Registered: Jun 2007
Location: Menard,TX
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I have already posted this on the Bluetick forum but don't want to discriminate against any color.
In keeping with the Rodeo flavor, we will be bobcat hunting with PBR Bullfighter Shorty Gorham and his dogs. After the hunt, we run over to a Freestyle Bullfighting School taught by World Champion Bullfighters Rob Smets and Miles Hare. Thousands flock to a NASCAR race hoping to see a wreck and we saw one every time they opened the chute on these "Lights Out Fighting Bulls". This show is WILD and I hope that you will tune in.
If your provider or cable does not carry the PURSUIT Channel, go to http://www.vidillion.tv/pursuitchannel/ and watch live on the internet.
Thanks and Adios,
Gary

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Registered: Jun 2007
Location: Menard,TX
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Just wondering...are any of you fans of the Professional Bull Riders? I know that there a lot of football fans on here but not sure about anything that has to do with rodeo or PBR.
How about NASCAR?
Adios,
Gary

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Registered: Jan 2015
Location: Indiana
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My boys and i are big PBR fans. Haven't been to a event in awhile. My youngest boy just had a bone marrow transplant yesterday so soon as he gets his strength back we plan on going to a couple events. Plus we plan on doing a whole lot of coon hunting!!

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Location: Tennessee
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When I go to, or watch a rodeo on TV, bull riding is the only thing I care about.

I'm looking forward to seeing your show this week. I usually watch it on Friday night or Saturday morning and again on Sunday evening.

I enjoy the show, keep up the good work!!!

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Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Northeast OH
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We don't have a lot of PBR Events here in northeast Ohio . We have a lot of Mid States & S.E.B.R.A. Events . But that being said , Bull Fighting & Riding are big hits . And Shorty was one of the best . Being a former bull rider in my younger days . One of my favorites .

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Shorty has done well and has become one of the voices for the PBR. He really helps carry an event as he is so good on giving scoop on the bull and the riders. He is a really BIG hunter and has a nice young pack of running dogs that can catch a bobcat.
He is also one of the owners of the Lights Out Fighting Bulls that were used in the school at Uvalde and other freestyle events that I have attended.
Adios,
Gary

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Registered: Jun 2007
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The first airing of the show was last night and folks cannot believe the beating some of these young men took while trying to learn this game. Here you go, the first CARNIVORE show of the season with hounds.
Adios,
Gary

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Maybe my favorite show. I try and pay a lot of attention to equipment and dogs. Looks like it had a 16" antenna maybe 14" on his garmin. I also notice after the cat was finished. The dogs were content to just follow you out of the woods. On the second cat i only saw two dogs following you guys out of the woods. Wondering where the rest went. Looks like the dogs are well trained and worked a lot.

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By the time we moved the second cat to where there was a little opening, the other dogs had gone to the truck or to water as it was a little warm. Next week we will have the second part of the show, I think that you will like it as well. Thanks so much for watching and the kind words.
Adios,
Gary

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Location: Michigan
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What day and time will that show air? I've tried watching and have not seen it but would love to!

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I think once in the past I commented on how your dogs behaved well once the game was harvested. I also see that in these dogs. Thats speaks volumes about the time and energy put into the dogs. It also shows that correction given when needed will allow a person to enjoy the sport more. I am sure all those dogs weren't born to just walk away from harvested game.

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Pat, it airs on the Pursuit Channel at 11:30 PM on Fridays, 12:30 PM on Saturdays and 6:00 PM on Sundays all times are Central Standard Times so adjust for your time zone. Pursuit is carried by Dish at channel 393, Direct on 604 and are standard in all packages at no charge. If you cannot view on TV, it streams live on the internet at http://www.vidillion.tv/pursuitchannel/ at the same time slots.
WE WILL AIR THIS SHOW AGAIN AT 6:00 PM TODAY.
I think that getting the dogs off dead game is pretty important. Bruce, I have a couple of females that don't want to leave a dead coon so I have to tone them off.
It is VERY important that we have the ability to call them off a tree when we are hunting for lions because we don't kill all the lions that we tree. I generally hunt 5-6 dogs for lion and you don't want to have to catch and lead this many hounds away from a tree in this extremely rugged terrain. I am 64 and simply can't do it and the risk of injury would be great. Since I hunt primarily daylight, I tree in quite a few hollow trees. It's nice to be able to call the dogs off them as well.
Thanks and Adios,
Gary

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Registered: Dec 2006
Location: Tennessee
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Did he shoot that cat with a .22 pistol?

