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Hootchy Brewer is the youngest of 12 siblings in the Brewer family, 8 boys and 4 girls, with the oldest brother 39 years old and Hootchy about to turn 21. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa, but his parents, Jude and Jonnie Brewer, adopted him at a week old and he’s been with the family ever since. They lived in Spring City, Utah for 16 years before relocating to Hideaway Valley, just outside of Fairview, Utah, 4 years ago. Jonnie raises Pomeranians and Cocker Spaniels, and Hootchy’s dad worked in the Deere Creek coal mine for 24 years before changing career fields and becoming a manager in the maintenance department at UIS in Linden, Utah. Some of Hootchy’s sisters were involved in barrel racing and competing in rodeo queen contests growing up; but he was the only Brewer boy to take an interest in rodeo. “My sisters would put me on horses with them before I was walking, and I started rodeoing pretty young. I started riding sheep when I was about 5 and then moved up to calves and steers. I did all the rodeo events as a child that you could think of but have mainly stuck with team roping and bull riding. I got the better end of the deal being the youngest and only boy interested in rodeo and ended up with all the nice horses! My parents have given me every opportunity to compete I could ever ask for and have always kept good horses under me.”
Although his legal name is Zachary Hootch Brewer, Hootchy is what most anyone knows him by. Hootchy started competing in the Rocky Mountain Pro Rodeo Association during high school when he was about 15 years old. “I started competing in the Utah High School Rodeo Association my sophomore year, and also began competing in the RMPRA mostly in bull riding, but I competed in team roping also.” After high school, Hootchy started going to more RMPRA rodeos and primarily focused on bull riding. “I went to a lot of RMPRA rodeos and won money bull riding.” During high school, Hootchy was also a wrestler for North San Pete High School, and his senior year he was the 2017 Region Champion and Utah State Reserve Champion Wrestler. Although he planned to go on to college and possibly pursue college rodeo or wrestling, an accident in July of 2017 put a hold on those plans. “I dislocated my elbow and tore all the ligaments in my right arm riding a bull, so had to take some time to recover from that.”
Last year was also a little rough on the cowboy, and since tearing ligaments in his wrist last July, he’s only been on two bulls. Hootchy also punctured his lung and broke his wrist a couple times in other riding accidents. “I’m 6’1 and 190 pounds, so riding bulls has become tougher for me. I’ve kind of decided to save my body a bit, use my horses and focus on team roping to see if I can do good there.” Hootchy is grateful for his 11-year-old grulla gelding, Chrome, “He’s been the best attribute to why I can compete at the level I do now. I’ve been riding him almost 5 years. He makes me look good out there and does well for me. He’s a young buck but he’s got his head on straight.” Hootchy is also appreciative of Dan Meyers, whom he purchased Chrome from. “Dan has been down the road and roped at all the big ropings. He saw talent in me and helped me shape the talent I had so I could use it. Dan was definitely a factor in why I rope the way I do now.”
Hootchy has worked for two years as an assistant wrestling coach at North San Pete high School and enjoys his position there. He is looking forward to competing in the RMPRA this season and is determined to make 2020 the season that he qualifies for the RMPRA finals. “I’m looking forward to getting to more rodeos starting in June. My goal is to find the enjoyment of rodeo again, I’m ready to be back and have fun at rodeo again.”
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