34 Oscar's Velvet,[6] the 1983 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Bucking Bull of the Year.
[8] Bones was also a half-brother of the retired and highly ranked bucking bull Troubadour owned by Julio Moreno.
[9][10][11] Teague raised Bones and retained full ownership of the bull throughout his bucking career and into retirement.
He intended to keep Teague Bucking Bulls continuing in that direction,[9][2] but decided in April 2014 to leave the stock contractor business.
However, in an interview with the PBR, Teague stated that he would continue his position on the board of directors and aid them in "taking the sport to the next level.
"[3] One of the ways that Teague exercised Bones was in a circular sand pit that he had made, where he installed a type of hot walker sometimes used for horses.
Once an animal was inside, there were walls that moved around in a circular direction, forcing the bull to walk in between them.
[13] Two-time PBR World Champion bull rider Justin McBride stated that Bones was the "real deal".
McBride first got on the bull at an event at Columbus, Ohio, in 2008 when Bones was a fairly unknown five-year-old.
Bones made what became his trademark set of bucking moves, going up high and bringing the rider over his shoulder and then down.
[2] Tom Teague claimed that "no cowboy wearing spurs could stay on his star bull for the eight-second count",[14] resulting in extensive comments from fans and stock contractors on the PBR site.
Bones had bucked off, or "dusted", both McBride and 2002 World Champion Ednei Caminhas twice.
Since Mauney was the world standings leader, he felt "slighted" that he was not offered an opportunity at Bones when Marchi got two.
Mauney would earn $20,000 if he became the first to make a successful eight-second qualifying ride on Bones, while Teague bet he would hit the dust in four seconds.
Although there was a great deal of hype about the event that weekend, Mauney stated that he just did what he did with every bull, "kept my hand shut and held on".
[13] In February 2009, stock contractor Chad Berger made it known in an interview that he reached his fill of hearing from Teague and others how great Bones was.
Berger owned a rival bull named Big Tex, who he considered better than Bones.
It was an extremely close match, with Big Tex narrowly winning with a bull score of 46 to Bones' 45.5, giving Berger some relief.
[19][20] PBR Livestock Director Cody Lambert believed that Bones was matched up with the best riders, and he proved he was their equal or better.
Some argued his score was slightly lower due to the judges foreseeing a qualified ride from Mauney.
On October 30, 2009, in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the PBR World Finals, Pete Farley rode him for 93.25 points.
And, on January 8, 2010, at Madison Square Garden, in New York City, Shane Proctor rode him for 91.25 points.
[22] Mauney's ride did not count because it was a special match staged to top off the event, and not part of the BFTS circuit.
[30] He compared Bones to other bulls that could yank a rider down to make them lose their seat like Rampage and Hollywood.
Hearing of Bones receiving the Brand of Honor was no surprise to McBride, as he considered him one of the greats.
"[Bones] excelled in all five categories: buck, kick, direction change, intensity and degree of difficulty."
[2] Bones spent the last fourteen years of his life in retirement on Tom Teague's farm in Graham, North Carolina.
He was buried next to fellow PBR world champion bull Little Yellow Jacket, who died in 2011.