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KDK Longhorns

Janet Harman & Kent Mayes
Llano, TX

www.kdklonghorns.com

We are newbies to breeding and raising Texas Longhorn cattle. After several years of trying to develop a quality program on our own, we realized that the learning curve is too steep, the vital information required too hard to obtain, and the trial & error process too time consuming. We needed to find a consultant with decades of pedigree knowledge, years of experience, and the skill set to move our herd to the next level. Eastwind Cattle Company was the obvious choice!

Kent and Janet live in downtown Austin, Texas and have a beautiful ranch in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, ten miles southwest of Llano. They are both “city slickers” - Kent grew up in Houston Texas and attended University of Texas. Janet was born and raised in the Boston area and attended Cornell University. Little did they know growing up that they would meet later in life, fall in love, get married, have a blended family of two son and two daughters, and start breeding Texas Longhorn cattle! Kent retired from a long career in the fitness world running gyms, training triathletes, and doing personal training. Janet spent years working as an electrical engineer, raising children, and volunteering in the Austin community. Now they spend most of their time at their ranch.

Our ranch started as a recreational retreat for friends and family. While visitors thoroughly enjoyed hiking, ATVing, fishing, hunting, and biking, we continued to look for additional activities. When our neighbor acquired several Texas Longhorns from a friend during the prolonged Texas drought in 2011, we jumped at the chance to own of couple of these beautiful, majestic, curious, and historic creatures. Our first steer was a gentle giant we named Goliath, who we could hand feed and pose with for photos. Guests loved trying to locate the several Longhorns on a few hundred acres. Once we discovered how low maintenance, healthy, and interesting these cattle are, we just had to have more! In 2013, we started purchasing registered Longhorns from several Central Texas breeders. It did not take long to learn there is a big difference between powerhouse genetics and average genetics. This realization, coupled with Janet’s math and statistics background, inspired us to study pedigrees/measurements/sale prices and launch our quest to become quality Longhorn breeders. Our goal is to raise fine examples of “total package” cattle with great conformation, long horns, balanced horn set and body size, and gentle demeanors. We have progressed from no trailer, no working pens, and one pasture with 1900 era barbed wire handmade fencing to seven pastures, two sets of excellent working pens, and lots of useful equipment. We have come a long way from trying to round up our first bull calf via ATV (which does not work well, by the way…) to learning how to move cattle with cattle cubes and controlling water sources. We have transitioned from leasing a bull to owning a single bull to having several bulls and making extensive use of AI to take our herd quickly to the next level and take advantage of longtime experts in the breed. We are currently using semen from Dickinson Cattle’s Cowboy Tuff son Reckon So, TCC Houdini, and two Cowboy Casanova sons: CV Call of Duty and Casanova’s Magnum. We have favored Jamakizm and Cowboy Chex genes in developing our herd. Our plan is progressing extremely well - our main herd sire KDK Valiant (a mix of Drag Iron and Cowboy Casanova lines) is 73” TTT at 2.5 years, tracking to be 87” TTT at maturity! We have lots of promising, colorful, well-built heifer calves and young cows.

One of our favorite aspects of being Longhorn breeders is the wonderful people we have met and continue to meet at various Longhorn events, futurities, and sales. Everyone has been so welcoming, friendly, and eager to share their expertise with us. We love learning and enjoy improving our herd. Hiring Bear is the next step in our journey towards becoming a noted and respected longhorn breeder!
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KDK Longhorns' Bulls
KDK BRUNELLO
KDK LEONARDO
KDK GRYFFINDOR
KDK LIGHT THE INFERNO
KDK RAFAEL
KDK WILDFIRE

