{"id":676,"date":"2011-06-19T17:21:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T06:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesentimentalbloke.com\/?p=676"},"modified":"2011-06-19T17:21:08","modified_gmt":"2011-06-19T06:51:08","slug":"action-a-plenty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/2011\/06\/action-a-plenty\/","title":{"rendered":"Action A Plenty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-677\" title=\"Australian Bronco Branding Titles\" src=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bronco Branding. The action is fast and furious once a young beast has been roped.<\/p>\n<p>This plan is to bring it to a thick steel frame, universal around cattle stations in Australia, at the same time putting a noose around one of its front and back legs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-678\" title=\"Australian Bronco Branding Titles\" src=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-2-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The plan doesn&#8217;t always work and that&#8217;s when things get a bit chaotic.<\/p>\n<p>The ground team has to use the leg ropes to bring the animal to the ground where it is given an ear tag and branded.<\/p>\n<p>Of course the young heifer or steer isn&#8217;t too cooperative about all this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-679\" title=\"Australian Bronco Branding Titles\" src=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-3-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the rough and tumble part of the competition but the roping requires a bit of finesse and a lot of accuracy. The success of this initial part of bronco branding can often determine the winners and losers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-680\" title=\"Australian Bronco Branding Titles\" src=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-4-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And if you thought this was just a a bit of fun for the boys&#8230;think again, there were plenty of girls in the thick of the action too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-681\" title=\"Australian Bronco Branding Titles\" src=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Action-5-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In fact the winning team down from Queensland were a mixed doubles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bronco Branding. 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