“Last week, we trotted out early to gather our bulls and march them down to the southernmost pasture on the ranch where they will patiently endure the final few weeks before what I can only assume is their favorite two months of the year: breeding season. Massive, yet gentle. Tender one moment, quarrelsome the next. The Beefmaster bull is a symbol of strength and resilience in a herd that is built for production, endurance, and efficiency. Marching our bulls down south, and later back north to be turned out to breed, is something of a ritual, punctuating the rhythm of the cattle work year as summer comes and goes. The breeding season is bounded on either end by this habitual migration, when the bulls return from the isolation of winter to once again catch the scent of cycling cows carried by the wind.” An excerpt from “Beefmasters: The Bull” written by Brandon Sickel for the #RanchlandsReview. Photos and videos from this year’s breeding season bull migration on the Paintrock, MP, and FP ranches.