10 Best Bulls of All Time

[RodeoGuide]

Hello Everyone,

This is my first post here, so I thought I'd jump right in.

I'm a freelance writer, former rodeo cowboy who runs the About.com site on rodeo. I'm working on a piece about bucking bulls and I wanted to get a consensus from the rodeo/bull riding community on who you think the 10 ten best bulls of all time are.

I'm not going to delineate between PRCA and PBR and want to throw it open to all time periods.

Things I'm focusing on are ability (of course), style (is the bull unique, etc.), and legacy (have offspring been just as dominant).

So, 8 Second Addiction members, who are the top 10 bulls?

Oh and I'm going to already throw out Bodacious, which seems an obvious nomination...

Also, forum question, should I repost this in the PRCA section?

[jamiesjustapbrfan]

I think Little Yellow Jacket should be in there....He's the only bull to win Bucking Bull of the Year three years in a row. He was rank yet honest and he's got some pretty good looking sons coming up too.

Just to throw out some names of bulls that I think are greats:

Hotel California - an orphan that was only ridden ONCE in his whole career.

Blueberry Wine - The little engine that could....If you could ride him you were gonna get some pretty big numbers...I believe the one of the Carrillo brothers put 96 big ones on him.

Kid Rock - Class.....a "gentleman" so to speak....Honest

Mossy Oak Mudslinger - A classy "gentleman"....Honest if you didn't stub your toe you got pretty decent points on him.

Cripple Creek's Promiseland
Red Wolf
Don Kish's Cash
Skat Kat
Wolfman
Hollywood
Panhandle Slim
Houdini

There are so many I think it's gonna be tough to nail it down to 10.

[mlm18]

I'd have to aggree with all the bulls jamiesjustapbrfan mentioned, maybe add Big Bucks? Though his career isn't over and a lot could still happen. I would like to mention though, that Hotel California was ridden twice on the BFTS, first by Adriano Moraes and second, about a week or two before he died, by Justin McBride.

[chrisshiversluver]

first let me say welcome to the board!

i would like to add a few that are real veterans at the sport:
-Pandora's Box
-High Tide
-Dillinger

and some new talent that rank up there against the veterans:
-Scene of the Crash
-Smokeless Wardance
-Here's Your Sign- Has been Incredibly rank this past year, hes gonna get better and better

...there are so many great ones its hard to narrow them down but i believe those a great additions to the list

[cowboyup1991]

I know that it is a few more than 10 bull all of these bulls were great
Wolfman
Mr. T
Cash
Red Rock
Tahonta
Dillinger
The original Red One
Playboy
Gunslinger
Mossy Oak Mudslinger
Blenderhead
Red Wolf
Unforgiven
Super Cool
PromiseLand
Jack Daniels Happy Hour
Rapid Fire
And for just good bulls you would have to put Del Rio on that list

[csb]

Cowtown
DH105
Oscar
Pacific Bell
Mr. T
Gunslinger
Red Wolf
Blueberry Wine
Tahonta
Tuff E Nuff
Durango
Mossy Oak Mudslinger

Theres more than 10 there, its hard to name just 10.

[jamiesjustapbrfan]

I apologize for giving misinformation. Shoulda double checked. But to go as long as he did without being ridden was pretty dang good if you ask me. I can't believe I forgot Jack Daniels Happy Hour! Wasn't Paulo the first and the last rider to ride him?

Have fun trying to nail this list down to just 10! When you get your article done you should post the link so that we can read it and give you some feedback. Just an idea.

[cowboyup1991]

Just thought of some more
Strawberry Wine
Tony Lama Boots

[cowgirl4life30]

Wow.. can't believe some good ones haven't been named. There are a lot of great current bulls but when I think of ALL TIME... I think bulls who were around for a while and were proven to be rank over time. Current great bulls haven't been around long enough to fit into my all time bulls (meaning have been bucked on tour 3-4 years and still bucking and even got better)... so here goes...

Bodacious
PROMISE LAND
Locomotive Breath
Panhandle Slim
Red Wolf
Moody Blues
Blueberry Wine
Little Yellow Jacket
Dillenger
Perfect Storm

Honorable mentioned (There's a lot)
Trick or treat
Jim Jam
Coyote Ugly (Herrington)
Rooster
Mudslinger
Clayton's Pet
Crossfire Hurricane
Cripple Creek Slick Willy
Bo Howdy
Western Wishes
Kidd Rock
Hotel California
Tahonta

[RodeoGuide]

Thanks for all the great responses....

I'll definitely post the link when the article is done!

[NoGeeksPls]

1. BLUEBERRY WINE
I do not believe there is a bull with a better buck off percentage for that amount of outs

2. DILLINGER

3. BODACIOUS

4. RED WOLF

5. PROMISELAND

6. CASH

7. JACK DANIELS HAPPY HOUR

8. COYOTE UGLY

9. MILLENIUM

10. MOODY BLUES

[BamaLorne]

CSB put together a very nice list.

A few more to mention:
Dogface -- Exciting Bull that could be one RANK Dude
Grasshopper -- Just Bucked and was a good producer (JDHH)
Playboy -- Another exciting bull and good producer
Rampage -- Just a Rank Bull. No one wanted to get on this bull
VooDoo -- Lost at an early age but he was a Rank Dude
Rooster -- Probably the most under rated bull of all time in the PBR.

[georgiapbrfan]

You have to have Bodacious in a top 10 of all time. That should be a law!
I agree with little yellow jacket and Blueberry wine too!
And I forgot about Jack Daniels Happy Hour and Rampage, really good bulls too!

Top 10 for a year is easier than top 10 of all time!

[TexasRider9]

Theres so many bulls it would be impossible to name 10 and not leave some great ones out. In recent years the rankest bull I've seen has been Tahonta. Before he got injured he was just in another league.

[Reride]

Blueberry Wine
Bodacious - evil though he was
LYJ

and lots of others.