he was born. His grandparents came to Wyoming in the 1870’s and settled on the Laramie plains. His wife’s family settled there at about the same time. His grandfather, John McGill “…was in politics quite a bit.” He was President of the Wyoming

State Senate from 1895 to 1905. But neither Owen nor his dad ever got into politics. “All I could think about was improving my ranch and my cattle and my horses. When we got into the Longhorn business, we pretty much got out of the horse business. I got tired of getting bucked off, fell on, rolled on and kicked. One of these old cows will kick you, but not near as hard as a horse. There came a point in my life that I didn’t want to play cowboy quite so much.” As a young man, McGill rode for Chappel Brothers CBC outfit that ran an estimated 13,000 wild horses on the Laramie Plains. They shipped these horses back to Rockford, Illinois and made dog food out of them. They started the Ken-L-Ration Dog Food; that line of dog food is still in existence. He also rode for a 42-member cattlemen’s association called “The Shotgun Roundup Association” that ran about 40,000 head of cattle on the Laramie Plains. “I got to ride for those two wagons, the old CBC and the Shotgun. Back in those days, the country was all wide open – the biggest part of it was public land – but that’s all fenced now. It’s quite a deal, when you live this long and can look back and see all the changes that have been made. It’s a different world any more. Up to the time when I was about 20 years old, this land was all wide open. It was made up of government land and school sections. In the eastern part of Wyoming, there was some farming, but where we are, right on the edge of it, you could get on your horse and ride literally to the Utah state line -- that would be about 300 miles without ever having to get off your horse. You might have to ride around a few homesteads on the Platte River. Now the BLM has come in and that land is all leased and fenced up; makes me feel sort of lonesome and out of place.” “We joined the TLBAA in 1974 and we used to go to all the Longhorn sales and the conventions; it was fun and we sure had a good time. I always thought a lot of the TLBAA. Now they’ve got it split up into all these different groups -- I don’t see how they could have all the fun we used to have! I guess I’ll have to say that old saying, ‘…back in the good ol’ days.’” “Bull power is what’s made our cattle. Like that Top Caliber and Sittin Bull – I don’t know, there’s been eight or ten bulls we’ve raised here on our ranch that hit seventy inches the day they were three-year-olds. That old Top Caliber – his horns are still growing. He’s quite a bull. I still have his mother here on the ranch and she’s still raising me some real good calves.” “There’s another bull out there that was bred on our ranch, out of our cows and bull. That bull’s name is Respect Me. He would be a half-brother to Top Caliber and Sittin Bull, and now he is the second-longest horned bull in the breed.” Most of McGill’s cattle can trace back to the original group of Yates cows he started with. “I’ve got a little bull,” he said, “that I can go back ten generations on the cow side that we raised here on the ranch. We haven’t added any cow lines to our cattle; they all trace back to those first cattle we had.” “Looking back, this Longhorn business has been a lot of fun!” “If you read this, it would be my advice to a new breeder: go back home, do what you were going to do in the first place, and you will probably be right!”

Dr. Frank Anderson, Jr.

Dr. Frank Anderson, Jr. was a practicing physician in Bryan, Texas who taught part time at Texas A & M University as a professor of ophthalmology. Although he bought a ranch in 1968, he had leased it out for 18 years, and then as he approached retirement, he decided to develop his Longhorn herd. Now 82 years old, Dr. Anderson has been in the Longhorn business 24 years. He continues to do the day-to-day management and most of the ranch work himself, except for any veterinary needs. Longhorns are essentially a three-generation outfit, with grandson, Richard Wakefield being very helpful. Son, Frank Anderson III, lives in Houston; he is very much apart of the

operation, time permenting. Daughter, Edie Wakefield, handles the communications. The first Longhorn cattle were purchased in 1986, and then in 1988, after these initial purchases, Dr. Anderson decided to go straight Butler. “I was lucky enough to get Don Juan of Christine and Redmac Beau Butler as early Butler herdsires; I also purchased Miss Redmac 256 – all three of these were of Red McCombs breeding.” The combination of Don Juan and Miss Redmac 256 resulted in Coach being born in 1994. That same year, a Meshell cow he owned named MF Sweetheart bred to Don Juan, produced a calf that grew to be the 75” tip-to-tip cow called Brown Beauty. Anderson’s Butler-bred herd is based mainly on Don Juan of Christine and Miss Redmac 256 through their famous son, Coach, plus a number of cows purchased from Butler breeder Dewitt Meshell. Coach’s first two Butler animals were Sabrina and Brush Country Queen, both born in the fall of 1996. Earlier this year, Sabrina measured 79-1/4 inches tip-to-tip; Brush Country Queen, born a few days later, measured 78-1/2 inches tip-to-tip. “That’s a very nice way to start your Butler herd,” observed Dr. Anderson. Coach was exclusively Anderson’s herdsire until he sold a half interest to Bob Loomis in 1999. “Coach spent the next year at Bob’s place,” explained Anderson, “then was back at my place in 2001; after that, Bob bought full interest.” “We had another bull coming along, named FA Field Marshal, who was a replacement. The interesting thing to me is, during the time Coach was with us, over 20 percent of his cow offspring later had 75” of horn tip-to-tip.” FA Field Marshal turned out to be a 70” tip-to-tip bull and weighs 1700 pounds. He is a son of Coach and MF TNT, a cow whose horns now measure 79+ inches tip-to-tip. He is now co-owned by Brent and Cindy Bolen. “Until the last few years,” said Dr. Anderson, “our operation was virtually straight Butler. Then in 2007, we decided to move into blends more. Stephanie 177, a 79-1/4” cow bred to the blend bull Bar B Q, produced two embryo heifers and an embryo bull that are being used now.” “We bred a daughter of Unlimited / MF TNT to the FA Contender. More recently, we bought a fine young cow from Larry Stewart named LLL Showstopper; she is a Maximus daughter out of a 79” cow named Horsehead Show Time.” “We are beginning to open up into the blend area because the horn growth is so great in some of those fine bred cows. I’ll continue the Butler herd always, but the herd is going to be more balanced regarding blend Longhorns.” In addition to Coach and FA Field Marshal, a number of prominent sires have come from the Anderson program, including Coach Anderson, Leonidas, Luminary, Coachwhip, Atlas and Brown Bomber. Outstanding cows produced include Sabrina, Full Credit, Brush Country Queen, BL Coach Sweetheart, Mascara, Stephanie 177, Olympia, Brown Beauty, Miss Tricolor and Alberta the high selling cow at the most recent McCombs Fiesta sale. Dr. Anderson observed in a previous September 2006 Trails article, “It is also very special, to spend time experiencing the cattle, the land and nature in general. It is easy to see why there are cowboy poets and philosophers.”

Michael McLeod

Michael McLeod’s grandfather went to school in West Columbia, TX with foundation Texas Longhorn breeder Jack Phillips, and growing up in the historic South Texas bedgrounds of the Longhorn breed, Michael got to meet many pioneers whose names are legendary in the Longhorn industry. Michael was well-grounded in the cattle business before he got his first registered Texas Longhorns in 1976, and he still runs a sizeable herd of commercial cattle near his home place at Edna and in Texas Longhorn Trails

south Texas. In addition to being a solid fixture in the Butler Breeders, he works as an order buyer of commercial cattle, attending several auction markets weekly. He breeds some of his Longhorn cows to Charolais bulls, and feeds the resulting cross-bred calves. He will also feed some of his straight Longhorn calves in a commercial feedlot. “We sell the calves,” he said, “and the people eat the meat.” “My great-grandfather on my mother’s side of the family had cattle, and her dad had cattle. My dad’s side had a dairy, but his grandfather had cattle, and I worked for them when I was growing up. We had a small herd, too, when I was growing up. Just cattle. I wanted the Longhorns, so I finally got me some.” “I bought my first Longhorn cattle at a sale in San Antonio that Alan Sparger put on – that was in October of ’76. He had some cattle he bought from Hale Schlaben down in the Valley, and some guest consignors like the YO. I bought a Sam Houston daughter, a Sam Houston son, a WR bull and some Schlaben heifers …I bought seven or eight head. Then in ’77 I heard about the Lepper herd, which is a sub-family of the Butlers, owned by Peggy Jobes. Her dad was Forest Lepper, and her husband at the time was Don Jobes, and he was the ramrod of the Houston Stock Show. When we went to the Stock Show, I went and looked at the cattle and ended up buying them. They turned out to be mostly Butler cows…and that’s how I got started with the Butlers.” “I try to raise the best cattle I can, get them more horn. The Butlers won’t compete, total-horn wise, with the blend cattle – but most of the bighorned blend cattle have Butler blood in them.” Early on, when the historic seven families of the Texas Longhorns were differentiated, said McLeod, the Butlers had the biggest horns of any family. “I do have a Butler bull with 74-and-change horns named Hunter MC 69 – I sold a half-interest in him to Matt Westmoreland’s Westfarms. They took him to the Horn Showcase this year, and he should be the biggesthorned Butler bull in the breed. I raised him…I raised his mother, his father and his grandparents. His father is a bull I raised named Festus MC 27, and his dam is Jackie Lynn 90.” “I’ve been in Jackson County since 1970, and here on this place 17 years.” “I breed some of my Longhorn cows to Charolais bulls; I take those calves and feed them in a commercial feedlot. And I buy other cattle – Longhorns, Longhorn-crosses, Brahman, whatever -- the plainer kind of cattle, and I feed them also. Sometimes they make money. The ones I already own, they do OK, because they’re already mine.” “I’ve used straight Butler bulls since 1980. We have about 700 cows and most of them are straight Butler and most of them carry my brand; I may have a handful that are not straight Butler. Most of the bulls I’m using right now I bred; I bought one in the second Butler sale I’ve been using -- PJ Buttons -- he is about 12 years old; he goes back to Dr. Anderson breeding. And I’ve got a young bull, a Henry son from the Ramie Griffin line that I got from Kaso Kety. I’ve got a lot of the Webb cattle in my herd, and I’m using one of their bulls – he goes back to the Tommie bull that they raised.” There’s no doubt Michael McLeod is partial to the Butler family of Texas Longhorn cattle. “I breed them, I raise them, I grow them out,” stated McLeod. “I like looking at them, and I like owning them.”

