Little Yellow Jacket

2011 Little Yellow Jacket From the night he debuted on the Professional Bull Riders’ top-tier tour in 1999 at Billings, Mont., until the afternoon he was retired at the 2005 World Finals in Las Vegas, Little Yellow Jacket either would help a rider earn a score in the elite 90s or he’d serve up a dirt sandwich. Little Yellow Jacket died on Sept. 19 in Graham, N.C, at 15 years old. However, his legend lives on. The late Little Yellow Jacket became the first recipient of the Brand of Honor, which is presented each year to a bull for exemplary performance. He was honored in Las Vegas prior to the Oct. 26-30 PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals. Owned by Joe Berger, Tom Teague, and Bernie Taupin, Little Yellow Jacket won the PBR World Champion Bull title in 2002, 2003 and 2004. He is immortalized in a statue located in front of the PBR headquarters in Pueblo, Colo., along with Adriano Moraes.