Miles & Mountains

Wyatt Davis Returns

• Episode 248

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Wyatt Davis, a young bull rider with a heart as big as his ambition. Despite a severe injury in April 2023 that could have sidelined him for a year, Wyatt's sheer determination and the support of his family saw him back in the saddle much sooner. He shares his incredible journey of resilience, recounting the grit it took to overcome both physical and mental hurdles. Wyatt talks about graduating high school early, aspirations for the PBR and PRCA events, and the unwavering support of his parents who proudly cheer him on.

Join us as Wyatt discusses the balancing act of education and competitive rodeo, and his plans for future growth. From college rodeo to possibly diving into trades like construction or welding. With an eye on winning the CCT and other events, Wyatt inspires us all to chase dreams with dedication and the support of a loving community.


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Wyatt Davis 

The Davis Family (Mom and Dad) 
Challenge of Champions Tour (CCT). 

Mid-Plains Community College 

Connor Dean 

The Merriott Family 


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Speaker 1:

Wyatt Davis. How are you, man? I'm good, how are you Doing? Alright, man, Welcome back. Welcome back, man. You've grown. You say you haven't, but you've grown. I can see it in the face, man you look older and wiser.

Speaker 2:

That's gotta be the only thing that's grown. I'm still a little guy.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, I don't know, man, I don't know. I know you're riding bulls have gotten better, right. Yeah, been putting the work in. What about that dismount that you've always had trouble with?

Speaker 2:

When I stay on the bulls, it works. It's not as good because I'm trying to still ride them.

Speaker 1:

All right, not trying to throw you in the bus, but man, that dismount man, I mean, you've grown but you're still a tiny guy. Yeah, but you, you ride, man. You ride like no other, so I appreciate it, yeah, yeah. So the last time you were here was almost two years ago. It was February 20, 2023. Episode 128. Can you believe that?

Speaker 2:

Time flies by when you're having fun, right You're 15 years old man.

Speaker 1:

Oh, all right, I'm getting old, right, I'm getting old, I'm getting old. Mom and dad are getting younger, right, I don't know? Shout out to them man, biggest supporters, there's some good people, so that's out. So you graduated. Yeah, feel good.

Speaker 2:

Oh, yeah, yeah graduated early yeah, graduated a semester early. That way, as soon as they hit turn 18, I can just go hit pro rodeos and pbrs okay all right, and that's the goal.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, all right. You 18 or 17. Now I'm 17.

Speaker 2:

I'll be 18 in march in march. So, dude, you're gonna get your card right away yeah, I'm gonna run on my permit this year and then we'll see about next year. Okay, so just pbr or prca too I'm gonna do some a bunch of prcas for like columbia river circuit and stuff, and then I'll hit some pbr's whenever I can, kind of just get a taste of all the kind of Pro Bowls so chances of me seeing you pretty high.

Speaker 1:

Oh yeah, parents too, correct?

Speaker 2:

yeah, they'll be going to what they can whenever it's priorities and stuff, because if there's Wyatt they're parents.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, so it's probably the stuff, because if there's wyatt, they're parents. Yeah. So let's go back last time you were on your, you know, slam bulls, everything else right, and then you got this injury, dude, the injury that any would make any grown man cry. You know, and probably reconsider future endeavors, but not you. What exactly happened that day, if you don't mind, you know, trying to remember and telling the listeners what really happened to you.

Speaker 2:

Well, it was it was april of 2023. I was at a high school rodeo in hermiston, oregon, and the first day I bucked off at like seven, eight and to where? The next day I just told myself I was just gonna grid it out, no matter what, to get a score the next day. So I was riding my bull on sunday perf. I was riding him, was spurring him, and then I kind of got a little leaned back and I went to pull from a wrap and then hand popped and I landed right underneath him. He just stepped on me and when he stepped on me he split my liver in half and bruised my kidney, my liver or my pancreas and some other things inside.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, how long were you in the hospital? For A week, a week. How long were you in recovery? For Seven weeks? Seven weeks, all right, did you? Did you ever question whether you're going to get back at or not, or you knew for a fact you're going to get back on?

Speaker 2:

Well, the doctors were really questioning it because the whenever happened at first, they told me I was going to be out for at least a year yeah, and then they kept.

Speaker 2:

They had to get blood drawn like three or four times every day for the week that I was in the hospital, so every time they just kept coming back. You know, the next day it was six months, then three, and then it was right you should be able to come back in three months if you're feeling good about it and stuff. I was trying to win state title again to where I had state finals eight weeks after that rodeo, to where three weeks after it happened I was starting physical therapy and then at the seven-week mark I got cleared but didn't have a doctor's note so they wouldn't let me ride state Were you nipping at the bit, just going back, or were you a little hesitant?