Brennan Potts

About eleven years ago, Brennan and Michele Potts of Emory, Texas, bought two steers from their neighbor, Joe Munsch. A few years later, after they moved to a larger place, they had the space for their growing interest in Texas Longhorns. Their next purchase, in 2006, was six small heifers from Robert King, Canyon Lake, Texas. “Like everybody else,” laughed Brennan, “I was just going to have a few Longhorns, but after they started growing, we decided we were going to get November 2010

a little more serious.” “We wound up buying a few more cows in ’06 – mostly straight Butler…” to go along with the original six, which were also straight Butler. He did buy one blend cow that was heavily Butler-influenced. And then another Butler cow with some horn… “And that’s how it all got started.” As the cow herd grew, they sold the steers, then when the heifers became of breeding age, bought a young bull, a Field Marshal son from Elmer and Susan Rosenberger, expecting to use him a couple of years. After mentoring from the Rosenbergers, Robert King, Robert Richey and Bob Loomis, they made the decision to build their Longhorn program around high quality cattle. They attended the 2008 Butler sale, bought some more animals, and determining they needed more bull power, purchased Wrangler Chex from Bob Loomis. “That was an investment for our herd. With Wrangler Chex we felt we got the quality, the Tommie line, the horn spread and everything we needed to advance our investment. We are getting good calves by him now and we are focused on adding high quality animals, the VJ Tommie and Coach cross especially. We also have some of Robert Richey’s cows in our herd – he has been very successful with his Butler cows, so we’ve purchased some cattle from Robert and Kim. We will cross those with our VJ Tommie and see how that comes out.” Although they have calves from their own herd on the ground, Brennan and Michele are still actively buying quality cattle. “We bought the highselling heifer and the high-selling cow at the last Butler sale at Lockhart. We are trying to buy the best genetics and the most horn we can possibly afford. The market has been off a little bit, so we have been fortunate to add great bloodlines, great conformation and great horn in our last investments.” Brennan graduated from the University of Texas and came back into the family propane business in 1990. “It is primarily a retail propane distributor,” explained Brennan. “We do all kinds of domestic and commercial propane sales; I really enjoy that and it has been very rewarding for our family. The Longhorns are kind of our therapy.” Brennan and Michele have four children ranging from the eighth grade to a three-year-old. The boys are active in football and the oldest girl in volleyball and cheerleading. The three-year-old girl is the boss, says Brennan. “She gets anything she wants, and she can name nearly every Longhorn in the pasture. You can’t head for the pasture with a sack of feed and not have her with you.” “We feel like we’ve got a really good cross going,” says Brennan of his Longhorns, “and we are striving for the higher end, conformation and hornwise. We are very focused on not keeping anything that’s not going to produce some horn and conformation. We are trying to be very diligent in our culling. I was told by a veteran breeder one time that if you want to get there, you’ve got to cull relentlessly, ands that’s exactly what we’re trying to do. We are not going to offer anything in a sale that we wouldn’t want to keep for ourselves. Through that, it means a lot of trips to the sale barn and some sales at private treaty to someone who just wants some Longhorn cattle in the pasture. Wrangler Chex is doing a really good job for us, and we are looking forward to the day that we can bring something we have bred ourselves to a sale and be proud of it. It won’t be long – the next year or so we feel like we’ll have some really good cattle to offer.”

Rick Friedrich

Rick, who lives near Houston, Texas, bought his first Texas Longhorns in 2001 – a few steers just for entertainment – and put them on a ranch he owns in the Texas Hill Country. “I got to liking them,” he said, “and I bought a bull and four cows. I rocked along with the few that I had until 2005, when I took a load of steers to an auction and sold them; I just dropped them off and went home. Some

of the steers sold for $450 and some sold for $2500 and I couldn’t figure out why I made more on some and less on others since they were all about the same size and they were all five-year-old animals.” “I got phone calls from the people who paid the most, asking what the steer’s name was, what it answered to and what kind of feed it liked. They were telling me that the steer had over 70 inches of horn, and I realized real quick that the money was in the horn. They were paying extra money for extra horn.” “Discussing this with another breeder, he asked if I had looked at the Dalgood chart for horn projections. I got interested in horn projections so I built some chutes and measured every cow on the ranch and found out I didn’t have a sixty-inch cow. Then I did the projections on them and figured out I didn’t have one that would ever be sixty inches.” “Those projections are a moving target – some folks don’t believe in it, but it is a real good guideline. It depends on which way the cow’s horns turn – but it’s a good rule of thumb for me.” “Now I’m looking for a heifer that is fifty inches as a two-year-old and a bull that is sixty inches as a two-yearold, and anything better than that is a plus. At one point, I improved everything to where I didn’t have an animal that was less than sixty inches – or at least projected that – on the place, and now I have moved up to sixty-five, and I hope pretty soon to get that number up to seventy. That seems to be the way the market is going; you have to have cattle in that criteria for them to be of value.” “In a nutshell, that is the direction I have gone in building my herd. My herd is very young. Instead of buying cattle that are already there, I have been trying to buy young ones that would get there; it seems like you can get two or three for the same price.” “I have ended up with name-brand genetics – not because I’m seeking name-brand genetics, it just happens to be that that’s where the horn is. I’ve got a lot of Rio Grande stuff; I’ve got a lot of Gun Maker stuff; I’m getting a little bit of either Hunt’s Command Respect or Top Caliber stuff. I’m going to end up with a blended herd, but that is kind of the direction my cattle stuff has gone.” “The first and second pieces of property I owned (and still own) were passed down to me from two original family-owned ranches. There were 77.5 acres and it always had live water on it. In 2001, I added 1,100 acres to it and later sold 519 after developing the Silver Wings Fly-In Ranch. The River Ranch name came into use because the Pedernales River runs through the north end of the ranch.” “I keep about a hundred cattle on the ranch; about thirty brood cows in two pastures with two different bulls and I’ve got about twenty cows I’m using as recips for some of my very best cows to do the embryo flush. The balance are young bulls and young heifers – I’ve got a pasture for each of them and I’ll keep them until they’re around two years old. I’m always looking for a better bull; I’ll cull the bulls out at the age of two; if I find one better than I have, I’ll make the switch. The same with the heifers; if some of them look better than the brood cow, I’ll replace them.” “When I started messing with my Hill Country ranch, I was more involved with the deer hunting than the cattle, but that’s kind of changed. I still sell a lot of deer hunts, but the guys are hunting in a pasture that I manage cattle in as well. Some of my pastures go from 200 to 400 acres – they’re not big enough to hide from the cows and they’re too big to find a deer in. The ranch has a Fredericksburg address, but I’m closer to Kerrville in Gillespie County. I’ve got about three-quarters of a mile of river frontage; a real pretty, clear river; you can see the bass swimming around in it. We love the river; it’s kind of the highlight of the ranch, there’s a five-foot elevation change and a small waterfall.” “Friedrich Road was named after my grandfather (Lonnie Friedrich) and his brother (Charles Friedrich) who had neighboring ranches on Rural

Route 163 before it was named Friedrich Road. My dad, and his brother and four sisters were raised on the Lonnie Friedrich Ranch. It’s pretty cool to have the last name Friedrich on Friedrich Road in Fredericksburg.”

