Arlin McCrary of Carbon, TX, a member of Eastland FFA, caught a calf during the 2024 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Calf Scramble, earning a $500 a show heifer and the chance for up to $16,000 in scholarship awards. McCrary is the son of Mickey Ivey and his award was sponsored by The Viola Family.
One of the Stock Show’s most iconic and popular events, the Calf Scramble gives 20 students an opportunity to catch 10 calves during one of 22 performances of the legendary Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo held January 12 through February 3. Those not catching calves receive a pair of Justin Boots courtesy of the iconic western footwear maker. Justin Boots and Texas Mutual Insurance Company are overall underwriters for the legendary Calf Scramble Program.
Since the Fort Worth Calf Scramble began in 1987, more than 7,600 4-H and FFA members were able to catch a calf in the rodeo arena for a combined $4.1 million in Heifer Purchase Cerwill use the purchase cer-