KDK Longhorns' Cows
DC CASANOVA'S LADY
  • DC CASANOVA'S LADY
  • DOB: 1/17/2013
  • CV COWBOY CASANOVA x R II LADY IN RED
  • For Sale - $20,000
  • Heck of a producer for being a young cow. Her first calf is none other than the big time prospect, KDK Valiant. She's got it all, the brindle color, marketable pedigree, and production. What more could you want?
  • TTT: 87.0000 on 03/01/2023
K9 SHILLY SHALLY SHADOW
  • K9 SHILLY SHALLY SHADOW
  • DOB: 2/3/2012
  • PCC EVADER x Shadow Honey
  • For Sale - $2,000
  • One of KDK's best producers. Look at her 2016 heifer calf. She's been exposed to KDK Valiant, a great up and coming young prospect. Can't wait to see what she does with her next calf.
  • TTT: 79.2500 on 11/19/2021
KDK CHARRO’S COWGIRL
KDK FLAG'S FRANCESCA
  • KDK FLAG'S FRANCESCA
  • DOB: 12/18/2015
  • RM Checkered Flag x DANIELLE KRISTI LEIGH
  • How do you like a half sister to the $360,000 record breaking cow? Bottom side you get a daughter of one of the first 80" bulls. Being exposed for her first time for a spring 2018 calf.
  • TTT: 67.0000 on 08/19/2019
KDK GALLOPING GOOSE
  • KDK GALLOPING GOOSE
  • DOB: 10/18/2016
  • RR VARGUS x SHR WOW'S FREEDOM QUEEN
  • Another great Vargus daughter with Drag Iron and Wind Chime BL. Bottom side you have an own daughter of the Brush Country Queen the Stotts did so well with. Over 30"ttt @ 12 months.
  • TTT: 73.5000 on 01/08/2023
KDK VALIANT'S TIRAMISU
  • KDK VALIANT'S TIRAMISU
  • DOB: 3/23/2017
  • KDK VALIANT x KDK WOW'S WINIFRED
  • One of the oldest Valiant heifers. Valiant is a son of RR Vargus (Drag Iron x Wind Chime BL) and out of a Cowboy Casanova x RII Lady in Red who's a big over 85" brindle cow. The bottom side gives you SHR Wow and a big horned Temptations the Ace daughter. She's young, she's correct, and she's fancy.
  • TTT: 61.2500 on 02/25/2020
KDK VARGUS' LIMONCELLO
  • KDK VARGUS' LIMONCELLO
  • DOB: 9/9/2017
  • RR VARGUS x DIAMONIQUE BCB
  • Another great Vargus (Drag Iron x Wind Chime BL) calf. On the bottom side you have some Butler mix with a Bolen brand. This little heifer is built right and really coloring up nicely. She should make some a great little heifer.
  • TTT: 81.6250 on 10/19/2022
KDK VARGUS' VICTORIA
  • KDK VARGUS' VICTORIA
  • DOB: 4/19/2015
  • RR VARGUS x DC POCO KNUT
  • Here's what KDK has been working towards. Stacking marketable pedigrees that are working. This heifer has it all. Look at her body, look at her horn set. She should mature into the 80s. She's raising a great little bull calf born in the fall of 2017 as well.
  • TTT: 70.0000 on 11/27/2020
M ARROW COPPER PENNY
RANGER'S ANNIE 534
CR MARLENE
DANIELLE KRISTI LEIGH
  • DANIELLE KRISTI LEIGH
  • DOB: 8/19/2005
  • TEMPTATION'S THE ACE x DANIELLE TORO
  • Lots of horn on this Temptations the Ace daughter. Bottom side you have the help of Overwhelming Toro, probably the most under promoted bull in his life for what he produce. She's been AI'd and then turned out with a great clean up bull. Either way it should be a nice little calf.
  • TTT: 75.5000 on 04/13/2020
DC ACE DROP
  • DC ACE DROP
  • DOB: 8/15/2013
  • HELM'S ACE x PACIFIC SNOWDROP
  • The power of Helms Ace with Temptations the Ace and Wiregrass Laura. Laura has produced two 90" daughters. The bottom side you have and 83"ttt daughter of 88" Top Caliber. She's bred to an awesome young bull.
  • TTT: 82.6250 on 08/26/2020
DC ANNIE OAKLEY
DC POCO KNUT
  • DC POCO KNUT
  • DOB: 1/28/2013
  • COWBOY CHEX x COCO KNUT 550
  • For Sale - $8,000
  • Look at the amount of horn on this female. She's bred to a great young bull who should throw some horn down. Her dam is a big pretty feminine cow that's been sold for a bunch of money. This cow is going to have more horn, but has the same look.
  • TTT: 78.0000 on 01/24/2020
DIAMONIQUE BCB
  • DIAMONIQUE BCB
  • DOB: 4/13/2002
  • Little Ace Lobo x ELLIE'S DIAMOND
  • For Sale - $2,700
  • Nicely built straight Butler who's produced her great traditional Butler horn set. She's bred to KDK Valiant, a great young up and coming herd sire at KDK Longhorns.
  • TTT: 73.6250 on 01/02/2018
HL STARDUST'S PRINCESS
  • HL STARDUST'S PRINCESS
  • DOB: 10/15/2014
  • SHENANDOAH WARRIOR x RM Starlady PAT 739
  • For Sale - $6,100
  • Is milking important to you? Check out the great bag on this young gal. Exposed to a great young bull to go along with her milking. Pedigree wise her sire is a son of the multiple year total horn champion, Wyoming Warpaint. On the bottom side her dam is a half sister to the $100,000 Touchdown daughter.