Speaker 2:

I was ready to go back. I mean, whenever I got on that first pullback I was a little bit nervous, just because subconsciously it was still there. But this past year and everything else, I've just been learning how to really train my mind more than anything daring little guy, man, a young man, geez.

Speaker 1:

Well, what did mom say about it, man?

Speaker 2:

they they left it up to me. I mean, they were not. It was a good time when it happened. But you know, I was wanting to go back and, like they said, you know wouldn't have mattered if they told me I couldn't get on. As soon as I was 18 I was gonna start getting on again, anyhow yeah, they were keeping us updated, man.

Speaker 1:

It was pretty nice, you know, just to get updated and thoughts and prayers your way. They, they liked that. But I was worried about you, man, and just was like, okay, well, you know he, he's gonna make the decision, and so you made the decision, you didn't hesitate and, dude, now you're rocking it trying to, that's for sure all right. Well, what would dad say?

Speaker 2:

he's proud of me, you know it's. He was happy for me just coming back, just proving to myself that, you know, even though I wasn't riding a lot of bulls as soon as I came back, I was still getting on and putting out the effort. He was just happy with me, you know, putting it behind me and trying to push through it rather than let dwelling on it and letting it eat me up yeah, yeah, well, it didn't eat you up, though, right no, uh, there was a couple times where it was kind of I'd buck off rules that I should be riding all the time and it was kind of just making me question things.

Speaker 2:

But just had to kind of put that out and just trust myself and get back to doing what I know how to do.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, people probably wonder why I shout your parents out. It's because, when I've seen you, parents are always there supportive, right. Without them, you wouldn't be able to go anywhere. Oh, yeah, no for sure. So I have to shout them out, man, I have to shout them out, so shout out to them. So you're doing high school rodeo. Yeah, how's that going?

Speaker 2:

I'm leading it after the fall season and then the spring season will start up in April.

Speaker 1:

And you're able to do spring since you graduated.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I was going to graduate a whole year early, but in order to still be eligible for high school rodeo, I had to graduate after January 1st.

Speaker 1:

Who has better bull riders, Washington or Oregon?

Speaker 2:

I don't really know about Washington but Oregon. We got a bunch of young freshmen coming up this year that next couple years it's going to be exciting to see them.

Speaker 1:

Okay, what region is better? At Oregon we're just a state, well I know. But what region? You got Central. You got the Bend Redmond area. You got the bend redmond area.

Speaker 2:

You got the southern part, medford climate falls I'm the only bull rider out of klamath so I mean I guess I gotta go with klamath. But all right, pretty much everybody's from rosebury or redmond okay yeah, all right, redmond.

Speaker 1:

Okay, yeah, all right. Yeah, how's a old lane Vaughn doing, man, you guys keeping in touch, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2:

He's in college in Texas. He's riding them all at all of them big pro rodeos.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, yeah, but he's going to college. So after high school, are you going to go to college? Yeah? All right Now. Where are you going, man? Now you're college. Yeah, all, right now, where are you going, man? Now you're speaking my language, so where are you going? I think I'm gonna go to nebraska and north platte, nebraska. That's what roy was saying. Nebraska, see, okay, yeah, I just nebraska, though I can see oklahoma, I can see texas, I can see arizona, can see Arizona.

Speaker 2:

But Nebraska they got some cool programs that I really like and then Coach told me that I could get on bulls whenever I want, and that was really a good deciding factor, just being able to have bulls whenever I want to get on them, All right.

Speaker 1:

It's cold there too. Oh yeah, it's hot there too, yeah, that that wind is like nothing, man. There's nothing to block it. You don't. You do not have any mountains, you don't have the cascades, you know blocking that wind, man?

Speaker 2:

yeah, I'm going to check out the school actually here in March.

Speaker 1:

Nice, nice, what's what? What school? Again, it's a mid Plains college.

Speaker 2:

It's in North Platte Nebraska.

Speaker 1:

Okay, you got family there, I mean.

Speaker 2:

Nope, just coach. The scene really wants me to go there and he's a good guy and I like the programs they got, so I'm going to go check her out and hopefully be signing there.

Speaker 1:

Okay, how did he find you?

Speaker 2:

He just kind of texted me on Instagram it was middle of last year. He just kind of was saying, hey, you know what grade are you in, kind of saying, just kind of check out the school and see what they got.

Speaker 1:

Felt good. Huh. Yeah, I bet, man. I bet I could only imagine how, how elated you were. You're like that. Was that your reaction? Or you're just agreeing with me?

Speaker 2:

No, it was pretty exciting. It's always cool whenever people that you don't know come to you and talk to you and say, hey, you ride good, you know college rodeo, the camaraderie.

Speaker 1:

Camaraderie is one of a kind that's the one thing that they do talk about. But they also talk about, like, how they never liked school. But you know, doing college radio pretty much, uh put them in the zone to do school and do well. So yeah, it's pretty. It's pretty cool, man, what the college rodeo uh do for free kids, man. So do a great job. I know you will, I know you will, but dude, yeah that's.

