To properly demonstrate the figure 8, the cow needs to be running. But we’ll try to set it up so it makes sense on a roping dummy in a future video.

Good rawhide hondos are getting harder to find. We’ll try it find some when we go to Baja in August...

You are overthinking. You will not uncoil a rope whether swinging it one way or another with either hand. The correct twist just helps you to not put a twist in your loop as you swing.

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Is that a trick question?

Switch ends.

The notch in our roping dummy gives a visual which is important when you practice. When you build your roping dummy, make the legs a little further apart than ours. It will be more realistic. Pat built that one to travel with so it needed to fit in a certain slot on our flatbed.

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You need to counter twist it. If you don’t get it just undo the whole thing. I’m sure by now you figure it out.

It takes a really special horse to work and rope sheep. Many ranch horses find them terrifying. I don’t know that I’d recommend roping sheep if you’re a beginner. For a ranch horse, I generally recommend a gelding but one of our best bridle horses is a mare so it’s best to keep an open mind. We don’t use gaited horses for a number of reasons. Mostly because they aren’t typically fast enough when you need to get going and they aren’t comfortable to us. Again, it’s best to keep an open mind and find a gentle horse that is good for you. Quarter horses are the norm in the ranch world but some of the modern quarter horses wouldn’t hold up to a hard days work and they are built down hill which is counterproductive to collection which is important to us. Possibly the most important bit of advice I can give you if you want to ride your horse among your sheep is to avoid a gray horse. Lambs see a gray horse and often run up underneath the horse’s belly. Having a large number of lambs running underneath your horse will test even the most reliable and gentle horse. As a beginner, you should find someone in your area whose horsemanship you admire and try to learn from them. Good luck!

Deb Puckett I will defenetly use your advice thank you so much for replying back and I will keep watching your vids to learn as much as I can thanks 👍

Nylon.

@@PatnDebPuckett Thank you Deb! I really enjoy your videos, they are so informative and helpful!

Not really. You could try putting the honda on the other end and see if you can get some use out of it. If it’s a poly rope, they are now made with little bits of metal worked into the strands which get bent causing the rope to kink. A question back to you is to determine whether or not the rope has an actual kink or bend in it or if it kinks up after you swing it. If it’s not the rope, you might have a problem with your swing...usually too much wrist and not enough shoulder.

Deb Puckett yes, it is a poly. The rope was given to me by someone who used it like a team rope instead of a ranch rope. That might be part of the issue. Thanks for your reply!

And yes, it has lots of bends

That’s the reason we don’t use polys any more. Nylon ropes have their own set of problems but they don’t kink. If you live where there’s mud, it’s a hard choice because nylons don’t do well there. So there you have it. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help.

Deb Puckett no problem! Thank you! Sorry to add more questions but, do you know of any good sources to learn more rope shots? (Preferably free sites)I have been working on these and have got most of them but I’m also looking for more basic shots. Thank you again!