I have had more than my share of highlights in the goat industry. \u00a0No rankings. Just going to list some stuff that has always stuck out to me.<\/p>\n
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–Bingo. \u00a0I saw him for the first time when he was 3+ years old. \u00a0That wasn’t just a good goat. \u00a0That was good livestock. \u00a0He won everything. \u00a0His kids won. \u00a0And even though he was a purebred, those genetics were wicked enough to transpose the wether game as well. \u00a0I have seen several living legends in the livestock game. \u00a0Bingo was without a doubt the single best piece of livestock that I have ever seen.<\/p>\n
–191. \u00a0Refer to Bingo. \u00a0Why? \u00a0191s mom was the twin sister to Bingo. \u00a0Lots of power in the blood right there. \u00a0I’ve got several stories involving 191. \u00a0But my favorite(s) \u00a0involve him siring Joe Dirt, Rumour Has It, Braden’s grand at OYE, Duke’s res. grand at ANLS, Bree’s grand at the Lone Star Elite, Chesley’s bad ass wether AND a whole crap pile of other good goats.<\/p>\n
–900. \u00a0He wasn’t\/isn’t just a line in an ad to me. \u00a0I saw him, handled him and showed goats out of him. \u00a0Throw Starbuck and Showtime into this list. \u00a0There is a reason that those names are still relevant\u2026they were that good. \u00a0The entire industry became focused on 900 genetics and we are all still looking for the next deal. (Yes, I am aware that there is a She Said buck.) \u00a0I’ve seen some great stock in other species as well (Who Made Who, Warfare, Basic Instinct, Yakety Yak, etc\u2026) \u00a0900\u2026cool enough for me.<\/p>\n
–2011 Helms Purchases– He didn’t want to sell anything private treaty, but\u2026.but\u2026if you promise me that you will take them to the Lone Star Elite Jackpot. \u00a0I did and we did. \u00a0He didn’t give them away. \u00a0I don’t get nervous but I was damn sure uptight going into this deal. \u00a0Schovanec’s, Taylor’s and Kelln’s headed to San Angelo for this show. \u00a0Bill and TravASS asked me how I thought we would do?!?!?! \u00a0 I thought we could be competitive. \u00a0After watching the first couple of classes, I told TravASS and Big Bill,”Get ready cuz these Texans ain’t ready for what’s getting ready to hit them.(not the term that I used) \u00a0 Our showmen and goats were better. \u00a0Watch!! \u00a0 I was right. \u00a0Bree was grand, Braden had a res. div. We showed 8 goats and had 7 in the top 2 of their classes. \u00a0The other was 4th. \u00a0Those kids won a couple of showmanship buckles. \u00a0 We came home with a pile of cash and buckles. \u00a0We went back for several years with very similar results. \u00a0Payout was wicked good.<\/p>\n
–2014\/2015 \u00a0show results \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Goats that I bought or raised had the following results–2014–res. grand at Tulsa, grand at Phoenix. \u00a02015–res. grand at Denver, grand doe & wether at Woodward District, bronze wether at OYE and res. grand at Kansas City. \u00a0I probably should have ran an ad after that stretch.<\/p>\n
–Woods County Fair in 2002– Barclay Holt, Jack Staats and I talking crap with Don Lenhart and Sonny Wagner about showing goats. \u00a0Who knew that Don and Sonny were the smart people in the discussion. \u00a0Those two old farts gave us Ag Teachers hell about the fact that the goats were coming. \u00a0What? \u00a0They were right.<\/p>\n
–The people that I have met.<\/p>\n
–All clean! \u00a0 At NO point in time, has one of the goats that I was dealing with, tested positive..for anything. \u00a0NEVER. \u00a0OYE, Tulsa, Denver, Phoenix, Kansas City, Lone Star Elite, \u00a0 name it\u2026..CLEAN. \u00a0And no dirty pool. \u00a0We just showed good stock. \u00a0I’m not a big name jock. But my kids are done showing—2000 through 2019. \u00a0Twenty show seasons with goats, sheep, heifers and chickens. \u00a0Not one time did my kid’s animals test positive for anything . \u00a0EVER! \u00a0 I am proud of this because others can’t claim this. \u00a0Their own kids were banned from…<\/p>\n
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