2013 Rodeo Schedule Follow Duffy as he hits the rodeo trail first stop:
Brighton Tour Rodeo, Florida INFR Tour Rodeo From the road
Love me like Jesus Does
Duffy began riding broncs when he was 14 years old, he is the son of Lyle Ducheneaux who is one of the best bronc riders in South Dakota. Some of the broncs Duffy started on were out of the Harlan Gunville rodeo stock. His first INFR qualification was in 1986.
Name: Duffy C. Ducheneaux
Age: 46
Marital Status: Single
Family/Children: Karlee and Chancey
Hometown: Eagle Butte, South Dakota
Native American Heritage: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Horses:
Pets that you own: Pitbull named “Cowgirl”
Events Worked: Saddle Bronc, Bull Dogging
Association member of: PRCA, GPIRA,
Indian National Finals Rodeo, 2011, 605 Crew. Duffy pictured to the far left kneeling.
Rodeo Accomplishments: National High School South Dakota rodeo finals in 1983, Douglas Wyoming. Qualified to the INFR in 1986 and the same year got my PRCA card and was in the top 10 PRCA that year in 1986. I have rode in the biggest shows in the PRCA. Just about every Indian big Indian rodeo some as many as five times.
INFR qualifications in 1986-87-98 and 2011
“I used to take Billy, Danny and Robert Etbauer’s lunch money including Tom Reeves at a lot of rodeos, we are all about the same age. Bud Longbrake too.”
When did you start an interest in rodeo? When I was six years old, my Dad would saddle a horse with his bronc saddle and take me riding in it.
What other sports other than rodeo do you enjoy? I was the best high school football players in the state in 1983. But all I wanted to do is rodeo, and that is what I love doing for over 30 plus years.
What is the funniest thing that you have seen or experienced at a rodeo? “That is a good question. I’ve seen a bunch, but the funniest was at a pro rodeo in Bell Fourche where Jerry Small flanked a steer in a performance and the judge rodeo over and said “Jerry can you do that and he said, I just did it.”
What advice would you give to Indian youth who wanted to participate in rodeo but didn’t have the resources or support to get involved? Watch all you can of videos of the event you want to be in. I taught myself how to steer wrestle. Cheyenne “the Daddy” was my first time ever in 1995. Rode Harris Halagin’s Yello Dog, who was the PRCA horse of the year, and I was 27 seconds, was a whoopin 126 pounds and I told myself if I can bulldog in Cheyenne, I can bulldog at any rodeo.
Speaking of Cheyenne Frontier Days, Duffy was at the “Daddy” the year Lane Frost was killed, from there he went to Dodge City Kansas. He was at the Black Hills stock show when Ty Murray was the first TP ride Mr T, and Duffy was the first one to go over and shake his hand.
Duffy rode all the rank broncs in the PRCA that no one else could, such as, “High Lonesome, Dumas Walker, Ike Sankey’s tuff ones and Harry Vold’s Eight Ball at the 1986 INFR.
Are their any songs that inspire or pump you up before you ride or rope? Rock n Roll, Kid Rock and Cowboy Baby.
What would you like to see more of at Indian Rodeos? More money to the cowboys.
What are/is your favorite western movie(s)? I was a stuntman in Dances with Wolves.
What is your favorite music? Rock n Roll.
What was your most memorable ride or run? Well, there is two on the same weekend. Dumas Walker and High Lonesome of Brookmans, both are rank, and rode them in the 90’s. At Crow Fair, rode Boot Scoot Boogie, also a Brookman’s bronc.
Who is your favorite Indian Cowgirl? My favorite is Sharon Small, watched her when she was just a little girl and beat the older ladies.
Who is your all time hero? Well, Jesus is, but Harlan Gunville was the man, Mr. PRCA, classy man and had the best broncs in the PRCA at that time and Indian rodeos.
Howard Hunter is my Hero.
Would you like to thank sponsors and or anyone for your success in rodeo? I would like to thank Jerry Small, Spike Gardipee, Harlan Gunville, and Joe Berger, Chad Berger’s Dad who pushed me to ride the rank ones.