Matt Westmoreland

Even as a child, Matt Westmoreland was intrigued by Texas Longhorn cattle, although he didn’t own any until about six years ago when he became acquainted with Kaso Kety. His family had dairy cattle and was involved in a commercial plant nursery. After selling the dairy cattle, they raised commercial beef cattle, then moved to registered Limousin cattle a few years. Kaso talked to him about the hardiness, ease of calving and self-sufficiency of the Texas Longhorn, so Matt acted on his lifelong interest, sold the Limousin herd and began buying Texas Longhorns. “There wasn’t anything interesting about the Limousin cattle,” Matt reflected, “just whatever was the biggest, fattest, that was the best one. But they never had any flash to them, and the Longhorns have definitely added that element. We can run about twice as many Longhorns as we could commercial beef cows or the registered Limousins. The beef cattle eat so much more and are such bigger cattle that you can’t run as many per acre. With the Longhorns, even on the commercial end, the ropers aren’t worth as much, but when I can run twice as many cows to the acre, the dollars actually come out about the same.” “We have really enjoyed the Longhorns,” affirmed Westmoreland. “Breeding them, different bloodlines, selecting for different traits – it has been a real pleasure.” Since he began his involvement because of Kaso Kety, you would assume Westmoreland’s Longhorns would be Butlers, but that is not the case. “We do have a lot of Butler,” Matt said, “but we are not exclusively Butler. I do think Butlers have a nice niche on the market, and Butler breeders appreciate pedigrees a lot more. Last year, we took a trip to South Carolina to the Creek Plantation where we visited with manager Steve Hancock and bought some cows that gave our Butler program a real boost. We also bought two bulls from Michael McLeod, and one of them, Hunter MC 69, won two bronzes, for Tip-to-Tip and Composite, at this year’s Horn Showcase. This is putting our Butler program into high gear.” “I like out-crossing a good bit; using blend bulls on Butler cows and vice versa. We have been able to get some good hybrid vigor doing that.” About a year and a half ago, Westmoreland helped Maurice Ladnier with the Dixie Classic auction. “I partnered with Maurice on that auction in Mississippi, and that has been real good. Maurice has been a real help in these Texas Longhorns, too. He is kind of on the opposite end of the spectrum – I’ve got Kaso in one ear “all straight Butler,” and Maurice in the other, “Yeah, Butler is real nice, but to get the horns, you really need to put a blend bull on Butler cows or Butler bull on blend cows.” I’ve got two real good mentors in both of those guys.” “They have helped me out a lot, and doing that sale with Maurice has been a real positive thing for our program.” The Westmoreland acreage near Franklinton, Louisiana has been in the family over 100 years. It includes pasture land for the cattle plus about 20 acres in front for the wholesale plant nursery where they sell shrubbery, mostly hardy ornamentals and trees. “That’s two full-time jobs,” Matt observed, “we’ve got the cows right here on the place and we’ve got the nursery, so we are always busy doing something.” Being active, doing things and being involved were instrumental in Matt Westmoreland honored with the “Mel Raley Rising Star Award” in the TLBAA for 2009. And the flash and color of his Longhorn cattle make his part of Louisiana even more interesting. Texas Longhorn Trails

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VOTE Lana Hightower: Division B — At Large Director! IN BOX As the editor, I receive various interesting photos along with explanations either through the mail or e-mail. I would like to begin to share some of them with you inside the Trails magazine each month. If you have an interesting tid-bit or photo that may not be suitable for “Just for Grins”, please send them to me. You may end up in the next issue of the Trails!

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Helm Cattle Co Aubrey Pigg Helmwood/Vicki & Corky Helms Steve, Bodie and Chad Quary Johnny & Missy Hicks Rockin' A Longhorns/James Lee Dave Hovingh Rockin' J Longhorns Mark Hubbell /Joshua Cashman Dan Hudson Rockin' M Ranch/Don Meeks Doug Hunt John Stockton Craig, Cel & Rietta Iverson Kenny & Deanna Sanders JBR Longhorns Sather Family LLC JBR/Howie Partnership Jody Shaw JBR-Loos Partnership T.M. & Jean Smith Ed & Sheryl Johnson Tom Smith Jimmy L. Jones Keith Spears Jordan Ranch Richard & Linda Spooner K & T Longhorns Brian & Mary Stahl K9 Brand Cattle Co. Star Creek Ranch Kurt Killgore Stotts Hideaway Ranch Terry & Tammy King Mark & Tammy Stuck Kittler Land & Cattle T 2 T Partnership Joel & Tamara Kuntz Donnie & Marilyn Taylor Bernard Lankford Thurmond Longhorns Bill & Jo Le'AN Suzanne & William Torkildsen Le'AN/Nading Partnership Triple R Ranch/Dick & Peg Lowe Ethan & Ashley Loos Trinity Creeks Ranch Ron & Barbara Marquess Vida Nueva Ranch Marquess-Miller Partnership Westfarms, Inc Mike McClanahan Joe Wissel/Glenn Phipps Charles & Georgia McDonald Joe Wissel Bill & Judy Meridith Marion Woolie Nick Mitchell On behalf of Brent, myself and the entire Rex Mosser TLBAA staff we would like to thank everybody Ken & Jessica Morris for their support. To the many exhibitors, sponKerry & Nancee Mounce sors, consignors, and volunteers YOU helped make this event the success and fun that it was. Gene & Delma Murphy Congratulations to the exhibitors on their winDevin Overdorf nings, the consignors for the beautiful cattle that showed off their awesome breeding programs. Frank & Linda Pate Danny & Carole Phillips We look forward to next year!!! Kim Barfield

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LOT 3

DD Ella Blue

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LOT 9

BH Butler Belle

CONSIGNOR: Richard & Linda Spooner P.H.NO.: 47 TLBAA: 259367 CALVED: 02/03/09 DESCRIPTION: Red, white on underline, hips and tail BREEDING: Exposed to: OB Chisolm Trail from 07/14/10 to sale date COMMENTS:

CONSIGNOR: Richard & Linda Spooner P.H.NO.: 415 TLBAA: 226714 CALVED: 04/17/04 DESCRIPTION: Dark red BREEDING: Exposed to: Ruger 1/3 from 08/11/10 to sale date COMMENTS:

Dark Star Chex Little Ace Dayton Delite

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VJ Tommie Dark Star B R3 Conquistarc Ace's Dayton Hattie

OB Saber OB Jan's Cajun QT

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Whelming Image Royal Jubilee El Presidente 824 Ruby Red 668

Whelm My Heart

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Whelming Image Royal Jubilee Emperor Circle K River's Mirage

Roundup Gunmans Beretta Whelming King LYZ Heart Breaker

LLC Blizzard

CONSIGNOR: Lindauer Longhorn Company P.H.NO.: 4 TLBAA: 78832 CALVED: 02/26/07 DESCRIPTION: White with red specks, red muzzle, ears and legs BREEDING: Not Exposed COMMENTS: A very fine 2007 bull from Working Man Chex over Millenium BCB, a former show cow with the Bolens. Impressive all around, and a great opporWorking Man Chex tunity to add a fine Millennium Futurity bull to your herd. Millenium BCB

Coach Working Woman G&L Notorious Ellie's Diamond

LLC Meat Pie

CONSIGNOR: Lindauer Longhorn Company P.H.NO.: 12 TLBAA: 80584 CALVED: 09/25/08 DESCRIPTION: Dark color with white patch on lower body BREEDING: Not Exposed COMMENTS: Although sired by the great ASOCL Untouchabull King, this is the most friendly young bull we've raised. Fabulous combination of conformation, ASOCL color, horns and temperment. Millennium Untouchabull King Futurity eligible. Born to an outstanding Sugarloaf Sweet Pie cow.

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LLC King's Ace

CONSIGNOR: Lindauer Longhorn Company P.H.NO.: 11 TLBAA: 80583 CALVED: 09/19/08 DESCRIPTION: White with red specks BREEDING: Not Exposed COMMENTS: Emperor on top and bottom. ASOCL Untouchabull King X Emperor's Chic. Excellent conformation. Sire won his class in the 2003 Futurity and placed 2nd overall in 2004. A great ASOCL opportunity to add some fine genetics to Untouchabull King your herd. Millennium Futurity eligible. MM Emperor's Chic

VJ Tommie I Am Nosuprise Honey Mile Marker OB Wichita MS Kitty

LLC Ruby's Tuesday

CONSIGNOR: Lindauer Longhorn Company P.H.NO.: 17 TLBAA: 79909 CALVED: 10/20/08 DESCRIPTION: Brown head and legs, speckled white body with brown splotches BREEDING: Not Exposed COMMENTS: Great genetics on top and bottom have produced a fine young bull with impressive conformation, color, horns and temperment. ASOCL Untouchabull King ASOCL Untouchabull King over Presidente's Lil' Ruby. Millenium Futurity. A fantastic herd sire prospect. Presidente's Lil' Ruby

Ruger 1/3

LOT 11

OB Kiowa Kitty

CONSIGNOR: Richard & Linda Spooner P.H.NO.: 2/09 TLBAA: 261955 CALVED: 01/28/09 DESCRIPTION: Fawn with white face BREEDING: Exposed to: OB Chisolm Trail from 07/14/10 to sale date COMMENTS:

LOT 12

Rugers Wildflower

Whelming Image Royal Jubilee Deigo's Emperor Fantsy Of Sugarloaf

LLC Lobo's Mojo

CONSIGNOR: Lindauer Longhorn Company P.H.NO.: 15 TLBAA: 79910 CALVED: 10/11/08 DESCRIPTION: Dark brown and speckled white BREEDING: Not Exposed COMMENTS: Excellent young bull sired by ASOCL Untouchable King (TLBAA AI Certified) 1st in class at 2003 Futurity, 2nd overall in 2004 Futurity. Dramatic ASOCL black and white coloration with excellent Untouchabull King conformation and horns. Very docile. Lobo's Blessing BCB Millenium Futurity eligible.

