Dustin Boquet By Terry Blake
Dustin Boquet is a dyed in the wool Cajun who hails from Southern Louisiana. He loves hunting, fishing, and anything else that gives him an opportunity to be in the great outdoors. Boquet is also a really good bull rider who has made quite name for himself in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). Although Boquet is originally from Bourg, Louisiana, he has
made his home in Athens, Texas for almost five years. The move to Athens has made it much easier to travel back and forth to rodeos as it is centrally located in the US and only about an hour or so from the two major airports in the Dallas / Fort Worth metroplex. Dustin grew up around horses and he spent a lot of time riding them with his dad and his grandpa as a child. He did not begin riding steers, however, until he was twelve years old and a buddy from school talked him into giving it a try. Boquet went on to ride three out of four steers in a local buckle series and won his first buckle. Needless to say, he thought that was the coolest thing in the world and has been hooked ever since. Boquet was involved in other sports and played baseball until he reached high school. At that point his parents told him he had to choose one or the other because they couldn’t afford to keep doing both. He chose the bulls! Boquet rode in several regional associations including the Professional Cowboys Association and the Cajun Rodeo Association where he honed his skills until he joined the PRCA in 2013. Riding and competing in these rodeos gave Dustin the confidence to see that he could ride and win and also a chance to learn how to enter rodeos, travel, and how to make it work as a professional bull rider. Boquet rides at the 2018 National Finals Rodeo. PRCA ProRodeo photo.
Humps-Horns.com · 16 · August 2021