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Location: South Carolina
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I'm a big fan of tye PBR and also a fan of seth as well. If all men were like him and frank, the world would be a better place. Most Cowboys are good people anyway.

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Yes, he shot the cat with a Ruger Single Nine .22 Magnum. It is great for this game as you don't want to carry a rifle in that thick brush and shooting Hornady's 45 grain Critical Defense ammo it is more than enough medicine to get the job done.
Shorty is the real deal as a hunter; rough and tough just like he is in the arena.
Adios,
Gary

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Gary, I am not sure how many cats you have treed but, I sure it has been a lot more than me. Here is my question and what I have found. Just not sure if it is accurate due my inexperience in this area. What few cats I have put out to dogs and it is a low number. The cat did not put up much of a fight. Kind of like they went into shock and just gave up. a coon on the other hand is one vicious critter on the ground going against hounds. Now I have ran cats and they get to circling and a dog that may have fallen out of the race comes head to head with a cat on the ground. I have seen cats swipe a dog like that and make it look like someone worked on the dog with a razor blade. Just never seen much fight out of a cat coming out of a tree to dogs.

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I agree that a bobcat is not as gritty as a coon but one that is pretty fresh will put up a pretty good tussle. What generally happens on a bobcat in this shorter brush is that in order to get the cat to tree, he is generally run down and out of gas. He sits on the limb for a few minutes or longer until someone can get through this thick, thorny underbrush and he begins to "Charlie Horse" or tighten up. The old timers always said that the bobcats have more lactic acid in their system which causes them to tighten up really quickly. I am not sure that there is any truth to that but do know that once a cat is killed that has been run really hard, rigormortis sets in almost immediately. We catch about a quarter to a third of the cats on the ground without them ever climbing. The average race is about 20 minutes after you get the cat jumped but I have run them over 45 minutes without making any bad looses or bobbles. If the race goes over an hour, it is generally because the dogs are making a few bobbles. Of course, the bobbles or looses are generally caused by the cat squatting or turning back through the pack like you mentioned on the dog running last getting slapped by the kitty. Most of the bobcats around Menard to Sanderson to the west and Snyder to the north died out several years ago. I was told by a biologist that it was a disease that affected only the felines. They are slowly coming back to this area but bobcats don't bounce back like coyotes.
Excuse my rambling, Adios,
Gary

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I appreciate your rambling. lol We have gotten on cats from time to time and at night down here they are bad about jumping when they hear you coming into the tree and it starts all over again.

Last cat race we had was a couple of young dogs suppose to be coonhunting burning one up. The came down the side of the road maybe 30 yards in the gall berries and pines. As they went by us we sat some eyes going up the side of a pine tree but the dogs never slowed down. First thing we said it was a sow and to young coon went up the tree. We were close but it was a cat and two young ones and they went up the tree. We went in there and sew them good as just sat there and looked at us from a low branch.

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Best show yet.Really enjoyed it.Also a big fan of the PBR.

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If a cat is really winded, he rarely jumps in this country even though the trees are short and open. Getting footage of the tom jumping was pretty rare but then that cat did not run very long before he popped up. Ironically, on part II of the show, another cat jumps but he never really ran.
It is very rare that cats don't really run down here. I think the reason that they didn't run as hard on this ranch is that it had rarely if ever been hunted with hounds.
I really see this happening in the Rez. Bobcats just don't run there like they do down here. Many pop up a tree like a river bottom coon that has not been messed with before.
Adios,
Gary

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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Yadkin County NC
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Gary really enjoyed your show. The hunt was real good but the hurting the heifers put on the young bullfighters was almost painful to watch. That was a bunch of tough young men.
Looking forward to the next show.

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While I don't show the hunt on this teaser, this will give you some insight on the teaching that is going on at the school. Two legends, Rob Smets and Miles Hare are the instructors and give us some pretty interesting sound bites. I hope that you have a chance to tune in this weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeR...eature=youtu.be
Adios,
Gary

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