Whelming Image Royal Jubilee Little Ace Lobo Zhibless

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Grand Texas Beauty PC216

CONSIGNOR: Panther Creek Ranch P.H.NO.: 216 TLBAA: 257562 CALVED: 05/11/08 DESCRIPTION: White body, red head, neck and ears BREEDING: Exposed to: Hot Playboy from 09/01/10 to sale date COMMENTS: Bull at side by Chisholm 4. He's 72 3/4" T2T by Boomerang C P. Beauty is a heifer with a sire over 70"T2T and her dam is the same. Outstanding GR Grand Unlimited genetics with a potential herd sire at side. She's bred back to our Junior Sire Texas Beauty 65/8 who's 70 1/3" T2T with 17" bases.

LOT 18

Awesome Star Lady PC178

CONSIGNOR: Panther Creek Ranch P.H.NO.: 178 TLBAA: 256639 CALVED: 02/27/08 DESCRIPTION: Black and white paint BREEDING: Exposed to: Hot Playboy from 09/18/10 to sale date COMMENTS: Here's one outstanding pair. Dam by Awesome Alamo and one of the best Gunsmoke daughters we've owned. The heifer calf is outstanding and by Chisholm 4, who's 72 3/4" T2T. This Awesome Alamo calf should grow into a female with great horn genetics. She's exposed back to our Wiregrass Hot Playboy bull for a 3-N-1 package. Superstitious HH

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BL Night Chex Hatch's Candy Cane Impacts Rear Admiral WWR Overwhelming Ruby

Hot Sue PC230

CONSIGNOR: Panther Creek Ranch P.H.NO.: 230 TLBAA: 260152 CALVED: 10/16/08 DESCRIPTION: Red and white BREEDING: Exposed to: Chisholm 4 COMMENTS: 2008 Hot Spots daughter out of a JM Sue daughter and the great Delta River. Sells bred to our Chisholm bull who's by Boomerang C P and is 72 3/4" T2T. Hot Spots 7 HL Sue's Hope

LOT 19

HL Vegas Star

CONSIGNOR: Panther Creek Ranch P.H.NO.: 80/7 TLBAA: 263526 CALVED: 02/12/08 DESCRIPTION: White body w/red specks BREEDING: Exposed to: Hot Playboy from 10/01/10 to sale date COMMENTS: Beautiful Awesome Alamo daughter who's dam is out of Gunman son. Wonderful genetics here. She calved on 09/17/10 with a heifer by our Chisholm bull who's a son of Boomerang Awesome Alamo C P and measures 72 3/4" T2T. She's bred back for a possible 3-N-1 package to our PC Miss Las Vegas Hot Playboy bull who's 70 1/4" T2T.

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Watson 83 Ruby Red JM Sue Delta Pia

BL Night Chex Hatch's Candy Cane PCC Wizard Miss Yates 121/6

CK Liberty

CONSIGNOR: Panther Creek Ranch P.H.NO.: 29/18 TLBAA: 204389 CALVED: 02/14/98 DESCRIPTION: White with black head neck legs and spots on body BREEDING: Exposed to: Hot Playboy from 06/01/10 to sale date COMMENTS: One of the best producing females we've ever owned. Her pedigree ranks up there with the very best going back to Doherty 698, Signal and Circle K Donovan Overwhelmer. She is now bred back to our Hot Playboy bull, who's now 70 1/4" T2T Tri-W 698 Liberty with the big bases.

Senator Signal Tri-W Slide Rule Doherty 698

Grand Texas Beauty PC 124

CONSIGNOR: Panther Creek Ranch P.H.NO.: 124 TLBAA: CALVED: 04/03/07 DESCRIPTION: White with red legs and ears BREEDING: Exposed to: Chisholm 4 from 11/01/09 to sale date COMMENTS: Grand Unlimited daughter and out of an Emperor grand daughter. Big stand up female with heavy horns. She gave us a heifer on 09/21/09 that GR Grand Unlimited was gorgeous. She's bred back to Chisholm 4 our Boomerang C P son. Texas Beauty 65/8 Who's 72 3/4" T2T

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Awesome Ruby PC211

CONSIGNOR: Panther Creek Ranch P.H.NO.: 211 TLBAA: 257558 CALVED: 04/20/08 DESCRIPTION: White body with brown spots BREEDING: Exposed to: Chisholm 4 until sale date COMMENTS: Awesome Alamo daughter out of PC Whelming Ruby (WWR Overwhelming Ruby) There are solid horn genetics. She's also bred to "Chisholm" our Awesome Alamo Boomerang C P son who's 72 3/4" T2T. Outstanding cow families. PC Whelming Ruby

LOT 22

J.R. Grand Slam Queen Unlimited KK Equalizer 26/5 Texas Empress

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AFFILIATE NEWS Texas Longhorn Breeders New Mexico Wade Wilson, President (505) 321-4900 This reporter would like to begin by apologizing to Sylvia Johnson for incorrectly listing owner’s name in the September Affiliate News regarding the placing of her TLBAA Hall of Fame halter bull. At this year’s NM State Fair Longhorn Shows, we were down in quantity but not quality and overall, still bested the other cattle breeds in participation and spectator interest. We’d like to thank Show Chairman Bill Van Gundy and Show Announcer Lynn Starritt. We’d like to congratulate the members who won either a Grand or a Reserve Grand Championship and in some cases, both, in the Open competition: Tarah Moore, Kasey Clark, Dennis Urbanke, Wade & Kristi Wilson, David & Lynn Starritt, Judy Steel, Dr. Fritz & Rebecca Moeller, and Sammantha Larisch. Bob Pate, Superintendent of Beef, presented Bill Van Gundy, Wade Wilson, Tyler Starritt, Clay Bob Stearns and Robert Smoot with the Fair’s annual Herdsman Awards. And way to go, Jacob Metevier. His photo, showing him entering the ring with “ST Rodeo Queen”, was featured in the Albuquerque Journal, which is distributed over the entire State of New Mexico. We’d like to thank show sponsors La Cueva Lodge, Henry & Mary Street (Ponderosa Valley Winery), Preventech Auto Services, Dr. Raymond Loretto (Loretto Veterinary Clinic), Dr. Wayne A. Luco, Connie Collis (CWW Feed Store & More), Moeller’s Cross M Texas Longhorns and Desert Sun Motors (Alamogordo location). Next affiliate event is our annual meeting, December 4th, at K-Bob’s Restaurant in Ruidoso, NM. The meeting will take place at noon but members are encouraged to arrive at 11:00 am for a dutch treat lunch. Contact information: Lynn Starritt, 915252-4118

Texas Longhorn Breeders Gulf Coast Association Dr. Lou Shields, President (713) 771-8810 - Drpunkin@aol.com Representatives from the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America (TLBAA), the Texas Longhorn Breeders Gulf Coast Association (TLBGCA) and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (HLSR) recently met to initiate professional communication, understanding and cooperative support for the TLBAA Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Texas Longhorn Show. Under the leadership of Dr, Lou Shields, President of the TLBGCA, a meeting was scheduled to bring unity and harmony between HLSR, TLBAA and the TLBGCA with regard to the Texas Longhorn

cattle exhibited at the largest stock show in North America. Members representing the three groups included Allyson Tjoelker, Chairman, HLSR Livestock Competition; Steven Zunker, Chairman, TLBAA; Pam Galloway, Special Events Chairman, TLBAA; Stephen Head, TLBGCA/HLSR liaison and Dr. Lou Shields, President, TLBGCA. Areas of concern included open show premium money, youth belt buckles, fees, delay with move in, delay in release, limited check in personnel, class designations, make-ready area, grounds passes, show programs and international week. After a lengthy, detailed group discussion the following details were agreed by members of the meeting for the 2011 HLSR Texas Longhorn Show. • Premium money will be paid to open show winners. • Belt buckles will be awarded in the youth show to class winners and showmanship winners. • All fees will be paid to HLSR. HLSR will then pay TLBAA the World Qualifying fees. • The dates and times of the 2011 HLSR will follow the same schedule as 2010. Entry deadline is February 15, 2011. • Last year’s delay in moving in and releasing should not be a recurring problem. • HLSR will try to work to improve the check in process. • All class designations will follow the TLBAA guidelines provided by Pam Galloway. • TLBGCA will assign a member to work with the HLSR personnel in the make ready area. • One pass will be assigned per exhibitor/owner for the 2011 show. • Show programs will be included in the check-in packets, however; they will still cost $1 each. • TLBAA/TLBGCA may host an exhibit booth during International Week, March 1-8, 2011 for a fee of $100 per animal/stall. Dr. Lou Shields will serve as the TLBAA contact for the HLSR Longhorn Show and Stephen Head will serve as the coordinator of the TLBGCA’s role with the show. For more information please contact Dr. Lou Shields at drpunkin@aol.com or Stephen Head at headshorns@hotmail.com.