Speaker 1:

That's awesome to know that you're gonna go further in your education, man, so continue the education part too. All right, yeah, so along with college rodeo, you're gonna do prca and pbr. Yep, okay, now did you talk to coach about that?

Speaker 2:

I'm gonna go talk to him more at uh school, but I gotta have some rodeos because nebraska, I don't know how much there's around in the winter and everything else but for rodeo PBRs, it gives me something to do all year long well, I know up north they got those indoors.

Speaker 1:

So if they have the indoors up north there, well they'll probably have some indoors where you're gonna be, which is very helpful. Yeah, yeah, when you start, you gotta keep. Keep me, uh posted, all right will do I'm excited, man. I'm just glad you're going dude. Awesome, that's awesome, man. What program are you gonna take?

Speaker 2:

I'm debating between that. I have a cool construction program or welding okay, well, you welding down there when, uh, when you were in school, no, I was, uh, I did school up until like covid and then I was homeschooled to where I didn't really have any of those cool classes like shop class or any of that gotcha, gotcha, all right.

Speaker 1:

so all right, man, you're gonna get your hands dirty and wow, welding. I have a bunch of kids at school where I work, man, they love it and always want to do trade, trade, trade, trade. So, yeah, you're going to have to get the measurement right, the heat all the way to everything. Basically, get that fine line. Yeah, be fun, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, you know, uh, dalton, he's a welder, so if you need any, uh, you know somebody to help you out, he's, I'm pretty sure he'll help you out. So, cct, you're gonna do cct, yeah, with everything else oh yeah, I'm gonna hit as many as I can.

Speaker 2:

That's, I'm trying to win cct this year, so I'm gonna go to as many as I can and, you know, until I go off to college in the fall what is it about cct man?

Speaker 2:

it's I was 11 when I went to my first one. Then I went to my first school that same year and then back then I couldn't ride a stick horse. But then Jason and Joe, they really helped me a lot with just everything. They put on a little clinic and then just since then they've been. They're just really good people all around where it's good environment and good pools, just good having fun, close rodeos Well well, they always have those people coming back, you know.

Speaker 1:

So it says a lot, probably means a lot for all parties, correct? Yeah, yeah, so all right, when done with school, it's in the future. Okay, when done with school, you going back to the roots, are you gonna go with the big boys down south? I don't know. I know I put you on the spot, yeah I haven't really thought about it.

Speaker 2:

But I haven't really, like, really gone in depth thinking about it of, yeah, where I want to go, because, no matter what, I'm gonna have to be traveling for rodeo. So, right, serious, you're gonna be busy, man, no matter what I'm going to have to be traveling for rodeo.

Speaker 1:

Right, serious, you're going to be busy man, no matter what, especially if you're going to have those cards and continue the yeah, yeah. How long do?

Speaker 2:

you think you'll be bull riding Shoot? I don't know.

Speaker 1:

Sometime in my 30s, probably probably. Yeah, how many bones you break? So far two all right college, pbr, prca, what, what else?

Speaker 2:

gonna finish off the year in high school rodeo this year through nationals and then hit ccts, pr, prcas, pbrs and just kind of whatever other rodeos I can find. Just kind of try to hit it hard this year.

Speaker 1:

Nationals and Wyoming correct. Yes, sir, yeah, yeah, and then you're gonna see the washington boys. Huh, yeah, yeah, hey, someone, dude snyderman, marriott brothers, right, I know, uh jc yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1:

Okay, I had connor dean on too yeah, I didn't get to hear that episode yet, but I've seen he had him on yeah, those boys talk a lot and yeah, they're uh one and two, one two punch in the the high school rankings, so yeah, it's pretty, pretty good stuff. I guess, uh, uh jc like is a couple points ahead of connor dean and connor dean is just like, hey, I'm gonna take it, kind of thing. So yeah, it's a little rivalry there. I remember uh jc came up with j dub or came down because they traveled to come to the you know the studio to do an episode well j dub did, but jc was there and he was always talking about contracting.

Speaker 1:

But now dude is own in the, the bull riding. It's like dude, are you kidding me? So yeah, it's pretty interesting to see how you know things change and go into a plan. You know more different plan. So yeah, it's pretty cool, man, pretty cool. So all right, you good, yeah, yeah, you sure. Oh yeah, all right, man, hey, why? I appreciate you, man, I appreciate you making time to update me, let people know how you're doing. I'm glad you're doing better. I know it's been two years Can't believe that Becoming a grown man. Dude, I'm proud of you and I want you to stay safe. All right, all right, thank you. Continue with your education. Tell the parents that said hello and dude, until next time.

Speaker 2:

Oh yeah, all right, keep rocking it, dude. Thank you, appreciate it. We'll see you next time.