In this video, Pat shows how to swing the backhand. Also, he goes over three shots that initiate from the backhand swing...the Houlihan, the Backhand Heel Trap, and the Backwards Shot, and how to throw distance.
I’m an old fart in his late 60’s who loves Californio tradition. I have the spade horse training down but the reatta roping is still a challenge. You make this look so easy! I’m working my ass off trying to learn ranch roping. Thank u for your videos!!!!
I picked up roping when I was a kid from the local ranchers when they'd call my grandfather to come out. These videos remind me of the time being a googly eyed kid with a rope in my hand wanting to learn how these old timers were still swinging fancy loops. Unfortunately my roping mentor passed from cancer and all the old timers have since then passed. It is videos like these that bring me back those memories and now that I have kids, makes me want to teach. I always carry a foot rope with me when I have to do my National Guard Duty and plan to on my upcoming deployment. I appreciate your knowledge and look forward to seeing more videos of new ways to throw loops. Thank you!
Mr. Pat, you are a wealth of knowledge. You are correct on the number of young people interested in what you are teaching. There are some of us however, that were just born in the wrong part of the country. Without seeing this style of roping, you can never know that it exists. Team roping, to me, is more or less a cancer and the only kind of roping you will find in my part of the country. It spreads easily and ruins a bunch of great horses due to a lack of horsemanship and a clock. Thank you for taking your time to teach. I have been four years fighting with turnover loops or Johnnyblocker's and I hope that is coming up in your videos. I have watched numerous people do it and unfortunately I have picked up some wrong techniques. I will share your videos and do everything I can to grow your channel. A special thanks to Mrs. Deb too.
Hello, greenhand here, born and raised in the city moved to Wyoming to chase the cattle dream 4 years ago. Learn alot from your videos while I'm not on an outfit somewhere and stuck on campus, thank you so much.
Pat, thanks for sharing this information and passing on the traditions. This information might be lost if it wasn't for guys like you willing to share it.
Mr. Pat Puckett is a treasure! I am so happy I discovered him and Deb. I am overwhelmed by his knowledge, skill, and teaching ability. He isn't trying to show off, but takes the time to explain what he's doing. I am sharing everything I can with a small group of Louisiana Ranch Ropers.
I love the older style roping shots. I live on a small ranch, but work for several other ranches. I love workin cattle, and ranch roping. I use a lot of your roping shots. I study them and try them on the dummy then on cattle. I put it down to a science pretty much especially when adding coils. Thank you for teaching us.
1st generation 23 year old roper here. Mostly a hobby, I live in town and the ranchers I help dont do much with roping or horses. This here video greatly improved my houlihan. I love your very straightforward way of teaching and your videos have been indispensable for learning new shots and improving my techniques. Thanks, John
Such a great video!! I would love to hang out with this guy everyday, all day and just to learn probably a fraction of the years of knowledge this guy has!!
Mr. Puckett ......Sir, you are one heck of a 'teacher'. So easy to understand your instructions and you spend ample time demonstrating and emphasizing the important points. Good job Sir, you certainly know your stuff.
Mr pat thank you for your time. I spend a lot of time watching your videos.. a different look to what I have been taught here..(Rome Georgia) I train/shoe/rope but just enough to get by....I want to hear your whole life story.. How you started, your influences, and history of then and now.. Then I'd love to hear your wife's story also.. I know that's a bunch but my family would enjoy it... Thanks again sir
I really appreciate the verbal descriptions along with the demonstration.I just got started roping in my 50's and am trying to get beyond just the basic shots and your videos are super helpful.
I want to say THANK YOU Mr. Pat and Ms. Deb for taking your valuable time to make these videos! For years I’ve been teaching my wife and kids these same techniques and giving the same advise to the best of my abilities to my family and to others. I had been taught in my early years by Top Hands that paved the way and brought these tried and true techniques to people today. I came in one evening to find my wife and youngest daughter watching the video about saddles, saddling and saddle pads. I sat down to relax for a few before having supper. As Mr. Pat was explaining the pads and blankets and their position I noticed out of the corner of my eye. That Peggy ( my wife) would look at the TV than me. She paused the video and asked why Mr. Pat sounded like me, and if I had been watching your videos. I smiled and said,” no I didn’t know about these videos, and the reason we sound alike is because these are the Top Hands I learn from! I do watch your vids when time allows now, and Thank You again for sharing your knowledge! It is reassuring to know that there are still Buckaroos’ continuing to teach and share this Great Wealth of Knowledge! I apologize for such a lengthy read!
Thank you for this video. I’m one of those young people that was raised in the wrong place at the wrong time, but I am working hard to catch up and take my place in Ag and videos like this really help me learn and perfect my craft, so thank you again sir and God bless!