South Texas Longhorn Association (STLA)

Louis Christa, President (210) 863-7003 – Lchri58@msn.com If you were not able to attend the STLA Fall Field Day, you missed out on a full day of fun and learning. Over fifty Texas Longhorn breeders and enthusiasts were greeted by warm sunshine by the El Coyote ranch crew at the STLA Fall Field Day held October 9, 2010. The fun day included food, education, camaraderie and beautiful Texas Longhorn cattle. After a meet and

greet, Dr. Boyd Bien of BovaGen gave an informative session on “Reproduction and Embryo Transfer.” The El Coyote staff then gave a training session using Longhorn skulls and the “official” horn measuring technique. After that, everyone had the opportunity to watch the official measuring of the TLBAA Horn Showcase entered animals. These included some of the longest horned steers, bulls and cows in the breed. In keeping with the theme of the day, all attendees were then invited to join in the fun and guess the true measurement on one of the awesome El Coyote steers. Jason Christa was the winner of a beautiful hat rack with his entry that was within 1/8” of the actual tip-to-tip measurement of the steer.

Upcoming important events: The STLA Winter Festival Show to be held on December 10-11, 2010 at the Brackenridge Main Event Center in Edna, Texas. (Show Chair: Cindy Dennis) Entry Deadline is December 1st. Friday schedule: Begin arrival after 2 pm; 6 pm TLBT Qualifying “points only” Youth Show; Saturday, 9 am TLBT World Qualifying Youth Show; at 1 pm TLBAA World Qualifying Halter Show, 4 pm TLBAA World Qualifying Free Show and Trophy Steer Show. You can find full details at www.stla.org. The San Antonio Show in early February 2011 (Show Chair: Annie Morgan); Entry Deadline is December 1st. The Star of Texas Show in Austin in March 2011 (Show Chair: Louis Christa) Rockdale Three-Day Show (Show Chair: Sandi Nordhausen). April 1-3, 2010 STLA (3-day) Spring Show in Rockdale, TX. Deadline for entries is March 23, mail to Sandi Nordhausen, 3843 County Road 455, Thorndale, TX 76577, sandi@nordy.com, (512) 898-2401. All breeders and Texas Longhorn lovers are welcome to join and we invite you to get involved with the oldest and most-active affiliate of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association. You can find out more about STLA and upcoming STLA shows and events by visiting our website at www.stla.org. Texas Longhorn Trails

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Bell La Squaw Double D Arena, Outlook, Saskatchewan CO Barbwire David M. Hillis, Austin, Texas Cross M Cherokee Miss Dr. Fritz & Rebecca Moeller, Socorro, New Mexico Dewlap Dr. Fritz & Rebecca Moeller, Socorro, New Mexico F 3F Bevo’s T J Dr. Fritz & Rebecca Moeller, Socorro, New Mexico High Hope, FD Bo & Dorie Damuth, Magnolia, Texas Miss CP Ruler 562 T.M. & Jean Smith, Bar S Ranch, Boyd, Texas Miss Peppermint Ed & Sheryl Johnson, Molalla, Oregon Picabo Phantom Double D Arena, Outlook, Saskatchewan Rawhides Lady Pebbles Double D Arena, Outlook, Saskatchewan SP Hija Ben Tanksley, Alpine, Texas US 89076 Dr. Fritz & Rebecca Moeller, Socorro, New Mexico Westhaven Ranger Reddy Fraser West, Ione, California WT Miss Mona’s Liberator Pearl Longhorn Ranch, Allen & Suzanne Perry, Evant, Texas

Dams of Distinction Bayou Daisy Dr. Eugene & Jolie Berry, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Bayou Princess Dr. Eugene & Jolie Berry, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Bell La Squaw Double D Arena, Outlook, Saskatchewan Cross M Blue Velvet Dr. Fritz & Rebecca Moeller, Socorro, New Mexico Cross M Delta Becca Jim & Wanda Taylor, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico Cross M Delta Charisma Dr. Fritz & Rebecca Moeller, Socorro, New Mexico Cross M Salsa Jim & Wanda Taylor, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico Cross M Star Spangled Dr. Fritz & Rebecca Moeller, Socorro, New Mexico Cross M Texas Ruby Red Dr. Fritz & Rebecca Moeller, Socorro, New Mexico Cross M Whelming Matrix Dr. Fritz & Rebecca Moeller, Socorro, New Mexico Cross M Whelming Sandy Dr. Fritz & Rebecca Moeller, Socorro, New Mexico Delta Amber Phillip Bell, Arlington, Texas Diamond W 952 Meadowwood, Charley & Doris Snyder, Elgin, OK

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Dillons Fancy Dr. Fritz & Rebecca Moeller, Socorro, New Mexico Dolly Joel & Shirley Lemley, Blackwell, Texas Double L’s Miss Elegant Star Creek Ranch, Somerville, Texas Emperor’s Lucy Creek Gary Kudrna, Ennis, Texas Fandangos Husker Barnard Longhorns, Richard & Janice Barnard, Tekamah, Nebraska FCF Honeymoon Star Creek Ranch, Somerville, Texas FCF 16th Avenue Mitch Bryant, Katy, Texas FCF Too Sexy For My Sox Star Creek Ranch, Somerville, Texas Fiona Moonshine Double D Arena, Outlook, Saskatchewan Folsom Falls Posh Folsom Falls Ranch, Fred & Marijo Balmer, Folsom, New Mexico GC Little Star Dr. Fritz & Rebecca Moeller, Socorro, New Mexico G&L Enchantment Dr. Gene & Lana Hightower, Van, Texas G&L True Obsession Dr. Gene & Lana Hightower, Van, Texas G&L Silver Sage Dr. Gene & Lana Hightower, Van, Texas G&L Star Spangled Dr. Gene & Lana Hightower, Van, Texas Granite Daisy Double D Arena, Outlook, Saskatchewan Indian Girl 636 Carla Jo Payne, Slidell, Texas JRJ WR 978 Double D Arena, Outlook, Saskatchewan Ksanka Lily Belle Robert & Sheryl Greene, Eureka, Montana Lizzy’s Splash Eagles Nest Ranch, Ben & Ilse Myren, Colville, Washington Lupemitedookay Debra Lesyk & Dwight Overlid, Double D Arena, Outlook, SK, Canada Meadowwood’s Carmen Charley & Doris Snyder, Elgin, Oklahoma Meadowwood’s Clementine Charley & Doris Snyder, Elgin, Oklahoma Meadowwood’s Tango Brink Longhorns, Frederick, Oklahoma Picabo Phantom Double D Arena, Outlook, Saskatchewan Rawhide Lady Pebbles Double D Arena, Outlook, Saskatchewan Rusty Zipper Frank & Barbara Renfro, Clinton, Montana S-D Sparkle Plenty Rudy & Marilyn Bowling, Kaufman, Texas Silver Sage Double D Arena, Outlook, Saskatchewan 3W Legends Country Erin Lazy JP Ranch, Dublin, Texas 3W Pot of Independence Dale & Bev Sorem, Nevada, Iowa Westhavenreddy'sspecks Broadhorn Ranch, Douglas & Katie McDonald, Fernley, Nevada WT Miss Mona’s Liberator Pearl Longhorn Ranch, Allen & Suzanne Perry, Evant, Texas

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Nancy C. Dunn Larry and Charlotte Gribbins Sand Hills Ranch Grove Cattle Company Billy R. Walker Ronnie and Stella Cruce Terry R. Moore Kasar & Lisa Kety Harold Rester H'N'B Longhorns Bruce Hooper George and Laureen Gennin Kathy Kittler Paul & Judith Sellers Sidewinder Cattle Co. LLC Thomas Johnson Westfarms Inc. Dave Hovingh Paul Corlett Shawn M. Pequignot Bruce and Carol Curtiss Joe Graddy Mark Hubbell Maurice Ladnier Tim Miller Walter Lunsford Benjamin C. Gravett Charles Hartman Dorothy Ammerman Dr. George E. Shehee Hudson Longhorns Jody Shaw Terry King Thomas Markert

Ron Coleman El Coyote Ranch John Oliver Tom and Cay Billingsley Dr. Zech Dameron III La Pistola Cattle Co Dorie Damuth Star Creek Ranch John T. & Betty Baker Kurt Twining Tensleon Ranch Wes and Carol Chancey J Ii C B, Ltd Malcolm & Constance Goodman Rio Vista Ranch Stacy and Andy Martinez Bill & Molly Crozier Circle Double C Ranch Dale Land and Cattle Donnie Taylor Elias F. Hal Meyer, Jr. Michael Mc Leod Panther Creek Ranch Rockin M Ranch Ronnie & Kathy Veselka Doug and Darnell Muenchow 777 Ranch Bernard Lankford Bill Lykins Cactus Rose Longhorns Concho Ranch Cottage Hill Ranch David Stanley Richard James Filip S. Ann Wight Ron & Kevin Asbill Vernon G. & Janis M. Webb Carla Jo Payne Daniel & Vicki Gates Edward Payne Gary Kudrna Joe Mestas John & Diann Chase Ricky & Mary Dawn Tekell Rocking G Ranch Steven Zunker Todd Mc Donald William Buck

