tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858836779457163540.post6612940288092321095..comments2023-10-30T07:00:40.866-07:00Comments on Mustang Diaries: Living Off The LandTraceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06369244473889348601noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858836779457163540.post-79521165722664979762010-11-15T11:22:08.618-08:002010-11-15T11:22:08.618-08:00Love the blog. Love your down to earth view on the...Love the blog. Love your down to earth view on the mustangs and the fact that you ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT *gasp* I'll be reading :)Domhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02730707616430538717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858836779457163540.post-21942733247280996942010-11-12T13:39:47.743-08:002010-11-12T13:39:47.743-08:00great post.
Lovely pictures.
And sigh, I love...great post. <br /><br />Lovely pictures. <br /><br /><br />And sigh, I loved that little frostbite mare!<br /><br />(my verification word is pigness...)FZAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769818831464552021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858836779457163540.post-52516120587474395672010-11-12T09:08:52.010-08:002010-11-12T09:08:52.010-08:00Thank you for sharing such an open and honest acco...Thank you for sharing such an open and honest account of the situation. It's easy to be judgmental when you're not there; thank you for shedding the light and educating us!<br />~AmberAmberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10093810694918191074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858836779457163540.post-35164493557945036502010-11-11T19:01:47.735-08:002010-11-11T19:01:47.735-08:00My husband and I went to Burns last weekend for th...My husband and I went to Burns last weekend for the gather that took place on Saturday. Having Friday free we visited the corrals. After seeing the Warm Springs horses already gathered and noticing a lot of the mare/foal pairs were so thin we wondered how they would make it through the Winter if left on the range. I knew then the gather was justified, no doubts.<br />The helicopter pilot did stay way behind the herd and even backed off if the herd began to gallop at full speed. Most of the time it was at a trot. When the horses would get closer to the catch site the helicopter would sweep down behind the horses to hold them at bay while the wranglers closed the gate. We witnessed the bay roan mare bolting and hitting the panel, what a tragedy that was. We were all devastated but at the same time remembered the shape of the horses at the corrals which would be more likely to leave a lot of horses, including foals ...dead on the range. We feel the catch (trap) site needs some tweaking and we're trying to think of a design that would be more safe and before the next gather maybe we can implement ideas! This is why we feel the people need to work together and not fight our land management but instead somehow find a way to work together!Maggie Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18403393136095376125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858836779457163540.post-80431967773734839772010-11-11T18:06:27.770-08:002010-11-11T18:06:27.770-08:00Jen, from what I saw in the video from Saturday...Jen, from what I saw in the video from Saturday's gather, the helicopter did an excellent job. He stayed back and didn't come in close at all until he really needed to pressure the horses to move into the catch pen. <br /><br />I find it amazing that the horses really haven't got any post gather trauma over any of it. My horses could care less about planes or helicopters that fly over, and the helicopters get rather low sometimes. No reaction at all. <br /><br />It would be nice if there were a way to make it happen without the catch pen stress (which is where the accidents tend to happen, should a horse panic and bolt), but I'm not entirely sure what that is, either. We talked about making the panels that lead into the pen solid, so the horses don't think they can duck through. Flip side to that is, the horses see a solid wall and won't go in. Guess they tried it...sigh...Traceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06045746044917443807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858836779457163540.post-26603528142110926662010-11-11T16:57:00.381-08:002010-11-11T16:57:00.381-08:00Such a controversy... Such heart ache...
I under...Such a controversy... Such heart ache... <br /><br />I understand why the gathers are necessary... <br /><br />It's not that I don't agree with the gathers, it's that I don't agree with how the gathers are performed? But I don't know a better way... <br /><br />But then again I live in the East side of the country and all I know about gathers is what the media tells me. I take it all with a grain of salt obviously.<br /><br />Honesty from the BLM and Gov't agencies and education to the public is what is needed. You are trying to educate us and I am grateful.Jenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906855143092978620noreply@blogger.com