Fathers work with sons as pickup men in the rodeo world Often dads hand down their way of living to their sons, with careers ...

Each time the bucking chute gate opens during the 18-day San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, all eyes in the arena will be on the young cowpoke fighting to stay aboard a bucking bronc or pitching bull.

Rodeo pickup men may not have their name in lights or be the ones the crowd came to see, but alongside their horses, they are some of the most talented and well-respected cowboys at the rodeo. Pickup ...

Shawn Calhoun's career as a pickup man started in 2001, and he started riding in the Dixie National Rodeo in 2008.

Kyle Charley found himself where no cowboy wants to be – thrown over the side of a bucking horse with one hand stuck in the rigging. The bareback bronc rider went into the arena Jan. 22 feeling good ...

Salinas >> They are the insurance rodeo cowboys need to ensure that they leave the arena safely. They are the pick-up men — expert horsemen and ropers who keep hard-bucking bulls and horses away from ...