This past season there was a bull that every one of the bullriders seemed to want to draw. This little three year old 1300 lb. Plummer cross was the pick of the litter. If you drew him and rode him, you were more than likely going to win or place really high. P & B started his year out at the Indian rodeo in Lame Deer. He was in the top 4 ride off and was drew out of the hat by many time INFR qualifier Greg Louis. The little bull came out about 2 jumps and started
I picked up this little bull from a guy in Williston, North Dakota who I leased 11 head of bulls from. His name is Dennis Nehring. I viewed some tape of him last year, and decided that I would like to buck the bull at the series events. Dennis let me take him. His first trip is described above, and was indicative of the way that he would buck for the next 7 or 8 times. He likes the right hand delivery a little better. When he is able to, he will come out 1 or 2 jumps with a big wild jump somewhere in there, and then proceed to go into a spin to the right. Alot of cowboys would come up and say to me,"I can't wait to get on that little bull."
Well come about August, he had a few trips on him, and was beginning to show signs of wear. I would also like to think that he was tired of getting rode. He was probably getting rode about 50% of the time. I took him to the Sybil Colliflower Memorial where he was matched up with Greg Louis again. Greg pretty much knew what P & B was going to do. OR so he thought. The bull went out about 2 and started to jump extremely high into the air. At least 3 feet above the ground. He was getting Greg on the back of his arm. Greg had no choice but to shove his knees up to keep from getting his teeth knocked out. Well the little bull eventually bucked him off and gained a measure of revenge. From then on, the nice little spinner was gone. He became this crowd-pleasing bull that got alot of air time and if you happened to get past the big jumps he would finally spin, but with more drop and kick.
Pork and Beans was one of my favorites bulls this past summer. He was a pleasure to be around. You didn't have to worry about him in the back pens, he stood good in the chute, and he just bucked hard. As for his peculiar name, he was given the moniker by Tim Werk. We didn't have a name for him on the way to the Lame Deer rodeo, so Tim came up with Van Kamp's Pork and Beans after the popular summer food item. Unfortunately, my efforts to get him bought from Dennis didn't pan out, so he is back in ND. I have no doubt you will see this little bull in the PBR or PRCA some day. He is that good. I really enjoyed having him here this past summer. I hope you all enjoyed watching or riding him.
