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<blockquote data-quote="GonzoK34" data-source="post: 489323" data-attributes="member: 8915"><p>You'll need to ride a horse at least 2x month in the beginning to get your legs in shape. There's allot of up and down motion riding a horse. Your back and your legs will experience strain from muscle you haven't used for a long time. After your legs get accustom to causal riding. Start riding at a faster pace and longer rides at least an hour long or longer if possible. In the last couple of months before your hunt ride at least 3x each month. Try to get in as much back country trail riding so you get use to riding up and down differing terrain.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I have hunted from horses several times. Montana and Utah where I normally hunt has some extremely steep terrain, deep ravines, slippery side hills, rocky switchbacks, timbered areas with downed trees, thick brush, washed out trails, and open wind blown ridges. Combine rain, mud, snow and ice. Going up steep hills lean forward over the horse neck. When going down steep hills lean back and lay flat over the horse's butt. Give the horse his head, don't try to hold em back. Just relax - the horse knows better than you what he needs to do to get you both through an obstacle. Make it easy for both you and the horse. Horse' do get ****ed off. So take riding a horse seriously. As stated by others, not preparing for your horseback hunt could end up with you or your friend laid up for a few painful days. Worse seriously injured. Medical Evacuation gets expensive fast. Rescue isn't a phone call away if you can get cell/sat phone reception.</p><p></p><p>The benefit of using horses is that you get back away from crowds, get further back into less hunted or not hunted at all country. Get up high before day break. Ty the horses up and hunt on foot to vantage points to glass for elk. </p><p></p><p>Understand also that with a horse camp there's allot of noise that carry's out quite a distance. Elk don't like new and unusual noise. You may have to ride some distance from camp.</p><p></p><p>Good Luck</p><p>Gonzo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GonzoK34, post: 489323, member: 8915"] You'll need to ride a horse at least 2x month in the beginning to get your legs in shape. There's allot of up and down motion riding a horse. Your back and your legs will experience strain from muscle you haven't used for a long time. After your legs get accustom to causal riding. Start riding at a faster pace and longer rides at least an hour long or longer if possible. In the last couple of months before your hunt ride at least 3x each month. Try to get in as much back country trail riding so you get use to riding up and down differing terrain. I have hunted from horses several times. Montana and Utah where I normally hunt has some extremely steep terrain, deep ravines, slippery side hills, rocky switchbacks, timbered areas with downed trees, thick brush, washed out trails, and open wind blown ridges. Combine rain, mud, snow and ice. Going up steep hills lean forward over the horse neck. When going down steep hills lean back and lay flat over the horse's butt. Give the horse his head, don't try to hold em back. Just relax - the horse knows better than you what he needs to do to get you both through an obstacle. Make it easy for both you and the horse. Horse' do get ****ed off. So take riding a horse seriously. As stated by others, not preparing for your horseback hunt could end up with you or your friend laid up for a few painful days. Worse seriously injured. Medical Evacuation gets expensive fast. Rescue isn't a phone call away if you can get cell/sat phone reception. The benefit of using horses is that you get back away from crowds, get further back into less hunted or not hunted at all country. Get up high before day break. Ty the horses up and hunt on foot to vantage points to glass for elk. Understand also that with a horse camp there's allot of noise that carry's out quite a distance. Elk don't like new and unusual noise. You may have to ride some distance from camp. Good Luck Gonzo [/QUOTE]
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