Australian hard-man Shane O'Loughlin is noted for catching 900kg wild bulls in Western Australia with his bare hands.
But now it seems he is catching the eye of the National Geographic documentary channel after he appeared in an Otago Daily Times preview for the Outram Rodeo earlier this month.
Mr O'Loughlin said he spent about 90 minutes last week filming a "taster" about his work catching some of the estimated tens of thousands of wild bulls in the backblocks of the Kimberley area of Western Australia.
The taster was filmed by NHNZ and was sent to producers of the National Geographic documentary channel in the United States.
"They saw my story in the paper and decided they wanted to have a yarn about what I do.
"The producers in America have to approve it.
"If they like my story, they will come to Australia to film a documentary."
Mr O'Loughlin said he was a bit camera shy, and there was no guarantee his story would end up on international television, but he was keen to see if it could be made into a documentary.
"It's a dying trade, what we do.
"In another 15 years, there may not be anyone left in the profession.
"So a documentary might be good - it might keep it going.
"I'm pretty keen on that, eh."
Mr O'Loughlin has been in Dunedin since the Outram Rodeo where he competed in the steer wrestling.
He has spent the past month on the South Island rodeo circuit, after a busy season catching wild cattle for his contract business.
Last year, he captured about 800 bulls weighing between 250kg and 900kg, which were sold live to the Indonesian beef market.
He will return to Brisbane tomorrow and drive back to Western Australia (doing some fishing along the way) before preparing for his next bull catching season which begins in April.