Bow Carpenter Doug and Sandy Stotts Gueary W. or Lola Logan John R. Randolph Kerry and Nancee Mounce Rockin' A Longhorns Ron & Barbara Marquess Roy W. Albert Vernon and Dee Fields Bob Moore/Ginger Kinder Brennan L. Potts Brown's Longhorns Carol and James Gentz Jr Charles A. Tompkins David & Kathy M. Adams David M. Hillis Frank Anderson, Jr. Gary and Nancy Martin George and Cindy Dennis H & L Ranch Hooks Longhorn Ranch Jason & Tracy Harris John C. Patton Johnny and Barbara Coleman John Stockton Kenn Harding and Tammy Tiner Laura A. Harding Lazy L Longhorns Matthew J. Durkin Mr. and Mrs. John Davenport Proctor Ridge Ranch Randy Murry, Jr. Rick Friedrich W.A. (Al) Vinson William F. Caldwell

Bob & Pam Loomis Gene and Delma Murphy Brett or Darcy De Lapp Gary & Lisa Baugher Dr. Lee & Linda Ragains Lee Decker M W Ranch Searle Ranch Brink Longhorns Jim Hutchinson Kenneth J. & Valerie J. Webb L.D. and Debbie Mc Intyre Randy and Marsha Witte Toby Johnson Bill and Connie Courtney Bill & Susan Wardle Semkin Longhorns Greg L. & Sharon K. Young Kent And Christine Bladen Mc Gill Ranch Petersen Longhorn Sandhill Ranch Chris Bandley Doug Hunt J Wade and Kristi Wilson Mark & Sue Cress Mike and Carole Koss Oren & Dianna O'Dell Richard & Linda Spooner Ron & Jo Jones Eddie And Joyce Wood John Murphy Shane & Shannon Kearney Almendra Longhorns Bill and Jo Le'AN Broken Wagon Cattle Co., LLC Carole Muchmore David & Kimberly Nikodym JBR Longhorns Justin Hansen Randy and Jamie Briscoe Randy Copus Tom and Molly St. Hilaire Two Heart Bar Ranch Warren and Cathy Dorathy Wilson Longhorns Woodson School Ranch Wulfco Ranch

Division B Brent & Cynthia Bolen Rex Mosser Tanya And Joe Mendenhall Richard E. Carroll Harold and/or Kari Glover Helm Cattle Company Tim Parris Jonell Westerberg Vida Nueva Ranch Bob Dube Triple R Ranch Plantana Polo Farm

Division C Kent & Sandy Harrell Anchor D Ranch - Nais #005kmhh Buckhorn Cattle Company Elizabeth J. Arbaugh Thate Cattle Co Terry Jim Hedgpeth Todd and Kelli McKnight Dustin and Melissa Weitz Steve, Bodie & Chad Quary Bernard and Theresa Strong

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November - Herd Management Guide Spring Calving: 1. As fall approaches and warm season grasses become dormant, realize that the protein and energy values of your pastures will decrease below levels necessary to satisfy nutritional requirements of pregnant females entering the last third of their pregnancy. Feed pregnant mature females to consume adequate energy, protein, minerals and vitamins prior to calving. If pasture grass is limiting due to overgrazing or poor rainfall during the summer, then energy is your first concern. Feeding a medium (8-10 percent crude protein) to high quality (15-17 percent crude protein) hay free choice will provide an excellent source of energy for the females. If pasture grass is plentiful, but dormant and poor in quality, then protein is generally your first concern. Assuming that your cows are in good body condition, feeding low levels of a high crude protein supplement (3240 percent crude protein) is your best alternative. If your cows are thin in body condition, then feeding higher levels of a low crude protein, high energy range cube (20 percent crude protein) will provide increased intake of vital nutrients. If winter pasture or cool season variety grasses are available, then the females should not need additional energy or protein supplementation. A source of salt as well as a good commercial calcium:phosphorus mineral mix with added Vitamin A should be available on a free choice basis. 2. Evaluate the growth of your bred heifers. The goal should be to have your bred heifers weigh 85 percent of their mature weight, including the weight of the fetus, prior to calving at 23-25 months of age. Because of this threshold weight, bred heifers should be fed to gain a minimum of one pound per day. 3. Consider controlling internal and external parasites. Treating internal parasites as well as lice infestations are important management decisions.

Fall Calving: 1. Continue the feeding program begun in October. The nutrient requirements for energy, protein, minerals and vitamins of lactating females increase substantially. During the first 3-4 months of lactation, a 1000 pound cow with average milking ability (producing 10 pounds of milk daily) requires 11.5 pounds of energy, 2 November 2010

lbs. of protein, 0.06 pounds of calcium, 0.05 pounds of phosphorus and 36,000 international units of vitamin A per day. Make sure that your females are receiving adequate nutrition so that they will cycle at the first of the breeding season. Feeding 3-4 pounds of a 40 percent CP supplement, 4-6 pounds of a 30 percent CP supplement or 6-8 pounds of a 20 percent CP supplement per head per day should be adequate to meet most protein and energy needs. Choice of appropriate supplement (20 percent CP, 30 percent CP or 40 percent CP) should be based upon cheapest source of protein. Price per pound of protein may be determined by dividing the cost per pound of protein supplement by the percentage of crude protein in the supplement. A source of salt as well as a good commercial calcium:phosphorus mineral mix with added Vitamin A should be available on a free choice basis. If your cows are thin in body condition, then feeding supplemental hay plus higher levels of a low crude protein, high energy range cube (20 percent crude protein) will provide increased intake of vital nutrients. Young, lactating females have 20-25 percent greater supplemental needs than mature cows. 2. Provide supplemental feed for bulls grazing dry, dormant range grass according to age and condition of the bulls: (a) feed mature bulls 3-4 pounds of a 40 percent crude protein range cube daily; (b) feed young bulls 8-10 pounds of a high energy, 20 percent crude protein cattle cube daily, and (c) supplement additional feed as necessary to keep bulls in good body condition as breeding season approaches. 3. If not already completed, conduct breeding soundness exams and fertility checks on all bulls prior to the breeding season. 4. Typically first calving females require 20 to 30 days longer to return to estrus or heat after calving than mature cows. As a result, begin breeding your replacement heifers 20 to 30 days before the rest of the cow herd. This management practice will allow the first-calf heifers additional time to return to estrus so that they can be bred following calving next year with the remainder of the cow herd. 5. Consider controlling internal and external parasites. Treating internal parasites as well as lice infestations are important management decisions.

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NEWS On the Trail... Texas Longhorns Take A Bite Out of the “Big Apple” TLBAA Teams up with member Tom Markert and Entertainer Larry Gatlin TLBAA member Tom Markert of Triple M Longhorns in Downsville, NY, and his Longhorn cow and calf headed to the “Big Apple” on October 6 to appear on the Fox & Friends Morning Show to help legendary entertainer Larry Gatlin pull a big prank on co-host Gretchen Carlson. Gatlin is known to present gifts to the co-hosts of the show from time to time. But, this gift wasn’t a pair of boots or a coat; this had horns, hide and a calf at side. He needed a Longhorn and his publicist Don Murry Grubbs contacted the TLBAA for direction on how to make it happen. Trying to find a breeder brave enough to drive a cattle trailer and haul a prized Longhorn through the streets of Manhattan might have been quite a struggle. When TLBAA’s Brenda Cantrell contacted Tom and Julie Markert, they were more than pleased to oblige. As the plans began to finally take shape last week, Grubbs contacted Cantrell and asked if a TLBAA certificate could be generated that would make Carlson think she was really going to own a Longhorn. Cantrell created a “play” certificate and sent it off to the show. During the segment, Gatlin read the certificate to Carlson and she was dumbfounded to find out she is responsible for the, “care and wellbeing” of her new Longhorn. Tom got a chance to get in on the action when Gatlin introduced him during the “After the Show” segment. Tom did an excellent job of playing along with the gag and keeping up with Gatlin. November 2010

This type of publicity is great for the breed, TLBAA and its members. We hope you will join us in thanking Tom and Julie for their contribution, Larry Gatlin for his idea of giving Carlson a Longhorn, and the whole crew at Fox for making it all come together. It was great fun! For a copy of the press release and photos go to: http://www.tlbaa.org/headlines/etrails/images/Gatlin.pdf For the video segment go to: http://video.foxnews.com/v/4360118/after-the-show-show-chicken-and-longhorns/?playlist_id=86912

2009 Youth Banquet Hunt Successful for Payne Remember the antelope hunt Toby Johnson donated to the TLBT at the 2009 youth banquet? Rick Wilson and Carla Payne finally made it up to the hunt. “We had a blast visiting with the whole family and hunting,” said Payne. “Toby really found me a nice pronghorn 15 1/2" long. It’s really nice to make new Longhorn friends.”

