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[BigAntlerGetter]

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[Pony Soldier]

Please excuse my curiosity but why do so many of you leave the lower legs on your quarters?

 

[Pilsner]

Packing out after a veterans' trip in the Ozarks with Snake Mountain Pack Goats:

If you are a veteran/first responder/LEO and want to experience pack goats on public land we do at least one trip a month. Find us on IG or the book o' faces.

 

[Pilsner]

Please excuse my curiosity but why do so many of you leave the lower legs on your quarters?

Its a handle and allows a tie off point. Worth a little bit of extra weight.

 

[Pony Soldier]

To each his own.

 

[BigAntlerGetter]

Please excuse my curiosity but why do so many of you leave the lower legs on your quarters?

I like being able to tie them across at the top or together to help pull some weight off the animals ribs. Plus they make awesome chew toys for the dogs when I get home


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[Preston]

Please excuse my curiosity but why do so many of you leave the lower legs on your quarters?

In the future I will take the extra 5 minutes and cut off the lower leg. My horses dont like them flopping around and they get hung up in brush/limbs. If they have to jump something they hit there body. Tying up the quarters to top of the saddle/sawbuck seems to take a lot of pressure off their back too from my limited experience

 

[Matt Cashell]

Please excuse my curiosity but why do so many of you leave the lower legs on your quarters?

Its a handle and allows a tie off point. Worth a little bit of extra weight.

We leave them on the rears to tie off the antlers to the legs.

Works slick.

 

[Pony Soldier]

I find that interesting. I don't use saddle panniers. For the front quarters, I tie the ribs together and set them over the saddle. The tie then goes to the horn to stabilize. Then bring the stirrups up between the neck and the front leg like a lash cinch. If I left the legs on it would hit the horses legs.

On the hind quarters I tie the front of the quarters off to the saddle horn. Then I tie the achilles together behind the cantle. Then the rope goes back to the horn then to the stirrups and back to the horn to make the lash cinch. This places the weight high on the back to relieve the pressure on the ribs. Leaving the legs on would just get in the way.

On horns I tie off onto the saddle horn and place them down over the ribs of the front quarters to protect the horse. If they are too big, I support them on a cross pole behind the cantle and support them with the extra long saddle strings I have on my saddle.

The only thing I need is a 25ft 1/2" hemp rope on each saddle and I usually have a fair amount of rope left over that I tie on top.

Since I am usually by myself it usually takes me less than 10 minutes to load a horse.

If I go back in the next day I usually take a pack horse and canvas panniers. They allow me to carry mannies and sheets so I don't have to clean quarters once I get home.

Just a differant way of doing it. Thanks for answering.

 

[Ryan Avery]

 

[Matt Cashell]

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[Ryan Avery]

I wish she was that small when I'm riding. She a might be a little to tall for me.

 

[mntnguide]

Picked up this mustang last spring, has turned into a great horse both packing and riding. Was a bit lazy and slow as a rider until i got him walking how i like. Nothing seems to bother him, from grizzlies in the trail to horns poking him in the head when picking up sheds. Been a great addition to my elk harassment team.

 

[Tanya Avery]

Yeah, you should get a donkey or mule so they will be smart enough to wake you up when you fall asleep riding!

 

[Preston]

Picked up this mustang last spring, has turned into a great horse both packing and riding. Was a bit lazy and slow as a rider until i got him walking how i like. Nothing seems to bother him, from grizzlies in the trail to horns poking him in the head when picking up sheds. Been a great addition to my elk harassment team.
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Great looking horses and great bull

 

[wysongdog]

This guy was a blast to pack around. He didn’t weigh anything but terrorized the bears.