Dry Creek Longhorns

Another colorful steer, Dry Creek Drifter is a product of our blended genetics breeding program.  His sire is Prarie Big Horn and his dam is CPA Miss T-Bone.  Drifter has accepted the saddle well, and we have continued to work with him.  He should finish out to be a great riding steer in a few years. 
 
 

DC Silver Dollar - Although we always try to breed for the for total package in our steer program, we are hoping that the light grulla this young steer will draw the attention of the attendees at the shows!  His disposition is excellent and I think that he will be the next steer to carry the POW/MIA flag during our salute to servicemen at the show grand entries. 

Zhi Petro  has been our biggest challenge to date.  His size is very imposing, and he has a fair amount of horn.  Luckily, he has turned out to be very gentle and is coming along well in his training.  Having been shown almost all of his life,  he turned out to be easier to start under saddle than we expected, as you can see by clicking on the saddle link.  It certainly takes some practice to get in the saddle when they are this tall!   Zhi Petro completed his first parade at the 2004 Celebrate Bandera roundup this past Labor Day, and he performed wonderfully.

We are grateful for the wonderful job that the Huntzberry's did raising this steer.  He is very easy to control and has turned out to be a very gentle guy that likes to have attention paid to him.  Whenever he comes into the barn at night he will stand in his stall until you brush him, and then he will start to eat.  We may have to get a larger trailer though, especially if he keeps growing!  We plan to keep showing him in open-haltered Trophy Steer classes.  Zhi Petro did very well on the 2003 ITLA show circuit, finally breaking the 200 point barrier to become only the second steer so far to have reached the "ITLA Elite" level.  This gentle giant tips the scale at just under 2200 pound when in show trim, and measures 67" tip-to-tip and about 82" across the poll with 13" of horn base.  Zhi Petro was honored as the 2004 ITLA Region 11 Champion High Point Trophy Steer (haltered), and in 2005 he was recognized as the ITLA Region 11 Reserve Champion High Point Trophy Steer (haltered).
 
 
 
 
 

Gunsmoke We purchased Gunsmoke from the Longhorn Crest Ranch in Missouri.  He has come a long way and we are very proud of him. He is an easy keeper and will maintain his weight with only 3 pounds of show feed or range cubes a day!  He has proven to be quite a competitor in the show arena too.  We enjoy riding him in parades and grand entries of shows we attend.  This year he will be shown in the open-haltered Senior Steer classes, and we are expecting him to do pretty well. In the 2003 show season Gunsmoke earned the ITLA Silver Merit of Honor as well as being awarded ITLA High Point Show Legacy Grand Champion Junior Steer (haltered) and ITLA Region 11 High Point Junior Steer (haltered).  At the 2004 ITLA Championship Show and Convention he was honored with the ITLA Gold Merit of Honor award.  Clicking on his picture will show an earlier shot of him while he was being saddle trained.  His flashy black and white coloration and 55" tip-to-tip horn measurement at 4 years old gets him a lot of attention.  He was awarded Reserve Champion Senior Steer at the last two shows of the regular 2004 season.  In his first show of the 2005 season (LLA Spring Show), Gunsmoke took first place in his class, Champion Senior Steer and Grand Champion All Age Steer.  He also advanced all the way to Reserve Grand Champion All Age Steer at the MTLA Spring Show 2005.  Gunsmoke was awarded the ITLA Elite Merit of Honor at the 2005 Championship Show and Convention, where he also took Grand Champion All Age Steer (haltered)! How did he celebrate?  He went for a swim (click on the blue text for a link to his picture).
 

Currently the youngest of our finished riding steers, DC Ozark Romeo came to us from the Longhorn Crest Ranch in Missouri.  His unusual color and great disposition made him an easy choice to bring into our program.  He is currently being actively shown in the senior steer classes and with all of his excellent placings this year we expect that he has earned enough points for his ITLA Silver Merit of Honor award this year!
 
 

The youngest of our riding steers, DC Amigo is a product of our blended genetics breeding program.  His sire is Prarie Big Horn and his dam is Spots Juliette.  Born December of 2005, Amigo is handicapped by always being the youngest steer in his class. Amigo has been worked with the saddle, and he is making good progress towards being a riding steer.  It won't be long before he is ready to join our other steers on the trail!