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At SAND HILLS RANCH we enjoy working with NEW BREEDERS & offer QUALITY GOOD HORNED STRAIGHT BUTLER & BLEND cattle, many to choose from & an attractive OWNER FINANCE PKG, Dora Thompson (318) 8726329 echoofambush@aol.com Mansfield, LA www.sandhillsranch.com Located near the Texas Line & Shreveport.

It’s Thanksgiving Time at the Flying D Ranch!

www.lemleyauctionservices.com TX. License 15204

Auctioneer Weatherford, TX

(817) 991-9979 Terry H. Brink Auctioneer P.O. Box 928 Frederick, OK 73542 580-335-5732 580-335-4126 Mbl. e-mail: brinkauction@pldi.net www.brinkauction.com

Brian Uptmore Auctioneer (254) 826-3725 Day (254) 379-4283 Cell BID, BUY & SELL AN UNDENIABLE FACT; read "The Real Butler Story" by Don Limb. Send only $19.90 to Limb Cattle Co., 8375 Lone Star Rd., Washington, TX 77880-5205, 936-878-2988. View excerpts at www.limbcattle.com. FOR SALE: LIKE NEW 2004 BUSINESS CLASS FREIGHTLINER FL60 300 HP Mercedes diesel, 10 speed manual transmission, front bucket seats, air ride, 36” sleeper in back of extended cab. Low miles. Tires on aluminum wheels. Set up to pull 5th wheeler. Great for pulling large stock or horse trailers as well as a flat bed to haul hay and such. $40,000. Richard and Linda Spooner (580) 320-4441.

LONGHORN SEMEN FOR SALE – Phenomenon, Emperor, Shadowizm, Gunsmoke, Kobra, Don Julio, Country Liberator and more. www.oliverlonghorns.com. John Oliver (972) 2680083. JONES RANCH – Home of Gunman genetics. 4-Sale: progeny of the great Gunman bull and his sons, Grand Slam & Hocus Pocus. We are now featuring cattle sired by J R Premium and K C Just Respect by Hunt's Demand Respect. (719) 5392771.Web: http://gunman1234.tripod.com. E-mail: thejonesranch_1@hotmail.com. BEAVER CREEK LONGHORNS- Check our new Web site with "Super Sales" and herdreduction prices. Tazman (Gunman) genetics. Carole Muchmore, Ponca City, OK (580) 7659961, www.beavercreeklonghorns.com.

HOME & RANCH REALITY

❖ Thanks to the good Lord for providing good pastures and an outstanding calf crop. ❖ Thanks to our longhorn friends who helped us in so many ways this year. ❖ Thanks to new and old breeders who choose our cattle for their herds. ❖ Thanks most of all for letting us live in America where we are all free to love God and have the right to be the best we can be. The Longhorn life just gets better!! Call or visit. We have outstanding bulls, cows, heifers and steers at reasonable prices.

Dorie Damuth • Flying D Longhorn Ranch Magnolia, Texas • 281-356-8167 281-356-2751 Fax dorie27@sbcglobal.net

TRIGG MOORE Ofc: (254) 965-5500 Fax: (254) 965-5532 Cell: (254) 396-5592

Co-Owner/Agent 936 S. Hwy 281 Stephenville, TX 76401 Email: trigg@c21homeandranch.com

www.c21homeandranch.com

SALES 7TH ANNUAL TRI-STATE LONGHORN SALE November 21, 2010 (Following the Fort Robinson Longhorn Sale that starts at 1 PM MST)

C P Longhorns - Carla Payne Breeder of Boomerang C P

Cattle For Sale

(940) 453-4063 • flyingcp@hotmail.com • www.cplonghorns.com

BOOMERANG OFFSPRING – Offspring that can be the 2010 Horn Showcase, Millennium Futurity, or World Show Champions that are the total package! Mike Bowman (316) 778-1717. RC LARSON LONGHORNS – 3 years of producing top of the line embryos. Embryos sales and guaranteed embryo pregnancies. Successfully assisting other breeders with their embryo programs. Our business is to maximize your breeding program. Contact us about the cost effectiveness of embryo sales. (503) 8427184 or rclarsonlonghorns@gmail.com.

OLIVER LONGHORNS

www.oliverlonghorns.com Cattle for sale “To God Be The Glory”

joliver@ectisp.net (972) 268-0083

FOR SALE Daughters and granddaughters of 80”+ TTT 4C Princess. Exposed to Super Bowl son. Charlie Bolton (919) 542-6132, 4C Ranch, Pittsboro, NC.

CATTLE FOR SALE WALTERS LONGHORNS – 18 registered Texas Longhorns, pairs, all WR breeding, color and horns. Call (405) 872-8386 or (405) 822-0075.

(507) 235-3467 REAL ESTATE

325-668-3552

Bruce E. McCarty

THATE Cattle Company Your source for big-horned cattle in the North—utilizing the right bloodlines to produce the horn. Fairmont, Minnesota

www.oakhill-longhorns.com (620) 673-4050

Crawford Livestock Market Crawford, NE Contact: Art or Haley Anders PO Box 455 • Crawford NE 69339 (308) 665-2457 (home) • (308) 665-4909 (cell)

TRADE & BARTER TRADE YOUR LONGHORNS – We’ll take your bulls and steers in trade for cows, heifers, pairs, herd sires or semen from breeds’ top quality bulls. Stonewall Valley Ranch, Fredericksburg, TX. Days (512) 454-0476 / Weekends (830) 644-2380.

TRANSPORTATION

CATTLE HAULING

(C) 214/676-3598 LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTATION Ted Roush (713) 299-7990 Cell (979) 743-4439 Home www.asocl.com or troush57@hotmail.com YOU CALL - I HAUL! HAULING - Anywhere-Anytime We specialize in Longhorns. Dan Tisdale (940) 872-1811 Mobile: 940/841-2619 WESTERN DECOR

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Specializing in mounted steer horns, cow skulls, horn furniture, hides

Semkin Longhorns’ new 2010 Pasture Tour DVD showing you our 2010 calves, their dams, and the herd sires we are using for our 2011 calf crop. Send your mailing address and phone number to semkin@mindspring.com and it will be shipped to you at no cost. H: (580) 336-2925 Cell: (520) 907-3088 www.semkin-texaslonghorns.com

M.P. & K.D. HORN and LEATHER SHOP 408 E. Drew • Ft. Worth, TX 76110 817-927-8061 • Fax: 817-927-7970 E-mail: MPKDhornshop8061@msn.com Web site: www.hornandleather.com

LONE WOLF RANCH

(817) 625-6241 • Fax (817) 625-1388 trails@tlbaa.org

Dr. Lee and Linda Ragains

New Location: Sallisaw, OK (918) 774-9107 • (918) 855-4907 new web site:

www.lonewolfranch.net

TEXAS LONGHORN T•R•A•I•L•S Classified ads are $15.00 for 25 words. Box ads are $25.00 per inch. Deadline is the 25th of the second month preceding publication. Texas Longhorn Trails

A DVERTISERS ’ I NDEX A A Splash of Color Longhorns......44 Adcock, Terry & Sherry..................44 Almendra Longhorns....................42 Anchor D Ranch ......................33-34 Appalachian Trail Registered Texas Longhorn Consignment Sale ........9

K Bar K Ranch ................................43 Kittler Land and Cattle Co.....31, 42

Lemley Auction Services ..............13 Lemley Longhorns ........................44 Little Star Longhorns ....................39 Lo Mejor Ranch..............................44 Lone Wolf Ranch............................42 Longhorn Max ................................31 Longhorn Sale Pen ........................29 Long Shot Cattle ............................42

Farms ..........................................31 B BT Beadle Land & Cattle ....................42 Beargrass Ranch..............................43 Best At West Sale ..........................IBC Blooming Grove Farm..................43 Bluebonnet Ranch ........................44 Blue Mountain Longhorns ..........28 Bolen, Brent & Cindy .................. 20 Bond Ranch ....................................42 Box Z Ranch....................................44 Briscoe Longhorns ........................43 Buckhorn Cattle Company ..14, 43 Bull Creek Longhorns............25, 44 Bull Uprising ..................................13 Butler Breeders..........................14-15 Buy A Bucker.com..........................28

Tim ......................................42 M Miller, Miniature Longhorns....................42 Morgan Livestock............................41 Moriah Farms..................................43 Mosser Longhorns ................IFC, 44

Northbrook Cattle Co...................43 No-Bull ............................................34

Panther Creek Longhorns ..2-3, 19 Pearl Longhorn Ranch ..................44 Prairie States Insurance ................34 Premier Heifer Sale........................18

C C.C. Land & Cattle Co. ................43

C R Ranches ....................................43 Cactus Ridge Ranch...................... 43 Cedar View Ranch..........................42 Champion Genetics ......................34 Cloud 9 Longhorns ......................43 Crossed T’s Cattle Co.....................28

DNA Longhorn Ranch ................ 44 Davidson, Bill..................................17 Deer Creek Longhorns..................44 Diamond Q Longhorns ..............43 Diamondback Ranch....................42 Diamond S Longhorns ................43 Dickinson Cattle Co. ....................10 Dick’s Ranch Supply ......................41

El Coyote Ranch ........................1, 44 End of Trail Ranch .......... 11, 19, 42

