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Hodges Fine Art
PO Box 975
122 McLeod Street
Big Timber, MT 59011
406-932-6834
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Call us about longhorn skulls we have available in a variety of sizes and prices.
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We have been raising registered Texas Longhorn cattle since 1979, as a sideline. Our herd is very small, usually around 20 head of brood cows. The bloodlines we have settled on are predominantly Butler, with a lot of Bold Ruler influence. Our cattle are bred very close, as we feel that this will throw more consistent genetics, especially on an out cross. We don’t want to raise bulls that throw a mixed lot of calves.
 This is a hardy herd, gentle, and well mannered. They are not pets, however. We have a zero tolerance policy for fence crawlers, mean cows, or non-breeders. They are a healthy herd, without a lot of unnecessary medications and vaccinations. The heifer calves are all Bangs vaccinated. Our first priority is a maintenance free cow that raises a good calf every year. Horn size next, with color in the back seat.
We sell bull, heifer, and steer calves as available. Only three or four of the best bull calves and the best heifer calves are kept each year for sale as breeding stock. Our cows all can be for sale, each at a different price. We don’t hide the best ones in another pasture.
Sometimes we offer great older bulls for sale. Steers are sold to people interested in seeing a large set of horns and a beautiful hide. They really are a spectacular animal!
If you are interested in purchasing Texas Longhorns, see our Longhorns For Sale below. For details and pricing information, contact Dave Hodges.
| We have recently sold Trail Dust 40 |
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This is Trail Dust 40 as a three year old. Horn length is 68.5", measured on November 6, 2007. All of our 2006, 2007 and many of our upcoming 2008 calves are sired by Trail Dust 40. His pedigree holds the top names in the breed, including such bulls as Roundup, Chuckwagon and Bold Ruler; and cows such as Tari Graves with horns measuring 75". |
Sire: Hunts Command Respect, 5-time winner of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association Horn Showcase, the official horn measurement competition in Fort Worth, TX. He won his class in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, 2007 as a 3, 4, 5, 6 and now 7 year old, with an official horn length of 75 3/8" tip to tip.
Dam: Saw Dust 23, sired by Chuckwagon. As a three year old, she came in third in her class at the 2005 Horn Showcase competition in Fort Worth, TX, with an official horn measurement of 66 3/4" tip to tip. She measured well into the 70's", fall 2007.
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| We used a yearling son of Trail Dust named Hickock (shown above, forefront), out of our cow Snorty, on some young cows and are anxious to see how he develops. |
Hickock as a baby calf with his mother, Snorty. |
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| We would now like to introduce you to Image Maker. We feel he will out-cross extremely well with Trail Dust's daughters. Image Maker's sire is the over 70" T2T, Shadowizm. His dam, Tammy Fay, is an outstanding cow, and has been a great producer. Her 2003 daughter sold at the 2006 Summer Horn Showcase sale for $11,500. We will keep you posted on Image Maker's upcoming progress. |
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| Texas Longhorns For Sale At The Hodges Ranch |
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For Sale
2007 Bull Calf #73
- D.O.B. 5/26/07
- Sire: Trail Dust
- Dam: Sagebrush
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For Sale
2007 Bull Calf #74
- D.O.B. 4/20/07
- Sire: Trail Dust
- Dam: Buttercup
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We are running out of room!
We have to move some cattle and decided to share three of our great cows with someone else (Hatch's Candy, Darla and Snorty). This is a tremendous genetic core to introduce into any herd, startup or long term. These are the kind of cows that will help you meet your herd goals. We have 5 generations originating from Candy, on the ground at this time, and know from experience that these cows will do the same terrific job for you. Where else can you find 3 cows available that are so closely related?
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For Sale
Hatch’s Candy
Candy is one great older cow, she is 17 years young and just had her 16th calf for us. dob 6/12/91. She is a granddaughter of Bold Ruler on the top, Colorado Cowboy on the bottom with over 60” horns, even after breaking off a tip a few years back. She is being bred back to a son of Trail Dust out of Snorty, his name is Hickock. Her half sister is Hatch’s Candy Cane recently selling for over $150,000 at auction. She had another top bull calf this year sired by Trail Dust. She is being exposed to her Grandson, Hickock out of her daughter Snorty.
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For Sale
Darla
Darla is a 10 year old daughter of Candy. dob 03/08/1998. Sired by Bold Bell, a grandson of Bold Ruler, she is double bred Suspender. Her horns measure 63” ttt. This cow produces good sized cattle with a lot of horn. We have 2 young cows out of her one had 52” horns at 26 months, and her full sister had 57” horns at 3 years, both sired by Hornet, a bull we raised. She had a bull calf this year sired by Trail Dust that could be a national contender. She is being exposed the Hickock, a son of her half sister Snorty.
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Snorty
Snorty is an 9 year old daughter of Candy sired by another Grandson of Bold Ruler. dob 03/15/1999. She also has 63” horns. She is the mother of Hickock, a bull we are using for the second year. She is being exposed to our new bull Image Maker, sired by Shadowizm, a bull with over 70” horn span.
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Certificate of Registration
for Cactus 11 (pdf)
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For Sale
Cactus 11
Cactus is a large cow, born in 2001. She is out of our heavy horned cow, Mirlo, and has the same huge based horns that go high, measuring 53” tip to tip at last measurement, November 2007. She goes back to Bold Ruler top and bottom through Suspender, son of Bold Ruler. We kept the past two heifer calves out of this cow, both sired by Trail Dust, and they have huge horns and great conformation, one is a speckled red roan, the other is parker brown. She is bred to Trail Dust again for the third time.
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| Meet some of our Dams At The Hodges Ranch |
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"Snorty"
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"Mirlo"
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"Hatch's Candy"
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If you would like to own a future trophy steer, contact Dave Hodges. |
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