Horses As I See Them By Ian McMurchy

[grit]

tell us Roy

[nate270]

[quote=ADMIN;254065]This is a thread for discussion of the article, Horses As I See Them By Ian McMurchy. i am a horseman that uses horses to hunt and i bet i get at least one story like this from the greenhorn bushwackers that think that hunting is easy and fun the truth is that hunting is hard work and we do it because we love it and the horses that i use love it to (as long as you leave them in camp with plenty of hay)and we have great names for them to foxy (hellbitch), or Ramsieys (puss in boots) and Misty (migrane) the names that we use for friends are not in parithesies the names that we use after the trip are. but there all gentle and i let my kids ride them but my kids are probably better friders than most of my friends. i also have a welsh pony named danny that is a pain to steer and likes to be in charge but you can shoot off of him and he can pack out just about as much as any full size horse.

[rooster740]

It has been a while since I last read the arcticle. The truth of the matter is that Ian now has the pick of the best horses that ever lived! I did not know him personally, but would bet my best shooting iron that "this" opinion has not changed. Every horse lover/hater needs to rethink about this, you can have your best horse out to pasture with some ol' foundered 1 eyed nag, and your good horse will always be the one to turn up hurt. How many times do these damn animals "the good one" ruin your day.........99.9 percent of the time it is our fault , but hey can not call B.S. on you, so they do make a good fall guy. Let's just say you are out horn hunting on your good horse, when a helluva horse race starts up for that nice set of bones across the river. It just so turns out you are on your horse that swims like a fish, but he decides he is going to walk across the bottom this time. Oh the stories I have lived and heard. Ian and his legacy lives on through the words of wisdom he enchants us or haunts us with.