BIM vs. Walks Alone...

Opinions please...
We have a Sunseeker/Meyer cow that we want to bread to one of these bulls.  This will be her 4th calf.  Which would all of you recommend? We are looking for good structure...

Depends I think Bim has a smoother shoulder than wa but wa is more rugged and powerful, and Bim will downsize just a little more      JMO

how odd that 2 crossed up, clubby.. full brothers-- breed so differently.

Seen many purebred angus, hereford, char & simmie full brothers breed real different.

sjd said:

Seen many purebred angus, hereford, char & simmie full brothers breed real different.

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ditto

Back to the topic please.....anymore help will be appreciated

iowabeef said:

Back to the topic please.....anymore help will be appreciated

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The BIM's must be really good ,Traush's semen rep is taking pics of them for Roger's blog!

BIM tends to make them smoother and better shouldered, Walks make them STOUT.  on a sunseeker i would tend to lean to BIM.  Walks is recommended on smooth shouldered maternal type cows.

in my opinion, i would go with walks alone because we all know what his calves are going to turn out to be like. even though BIM is a great bull, hasn't quite got my vote yet.

mooch said:

iowabeef said:

Back to the topic please.....anymore help will be appreciated

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The BIM's must be really good ,Traush's semen rep is taking pics of them for Roger's blog!

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LOL....I saw that also.  Very interesting. 

Chap said:

BIM tends to make them smoother and better shouldered, Walks make them STOUT.  on a sunseeker i would tend to lean to BIM.  Walks is recommended on smooth shouldered maternal type cows.

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this is very good info. Sunseeker can put a tick more shoulder at times. I have never seen BIM at stud, but Walks Alone is by no means fine made on either end.

I am a big walks alone fan, but if the cow is th free I would go Monopoly. My experience with sun seeker females is that they can be stout but need some guts and ribs, which monopoly will give.

Believe In Me calves look pretty good! I would use him before Walks Alone. The Walks Alone calves I have seen tend to be high in their flank and have some structure issues.