[1][2] Tallman and his sister, Maryanne, grew up on the family's Willow Creek cattle ranch, near Orovada.
[4] Tallman has announced more than 15,000 rodeo performances in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand.
[6] In the 1990s, Bob Tallman co-hosted the ground-breaking reality outdoor show, Spur of the Moment, celebrating rodeo and the western lifestyle.
The show was produced by Pat Turner, Stacy Ratliff (both from Jimmy Houston Productions), Adelman, and Dan Stewart.
During the same decade, Tallman was a television color commentator for the now-defunct Bull Riders Only (BRO) circuit in the United States, as well as Cody Snyder's Bullbustin' events in Canada.
In the 2000's, Tallman was a television color commentator during the first few years of the now-defunct Championship Bull Riding (CBR) circuit.