Got Harses? The Picket Stake

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I've used horses in the backcountry for over 20 years and attribute much of my success to my ol' cayuses.  There are times, though, that the logistics of caring...
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Got Harses? Loading & Tying Panniers

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It's been less than a week since I debated with a pretty good hunter on the subject of the best hitch for securing panniers to a packhorse.  It's...
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Got Harses? Training to Load

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I've learned most of my cusswords from experiences with horses who either wouldn’t load in the trailer, or once loaded, proceeded to tear the trailer and themselves to...
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“Got Harses?”

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Nearly twenty years ago, while scouting fruitlessly for mountain goats in a remote Idaho unit, I ran into an old cowboy.  Discouraged, I asked him where I might...