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He made in the six-figure range (from a low of $210,621.42 in 2011 to a high of $772,207.59 in 2009) in each of the following six seasons before his most successful stretch riding from 2013-15. Mauney made $66,616.50 in his rookie season with PBR in 2006. “I never really thought of it as a job or that I could make a living doing it I was just having a blast riding bulls.” "It all just happened real fast,” he said. After earning enough points to move up to Unleash the Beast (the main televised tour) in about a month, Mauney hasn’t stopped-save for when he’s recovering from his slew of injuries, which he says come with the territory. He turned professional later that year, joining the PBR Velocity Tour, what he refers to as the minor leagues.
