Buffalo whisperer RC Bridges at home with his bison in Texas (Video)

RC Bridges, nicknamed ‘The Buffalo Whisperer’ and his wife Sherron, share their Texas home with two enormous bison – 2,400 pound ‘Wildthing’ and recent 900-pound arrival ‘Bullet’.

RC Bridges has done many things in his life. He dropped out of school at an early age. RC did not let being young stop him.

As a boy, he got his 1st job at the Mesquite Rodeo. Owners Neal Gay and Jim Shoulders sent him to the Andersons S&J Ranch in Plano to get some experience. RC with his eagerness to learn, absorbed all the skills needed to be a cowboy.

RC has done just about everything, from being a rodeo clown, to bull riding, to saddle bronc riding, to training horses. RC has taken all the knocks that came with it. He has broken most of his bones, had his teeth kicked in and his neck has been broken twice.

Later on RC worked for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, where he patrolled the Texas waters in the Gulf of Mexico from Sabine Pass to Port O’Conner. Then he moved on to become a horseshoeing instructor at 3 different colleges. He has spread his wisdom by giving clinics all over the world including Germany and Holland. As a competitor, RC has won two World Championships for cutting in the American Buckskin Association.

RC started using buffalo for cutting in Area Championships. This idea caught on and in 1996 RC hosted the worlds first ever “Buffalo Cutting Contest” at the Horseman’s Club in Greenville. Doug Jordan of Lone Oak, took home the prize. RC didn’t enter this event because he believes a man should not enter his own contest.