12 TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR TEAM

Jake Barnes’ Important Keys to Handling Cattle

Handling steers is critical to a team’s success, and it’s not the sole responsibility of the header. If a heeler helps a header out, it’ll pay off when it’s time to throw his rope. You need to communicate with your partner. If a steer goes hard to the right, your heeler needs to haze him. If a steer goes hard to the left, your heeler needs to back off. Point 1. Handling cattle is an art. A big part of your success in handling a steer is predetermined by three things: The kind of horse you’re riding, the steer you’ve drawn and the pattern your heeler makes the steer run. All three factors are in my favor here, thanks in part to my heeler, (threetime world champion team roper) Allen Bach. Point…

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The Team Roping Journal (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2022

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