Deb.. I Honestly Love Your Way of cowbowing,hell how ever you spell it.. The way you wrope, the way you train you're awesome Feller I hope we don't lose this tradition
I am so glad he broke this down like this. I had a picture in my head of what I wanted my practice to look like (think the roping shot recap video ), and it was not coming together at all today. irl about the only thing I would have roped was the nut-bucket. Literally a bucket was my target and I got it one time. btw, the feature on settings with the custom slow-down slider, I don't know where that's been my whole life, but I can keep that deal on in the corner, and slide it fwd to find the shot, slide it back to see the shots in slo mo, and tap the screen 2x to replay it, and that is very interesting. For instance even in .3 speeds that hula delivery is whip fast and you can't see it! Even in slo mo he is gently swinging the rope and then magically the loop does what it is supposed to in the end (like that 2nd shot with the figure 8 heel trap.)
Pat, I'm 25 years old so millennial age. I grew up roping and ranching. This higher level of roping fascinates me. Very soon because of you I'm going to buy a much longer softer rope to learn these practical useful beautiful loops. I promise to teach my kids what I learn so that it won't die. You like geography as well? We are from northern Arizona Mogollon rim and little Colorado river basin. Heber Az is home.
Love the videos. We are on the other side of the country but we use a lot vaquero style roping. Wish there were people closer to learn from. I watch a lot of videos and read
Scott W Where do you live? I’m i East Tn. Left here when I was 17 punched cattle all over. Started colts and fillies for outfits everywhere. I’m back in Tn. I stand out due to being the only Vaquero/Buckaroo in this part of the country that I know of.
Thank you for the demonstration Mr. Puckett, I always figured when I watched people do backwards shots they were just for show. I am glad there is a practical application to it. The Houlihan shot has been a troublesome one for me, but I am going to get to work on it with this new information! I really appreciate the detail you take to explain all of these loops. You mentioned reading, are there any books/publications on the Californios that you could recommend to me? Thanks to you both, Mr. Pat and Mrs. Deb for sharing. I need all the help I can get with my roping and your videos have been great! By the way, I am a guy, but thank you very much anyways!
Mr. pat I am a 17 young man who loves to rope and always looking for new things to improve my shots. Now I don’t have the same ropes as you but try to preform the steps as you are. Do you have any suggestions
Pat, San Jose, Ca., very much enjoy your roping videos. ~8:25 you mentioned something about enjoying to read about "laying down 5 year old cattle". are there any books you would recommend to learn more about this type/style of roping? Many thanks, -Tom
Hi, I love your videos and have been using these shots on a ranch I’m out on now, I was wondering if you could cover some more back hand shots, it would be greatly appreciated, I’m from Oregon by the way
I’m in the editing phase of a roping DVD that will be ready in another month. It’s the first in a 3 part series. This one covers all the roping shots on the dummy. Watch for the trailer when the DVD is available. All the back hand shots will be covered in that DVD. Meanwhile, there are a couple more videos on our channel that cover the backhand swing and the contra viento.
A young guy here 21 from Michigan. You mentioned tailing cattle down and that surprises me bc I've only ever tailed if I threw bad loops. I've seen where guys doctoring by themselves will hesd one check it down at their slack above the hocks and get them to step over it with the fronts to head and heel them down by themselves. Have you ever used that style? Also really appreciate the roping videos I was having some trouble with a turnover hip shot and then the backhand throw houlihan delivery hip shot as well. Appreciate the information on both
Thanks for your question. We call the one man method you describe as “circling up” and Pat has done it a lot. It’s generally something he uses on bigger cattle. The big difference in the way Pat does it and the way that you most often see on RU-vid is that he takes a minimum of 2 and preferably 3 circuits around the cow. The other big tip is that on the last circuit, he rides at a 45 degree angle behind the cow. You don’t pull straight back in line with the spine. If done correctly, there is zero pressure on the cow’s neck and all the pressure on the hind legs. We’re about to release a roping dvd. The first in the series is on the roping shots. The next one which won’t be released until next year will be on 1, 2, and 3 man doctoring. So stay tuned!
@@PatnDebPuckett well that makes sense! I've seen it done on small cattle a lot to and personally like it when they're to flighty to heel or my step through loop doesnt gonas planned
Hey I was wondering about sneak shots it's about to get hot out here do you have any suggestions on sneak shots so I don't have to run our horses and cattle as much?
I don’t know how sneaky it is but one way is to fall in behind a group of cattle with your sick one in the bunch. Put three coils with your loop and throw a flank shot from a distance. The last thing you want to do is rope sick cattle around the neck in the heat. Another one is to throw a big dead loop over the head, let the critter walk through it and take two feet. You can also drive the cattle up a hill and rope your sick one when they turn around and come back down. If you have them in a corner, you can throw a piedra which is a shot where you don’t swing your rope. But that shot works best on the head which would be your last resort. Bottom line is you can’t be in a hurry when it’s hot and you’re trying to doctor something.
@@PatnDebPuckett Thanks. I will order several. Is this one in the video nylon with a right of left twist? Or is it braided nylon? King's has those two categories of nylon rope.
I too share your way of thinking. Also in those ranch roping competitions, more effort should be put toward the horsemanship. Seen lots of good throws, but the horsemanship and stockmanship wasn't there.
