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Humps N Horns Bull Riding Magazine - Mar 2018
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Humps N Horns March 2018
On The Cover - Valdiron dem Oliveira rides Reindiction (Flying U / Rosser Rodeo) in Anaheim, California. Photo by Andrea Kaus
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Life After Bushwacker
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Coming Out of Retirement on a Mission
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Football has Tom Brady, basketball's got Kobe Bryant, and Jimmie Johnson is the man in NASCAR.
Bull riding has Bushwacker.
The 1,500-pound American Bucking Bull has become the talk of this week's Professional Bull Riders World Finals at the Thomas & Mack Center. On the one hand, every rider wants a chance to ride him. On the other, there's not a cowboy who doesn't dread such a draw.
"When you know you're going to ride the rankest bull in the world in 24 hours, you don't sleep that good," said Oklahoman Cord McCoy, who was bucked off the 5-year-old beast in just 3.39 seconds Friday in Round 3 action. "I'd never been on him, but I'm just like every other bull rider. For three years, I've watched him take down the top riders week in and week out."
McCoy knew heading into the night that his odds of going eight seconds on the bull were not good, as Bushwacker has bucked off 28 consecutive riders and has not been successfully ridden in 13 tries this year.
But the
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“I’ve always wanted to get on that bull (Carrillo Cartel),” Mauney said from the winner’s circle. “I figured I could win on him. He’s a hard bull to ride—big and strong, but it all worked out in the end.”
Mauney rode the bull, Recoil, owned by D&H boskap Company, for 8