Horsing Around

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Had some fun today with My boy El Jefe.

I always wondered how he would tolerate a bow on his back.  Daniel aka Yononindo on here inspired me.  The camera battery died so this is all I had.  The snow was blinding so our fun was cut short.

 


Of course you cant hunt off horse back here and Jefe would freak if a deer busted out of the brush before he saw it.  He is blind in one eye which makes seeing things for him harder.

I don't know how many rabbits we have walked past though. I have seen quite a few in past years.  The largest issue is getting down to retrieve arrows. He's a tall one to get back up on.

[hedgerowhuntr]

Apparently, you didn't get the memo Charlie? I see your horse has his snow camo on what's your excuse?       Am I going to see you with a horse bow now? Great pic!

[Gator1]

Charlie

Get one of those hand held grabber contraptions...

           

Great photo...

                   

Daniel (Yononindo) once told me that the horses are easy to train! It is the horse owners that present the real challenge!  

Bisch

[elknutz]

Great pic, looks like one of you is having fun!

[tradarcher816]

NICE! I did the same thing a while back with my horse Bo. He took to it really well. It was tons of fun and I keep thinking of trying for squirrels on his back lol.

[grouseshooter002]

Charlie,
I think you better trade that fedora in for a hard hat. Great picture though.      

Rick

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Originally posted by Bisch:
                               

Daniel (Yononindo) once told me that the horses are easy to train! It is the horse owners that present the real challenge!  

Bisch

He is 1000% correct!  The animals would tell you a lot if you only listen and work with them instead of just bossing them around.

They are easy to train because they want to please. The problem is, you can train good habits as easily as you can teach bad ones whether on purpose or by accident. For that reason, every horse with human contact is a well trained horse, they just may be trained to do something other than what you want or think.   :eek:

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Jason,

You are too funny!

Rick,

I usually wear a helmet, just swapped it for a picture opportunity.

Charles,

the snow was pelting us in the face, it was hard to keep the eyes open.  El Jefe was happy because he knew hay and treats were waiting after we were done playing.

[Jayrod]

Very cool!

[Bud B.]

Nice!!

[lpcjon2]

Thats cool, Just need a long stick and an apple and he can be on cruise control so you can shoot.

[glenbo]

I am intimidated by horses Charlie. I think they know it

[Stone Knife]

Charlie, why the heck cant we hunt off horses in NY?

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Jim, to answer your question.... I dont know!  I had read it somewhere but now cant find it so now I wonder if it was from a different state????   :confused:  

I do think its cheating though, as long as your horse can remain calm when the deer runs off, many deer will let you walk within 15 yards or less if you are not talking or your dog isn't running after them.

[ron w]

You can't shoot from a vehicle.....  

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Ron, the book states motor vehicle, which constitutes anything other than muscle power.

[Charlie Lamb]

When I lived out west I got a brainstorm to kill jackrabbits from horse back. A good friend had a couple of great cutting horses so we set off to do it one afternoon.

There were a ton of jacks that year and we spotted one in an open hay meadow right away. The chase was on.

We closed on the jack quickly when it suddenly zigged left. Being a great horse so did my mount. Unfortunately I didn't. Dam that hurt!

Like an old cowboy told me later. "Charlie, you ride a horse real good. You just get off poorly."

That was the end of my horseback hunting.  

[njloco]

CHARLIE, I think that is great, a and I really hope that you can hunt off of that horse, and if you can,  let me know how you make out, because I would love to try it sometime.

Does the horse spook at all when you release ?

[Mudd]

This took me back to the movies..."Jeremiah Johnson". I learned from that movie that elk can't count....lol at least according to Will Geer's character.

I love the "idea" of it but have always been too smart to to try it. I figured it was "Murphy's" way of luring me into getting me hurt.

God bless,Mudd