  • TTT: 76.5000 on 04/22/2022
KASHMIR STAR
  • KASHMIR STAR
  • DOB: 2/2/2013
  • STARBASE COMMANDER x ZD TOMMIES XP LIMESTONE
  • For Sale - $1,200
  • This is a beautiful tri colored female at a great price who's a half sister to the Kinetic Motion of Stars that's closing in on 100"ttt. This is a very fertile cow, calving on time since she was 2.
  • TTT: 59.7500 on 04/13/2020
KDK Brook's Oreo
KDK COZMO'S NELLIE
  • KDK COZMO'S NELLIE
  • DOB: 12/31/2016
  • COZMOLOGY x STOCKTON'S FINEST
  • Do you like twist? Look at this pedigree. Tempter, the crazy Cozy Chill cow, Overhead, and Stockton's Finest. This heifer will have it and priced right.
  • TTT: 68.4375 on 12/28/2021
KDK MAGNUM'S MOZZARELLA
KDK RURAL'S CHIANTI
  • KDK RURAL'S CHIANTI
  • DOB: 8/7/2017
  • JH RURALLY SCREWED x DC CASANOVA'S LADY
  • For Sale - $1,000
  • This will be one fancy female. Sired by the Rio x Lady Monika BL who was over 70"ttt @ 24 months. Rurally Screwed is also a half brother to the 2018 Ultimate Cow, BL Monika. On the bottom side you have a daughter of the $100,000 Cowboy Casanova out of an 85"ttt brindle twist cow. This heifer is already brindling. She should be awesome to watch grow up.
  • TTT: 43.5000 on 07/28/2019
KDK RURAL'S FLORENCE
  • KDK RURAL'S FLORENCE
  • DOB: 10/2/2017
  • JH RURALLY SCREWED x DC POCO KNUT
  • For Sale - $5,500
  • A daughter of the 70"ttt @ 24 months and over 80"ttt Rio x Lady Monika BL son and out of a Cowboy Chex x the great Coco Knut cow. This heifer is packed and stacked.
  • TTT: 68.1250 on 04/30/2023
KDK SWEET MAGNOLIA
KDK VARGUS' VENUS
  • KDK VARGUS' VENUS
  • DOB: 7/3/2015
  • RR VARGUS x SHR WOW'S SIERRA
  • For Sale - $2,100
  • RR Vargus has been a great producer for KDK Longhorns. This is just another example. On the bottom side you have the gorgeous flat horned Haley's Diamond who's closing in on 80"ttt. This is a neat little female.
  • TTT: 71.7500 on 04/14/2020
KDK WOW'S WINIFRED
  • KDK WOW'S WINIFRED
  • DOB: 2/2/2015
  • M ARROW WOW x DANIELLE KRISTI LEIGH
  • Beautiful Wow daughter out of a big horned Temptations the Ace daughter. This cow has produced a really great little heifer with all the right horn set and feminine body to her as well.
  • TTT: 64.1250 on 08/26/2020
LAZYJ'S CUPCAKE
PACIFIC BRAVE BIRD
PG BLACK FRIDAY
RJF COWBOY COMFORT
  • RJF COWBOY COMFORT
  • DOB: 9/6/2014
  • CV COWBOY CASANOVA x SOUTHERN COMFORT 022
  • This cow has an awesome horn set and should mature well into the 80s. Her dam is the $100,000 Southern Comfort cow. Her sire is the $100,000 CV Cowboy Casanova. Talk about marketability. She's bred to a great young bull. This could be a magic cross.
  • TTT: 85.5000 on 03/04/2023
SHR WOW'S FREEDOM QUEEN
  • SHR WOW'S FREEDOM QUEEN
  • DOB: 7/4/2014
  • M ARROW WOW x BRUSH COUNTRY QUEEN
  • For Sale - $3,000
  • A daughter of Stotts Hideaway Red Ranger x Slick's Little Star bull out of Brush Country Queen, one of the most complete Butler cows there ever was and a half sister to BL Monika. She's going to have a higher twisting horn set as she matures.
  • TTT: 61.3750 on 04/18/2021
STOCKTON'S FINEST
  • STOCKTON'S FINEST
  • DOB: 1/8/2004
  • OVERHEAD x TRI-W OKIE FINE
  • For Sale - $1,000
  • This is the type of cow you can always expect when getting one from Stockton's breeding. Great twist and high 70" female. She's been exposed to the great young bull prospect, KDK Valliant as well.
  • TTT: 78.5000 on 10/03/2016
TS LORIE DARLIN
  • TS LORIE DARLIN
  • DOB: 9/4/2014
  • ALL AROUND COWBOY CHEX x Sittin White Berry 16
  • Pretty daughter combining the Millennium Futurity champ, All Around Cowboy Chex who was one of the first bulls to hit 40" at 12 months and out of a great cross of Sittin Bull x Awesome Strawberry.
  • TTT: 67.0000 on 10/12/2017
KDK CRAZY CAPRESE
  • KDK CRAZY CAPRESE
  • DOB: 8/4/2017
  • RECKON SO x DC ACE DROP
  • For Sale - $1,200
  • Here's a really solid bred heifer. A Reckon So heifer (100" Cowboy Tuff Chex x Dragon Pearl who's by 80" Drag Iron x Field of Pearls). On the bottom side you have Helms Ace (80" Temptations the Ace x 80" Wiregrass Laura) x 80" Pacific Snowdrop (87" Top Caliber). She's solid.
  • TTT: 52.3750 on 04/13/2020
KDK VALIANT'S JENNY
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