Got Harses? The Picket Stake
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...
Got Harses? Loading & Tying Panniers
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...
Got Harses? Training to Load
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...
“Got Harses?”
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...