4 Gone Ranch..........................16, 43 4 Star Ranch ....................................43

Star Longhorns ....................29 G Gold Gross, Ray ........................................41

IndianPoint Ranch ........................43

J5 Longhorns ..................................43 JT Wehring Family Ranch ............44 Junction Hill....................................44

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R R&R Ranch ......................................42

Red Peak Ranch..............................44 Red Tree Farms................................44 Rio Vista Ranch ..............................44 Running Arrow ..............................28

7 Bar Ranch Longhorns................43 777 Ranch........................................44 SS Backwards Longhorns ............42 Safari B Ranch ................................43 Sand Hills Ranch............................17 Semkin Longhorns ........................43 Smith, Scott ....................................43 Smith, T.M. & Jean ........................43 Snyder, Charley & Doris................31 Star Creek Ranch ..............................7 Stotts Hideaway Ranch ........44, BC Struthoff Ranch ..............................19

Tallgrass Cattle Co. ........................42 Taylor, Donnie & Marilyn ............15 Texas Longhorn Ranch Supply....33 Trinity Creeks Ranch......................44 Triple M Ranch ..............................42 Triple R Ranch (MI) ......................42 Triple T Longhorns ........................43

Underwood Longhorns................42

V Vida Nueva Ranch ........................44 W Wachter, Jay ....................................17

Weddle/Weddle Longhorns ........42 Wichita Fence ..................................31

Y November 2010

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Q Quien Sabe L Bar Ranch ..............44

H Helm Cattle Co. ............................44

Hickman Longhorns ....................44 Hightower, Lana ............................25 Hodges, Dave..................................39 Horn Showcase ........................26-27 Husky Branding Irons ..................34

Just For Grins

YO Ranch ........................................39

Photo courtesy of Jane Gay.

OCTOBERT PHOTO FIRST-PLACE WINNER: “Now I know I left that calf somewhere…” Heather Boal, Madisonville, KY ◆ HONORABLE MENTION: “Hurry up and hop in, I’ll ram the door shut for you.” Keith Alft, Tigerton, WI

Coming Next Month: Horn Showcase Results

Save the date! Texas Longhorn Coming Events NOVEMBER 2010

NOV 5-7 • Louisiana State Fair, Shreveport Fairgrounds, Shreveport, LA. Donnie Taylor (936) 414-1401 or Bobbye Du Bose (409) 384-8120. Qualifying Haltered, Non-Haltered and Youth. NOV 6 • Alberta Texas Longhorn Associatio Fall Sale, Oyen Crossroads Centre, Oyen, Alberta; Ron Walker (403) 5486684 or (403) 528-0200. NOV 6 • Marquess Arrow Ranch Production Sale, Ben Wheeler, TX; Marquess Arrow Ranch - www.maranch.com (903) 5705199 or (903) 833-5310. NOV 21 • Tri State Longhorn Sale, Crawford Livestock Market, Crawford, NE. Art or Haley Anders (308) 665-2457 H or (308) 665-4909 C.

DECEMBER 2010

DEC 3-4 • North Texas Longhorn Breeders Association Holiday Longhorn Extravaganza, Wise County Sheriff’s Posse Grounds, Decatur, TX. Tina Cook (940) 399-7993. Qualifying Haltered and Youth. DEC 4 • TLBAA Best at West Membership Sale, West, TX. TLBAA (817) 625-6241 www.tlbaa.org. DEC 10-11 • STLA Winter Festival, Brackenridge Main Event Center, Edna, TX. Cindy Dennis hdcattle@gmail.com or (512) 5655340 . Qualifying Haltered, Non-Haltered and Youth.

JANUARY 2011

JAN 14-18 • Fort Worth Stock Show, Fort Worth, TX. Trigg or Traci Moore-Showchairs. Entry deadline - November 15th to the TLBAA office. Qualifying Haltered, Non-Haltered and Youth. JAN 14 • TLBAA Annual General Membership Meeting, 10 a.m., Radisson Hotel Fossil Creek, Fort Worth, TX. Kim Barfield (817) 625-6241 or kim@tlbaa.org. JAN 15 • Premier Heifer Sale, John Justin West Sale Arena, Will Rogers Complex, Fort Worth, TX. Consignment deadline Oct. 23, 2010. Kim Barfield (817) 625-6241 or kim@tlbaa.org. JAN 21-22 • National Western Stock Show, Denver, CO. Mountain and Plains Texas Longhorn Association, Glen Lewis (719) 2674010. www.nationalwestern.com. Qualifying Haltered, NonHaltered and Youth.

FEBRUARY 2011

FEB 5 • San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, San Antonio, TX. STLA, Annie Morgan (210) 885-8653 or annieoakley64@aol.com. Qualifying Non-Haltered and Youth. FEB 17-20 • Autobahn Classic, Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth, TX. Larry Barker (817) 988-6110 or lbarker@abahn.com. FEB 18-19 • Bull Uprising, Will Rogers West Arena, Fort Worth, TX. Joel Lemley (325) 668-3552 or www.lemleyauctionservices.com or Mike MacLeod, Event Chairman (940) 659-2255. FEB 19-20 • Sierra County Show, Truth or Consequences, NM. David Starritt (915) 240-5902 or Lynn Starritt (915) 252-4118. Qualifying Haltered, Non-Haltered and Youth. FEB 26-27 • San Angelo State Fair, San Angelo, TX. Dennis Urbantke to register online: www.sanangelorodeo.com(325) 655-3500. Qualifying Haltered, Non-Haltered and Youth.

MARCH 2011

MAR 5 • TLBAA Best at West Membership Sale, West, TX. TLBAA (817) 625-6241 www.tlbaa.org. MAR 11-13 • North Texas Longhorn Breeders Spring Show, Somervell Co. Fairgrounds, Glen Rose, TX. Kevin or Laury Rooker (940) 748-1031 or krooker@centurylink.net. Qualifying Haltered, Non-Haltered and Youth.

MAR 13-14 • Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Houston, TX. www.hlrs.com Qualifying Haltered, Non-Haltered and Youth. MAR 19-20 • Star Of Texas Fair and Rodeo, Austin, TX. STLA, Louis Christa (210) 863-7003 or lchri58@msn.com. Qualifying Haltered, Non-Haltered and Youth. MAR 25 • South Texas State Fair, Ford Park, Beaumont, TX. Morgan Michael (409) 313-0059 or Carolyn Abney (409) 284-9881 Qualifying Haltered, Non-Haltered and Youth. MAR 25-27 • Oklahoma Shootout, Payne County Expo Center, Stillwater, OK. Bodie & Steve Quary (405) 567-3093. Qualifying Haltered, Non-Haltered and Youth.

APRIL 2011

APR 1-3 • STLA Spring Show, Rockdale, TX. Sandy Nordhausen (512) 898-2401 or email: sandi@nordy.com. www.stla.org. Qualifying Haltered and Youth APR 8-9 • Dixie Classic, Gulfport, MS. Maurice Ladnier (601) 9285387 or (601) 762-5194 or Matt Westmoreland (985) 7951539 or (985) 515-3172. APR 8-10 • Texas Longhorn Breeders Gulf Coast Association, Washington Co. Fairgrounds, Brenham, TX. Doak Parker (281) 761-5215. Qualifying Haltered, Non-Haltered and Youth. APR 22-23 • Midwest Longhorn Sale, Winfield, KS. Mike Bowman (316) 778-1717. APR 29-30 • Red McCombs 32nd Anniversary Fiesta Longhorn Sale, Johnson City, TX. Alan Sparger (210) 445-8798 or www.redmccombslonghorns.com.

MAY 2011

MAY 7 • TLBAA Best at West Membership Sale, West, TX. TLBAA (817) 625-6241. MAY 7-8 • Capitan Show, Capitan, NM. Kristi Wilson (505) 3215213 or Lynn Starritt, TLBNM Sec./Treas. (915) 252-4118 or (915) 886-7063 fax. Qualifying Haltered, Non-Haltered and Youth. MAY 20-21 • Best of Texas Sale, Mid Tex Auction Barn, Navasota, TX. George Wilhite (281) 435-1311.

JUNE 2011

JUN 3-4 • Millennium Futurity, Glen Rose, TX. Bill Davidson (405) 258-7117 or mlflonghorns@sbcglobal.net. www.mlfuturity.com.

AUGUST 2011

AUG 3-7 • Autobahn Super Stakes Youth Show, Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth, TX. Larry Barker (817) 988-6110 or lbarker@abahn.com. AUG 6 • TLBAA Best at West Membership Sale, West, TX. TLBAA (817) 625-6241 www.tlbaa.org.

SEPTEMBER 2011

SEPT 9-10 • Winchester Futurity, George Henderson 2nd Expo Center, Lufkin, TX. Donnie Taylor (936) 414-1401 or Bruce Ollive (936) 674-5180.

DECEMBER 2011

DEC 3 • TLBAA Best at West Membership Sale, West, TX. TLBAA (817) 625-6241 www.tlbaa.org.

Let us know about your upcoming events! (817) 625-6241 or email us at brenda@tlbaa.org.

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