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BullIn high school on the Great Plains I rode some bucking horses but never rode a bucking bull. With bareback and saddle bronc bucking horses you have something to hang on to besides a rope. Bull ropes weren't my idea of a great tool. I was always too scared. I was lacking the courage and guts factor. The bulls were too big, too fast, too unpredictable and it was too easy to get seriously hurt.

These days the bucking bulls are better, much better. Sure the cowboys are better but the athleticism of the bulls has improved. How do these cowboys stay on for 8 seconds? They know the bull. The know how the bull has bucked in the past. They know how the bull has bucked the last few times out. They talk to the cowboys that have had to ride the bull recently. The PBR is a fraternity, similar to the crowd down on the corner of Wall and Broad. Some cowboys have video tapes of the bull's bucking action. If you don't know how the bull is going to buck before he comes out of the chute generally a cowboy doesn't have a very good chance to stay on and make any money.

How would I get a video tape of the market ahead of time? Who can I talk to about what it might or might not do? I've found that talking to other market "riders" doesn't make me much money. It seems to be what's under my hat that counts, how I approach my "ride" and the amount of preparation I have invested. And as always, staying sharp, staying in the game and "riding" every day are paramount.

And some times good old fashioned courage comes into play, the guts factor. A good bull rider needs to know when and how to dismount from a bull if he makes the whistle. No one in the arena can help him, it's all up to him. As well using all the available tools for trading is smart and beneficial.

It's the courage and guts parts that can't be bought.


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  1. George Parkanyi on April 4, 2008 11:27 pm

    It's a great analogy, Dean, and you are right in principle. But if the light at the end of the tunnel is really a train, you may want to park the courage — just for a little while. Cheers,George

  2. Lon Evans on April 5, 2008 3:40 am

    Mr. Parisian,

    Yes.

    lon

  3. david on April 7, 2008 12:25 am

    the funny thing about bronco riding and bull riding is that the crowd wants to see the bull stomp on the rider where in bronco riding the crowd wants to see the rider tame the bronc……..one more reason to fear bull riding…………

  4. Scott Messer on December 9, 2009 2:06 pm

    Dam dat a bad ass bull. dat mother… can buck. Can u sale me some straws from this bull?

  5. Anonymous on May 27, 2010 11:55 am

    your an idiot man, ive been riding bulls for around 12 years now and its better to not know what your bull is going to do. ride jump for jump

  6. Anonymous on October 19, 2010 2:09 pm

    this bull has a wicked belly roll

  7. Anonymous on April 7, 2011 5:13 pm

    dear ananymous you probably are a wanna be cowboy that tries to ride bulls or steers… you probably dont make any money doing it either i would listin to Dean.

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