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Who’s a Pretty Boy Then? The Story Behind Mickey Bulls

12 Mar, 2026

Image by Cassandra Clark - caught up at Kendall River Station in Cape York, QLD in 2018 - btw he was ear tagged and horn tipped in the truck after he was caught! Who's a pretty boy then? If you've been front and centre with a Mickey Bull like this fella above - you know there's a solid yard railing between you and him. I've heard many a war story of 'Mickey' encounters either in the yards, on a bike or on horseback - mostly close...

In the Yards with a Mickey Bull!

01 Dec, 2025

This sequence of shots by Jane Taylor were taken on Wandagee Station in the upper Gascoyne region of WA in late October, 2022... Jane describes the scene... "He's a cleanskin (and an impressive one at that) who had evaded us the last couple of musters, though he had been recently spotted on mill runs so we were hoping this would be the day we got him! It was only a small muster, maybe 150 animals. The chopper managed to find...