# Bucking Bulls **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 15, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucking-bulls/50222 "2001-01-15T22:08:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flynnstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ebca7d/32.png) [@flynnstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flynnstone)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucking-bulls/50222/1 "2001-01-15T22:08:24Z")
In rodeos, more specifically bullriding, how do they make the bulls buck so violently? I’ve heard that they use shockers but I’m not sure if that’s true or not. ---
**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucking-bulls/50222/2 "2001-01-15T22:22:13Z")
Speculation from a city slicker: I was told they tie the animal’s “nut” (with a rope or rubber band I guess); this puts the bull or bronco in a sour mood and makes him buck in an attempt to loosen the offending “constriction.” ---
**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucking-bulls/50222/3 "2001-01-15T22:24:19Z")
Akk. His “nuts” not “nut”! By which I mean, of course, his scrotum/penis. ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bucking-bulls/50222/4 "2001-01-16T01:56:35Z")
Yup. Tie a rope around his balls, with the knot on top of his back. When you see the guy pull the rope end as the bull heads out of the arena, he’s untying that knot.