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The second annual Ultimate Stockmanship Challenge, held near Stavely, AB drew more than 20 ranchers to learn more about proper cattle handling techniques.

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Second annual Stockmanship Challenge teaches low-stress handling techniques

By Heather Smith Thomas October 4, 2023

After a successful event hosted last year by Malcolm and Jenny MacLean at the Pincher Creek Rodeo Grounds in southern Alberta, the second annual Ultimate Stockmanship Challenge was held in mid-July at the Silver Slate indoor arena near Stavely. The event involved a three-day stockmanship school to introduce people to the low-stress livestock handling methods […] Read more

The judges and winner of the first ever Stockmanship Challenge, from
left, judge Paul Kernaleguen, rancher Wolter Van der Kamp who won the
competition, judges Whit Hibbard and Dawn Hnatow, and event
organizer Malcolm MacLean.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Low-stress handling techniques put to the test

Competition required competitors to apply many of the principles developed by Bud Williams

By Heather Smith Thomas October 31, 2022

A ranch manager from near Longview Alberta took home the hardware earlier this year at the first-ever Ultimate Stockmanship Challenge held at the Pincher Creek Rodeo grounds in southern Alberta Wolter Van der Kamp, who has worked with livestock in various capacities over his career, won the top two classes of the competition designed to […] Read more

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