How to Become a Stock Contractor
Stock contractors are individuals or companies who supply the bulls, horses and calves for rodeo productions. Stock contractors often raise their own animals for rodeo use or purchase animals from farms, ranches or individuals. Stock contractors must make sure the animals are in good health and are kept safe by adhering to industry rules and regulations.
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Instructions
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Learn as much as you can by attending rodeos, learning how the contractors operate and what riders and rodeo producers are looking for in the animals.
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Purchase several cows that can buck. Breed them to proven bucking bulls to produce quality calves. Raise the calves to become bucking bulls, keeping the females as breeding stock or selling them.
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Buy horses that are out of bucking bloodlines. Breed them to proven bucking horses, or raise them all on your own. Horses with good temperaments won't make good bucking horses.
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Begin taking your best animals to rodeos and asking existing contractors to use a few of your animals in the rodeo. If your animals are good performers, the contractors may offer to purchase them, or the rodeo producer may offer you a contract to supply the next rodeo's livestock.
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Obtain a small-business license through your local court house. This involves coming up with a name and location for your main office of operations and filing for taxes as a small business or contractor.
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Purchase equipment such as large trucks and trailers to haul your livestock to rodeos. You will need several people to assist the animals at each rodeo, depending on the number of animals you supply.
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Tips & Warnings
Raising livestock requires many acres of land, barns and large quantities of feed and hay. Stock contractors are required to have all of their livestock vaccinated and kept in good health.
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Is there a certain Education required? Or that would look better for the job? I have to do a report about it for Ag. Thanks.
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No joke!
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yeah I want to become a rodeo stock contractor for 4l rodeo cuz I love being around the bulls and horses of the 4l rodeo and I love charlie cuz he is my hero becasue I look up to charlie I told him that I want to become a stock contractor one day and he told me son you got a lot of learning to do you got to be ready for rodeo and have your own stock I know one of my friends that hauls for rodeo his name is earns tread way and I love rodeos I have been around charlie and I watch him when he comes to the r ranch he is a hard working cowboy and I got a hero is a professional bull rider his name is lane frost he got killed by a bull in the last round of the Cheyenne frontier days rodeo he was still on his hands and knees the bull turned around and saw him and he tripped and put his horn on lanes back and he fell into him and that was it lane go up and the thing that tough said before they unhooked him he gave lane a hug and a kiss and said see ya and that was it but the three months after that red rock died and the girl that loved him she was taking pictures and red rock was eight there she scratched his back but he had a good life he went to a bunch of rodeos every body loved that bull for who he was lane would go back to the pen after rodeo and see red rock him and lane were partners all through rodeo lane loved him but lane will be forever on my heart I will never forget him he was a forever champion he won buckles and won over and over again but he had a good wife he married Kelly a barrel racer he died and she remarried and now has a daughter and a son and tough was the champ after that he had a boy he named lane cuz where ever lane was you would see tough tough never lefted lanes side him and lane were like brothers she was cheating on lane she went and saw Cody martin after rodeo and lane hated him and her and him were out at dinner that night when lane got home Kelly told him the truth they said when they got married they would do the best for each other she said if lane acted up that she would stick red rock on him she said he will take care of him Kelly and him broke up that night in Prescott cuz he was cheating on her and the following night Kelly had a rodeo lane went up and talked to her and he said I do not want this any more I do not want to know I have to wake up in the morning and now I do not have to go to a damn rodeo lane and Kelly hugged after that lane told her that he loved her and she said I love you yo lane and he had the final chance to ride the unridden bull red rock and he did Kelly sat right there he rode and won his own page in rodeo life and that's the end lane was the best of them all he would help behind the bucking shutes and never say no he would talk to all the people and make them feel good lane was tough he won all the rodeos he was a champ his dad in the rodeo to as a saddle bronc and bare back rider and his mom said in the movie 8 seconds now one ever accused lane of getting out of work his dad saids now lane that's no way to live you got to be damn good to make the pay don told him to stay on the calves and that's what he did he loved riding bulls in the rodeo that was his passion the bulls and tough stayed with him and Cody in the motel and tough said fighting cowboy and being a nice guy just is not how it goes tough said you never drink do you lane said I do not drink a whole lot and then in the morning lane got up and went into the bathroom and thought that tough had pissed the bed but it was a beer and they sat up laughing and slapping hands and layed back down and started laughing and at the first rodeo lane seen a boy and he was practicing to be a bull rider and lane helped him then lane stopped and talked to Kelly and tough yelled back and said lets go butt hole then that's the end of the story the story of lane and red rock.
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They're forgetting a couple of Very Important Things! Be prepared for many long hours, day & night, of tending stock, in freezing snow, muddy rain, & blazing sun! Also, you better love traveling because you spend a lot of time away from home.
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Nothing to it ;).
