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Wolf sighting on Santiam pass in Oregon
Justin Snyder:
I love the wild horses, but they wont let you catch one you want. They will let you adopt one they catch for you, but your horse is picked through a lottery.
The problem is we have a couple of herds that are so inbred they are going blind. It isn't unusual to see one run head long into a cedar tree. The other herds are doing great, but the ranchers are still turning out stud horses to keep up the breeding. Justin
Traxx:
Justin,
At the expense of sounding like im pickin on you,which is not the case.Just tryin to set the record straight.It is illegal to attemp to catch a feral horse on federall land.Falls under the harrasment laws.The lottery adoption,is only at sanctioned sattleite adoptions.You can go to a holding facility,and pick your horse from the herd.I loaded 3 of em today for adopters.Im assumeing you meant BLM wranglers,not Ranchers that Turn Studs loose.If it was Ranchers,they would be violateing severall laws.Even if it wasnt a violation,it would not be wise,to turn a domestic stud loose among the wild herd.First,a high dollar domestic stud,would not last long in the wild.It would either starve,not knowing how to range well,or would be killed or maimed to the point of haveing to be put down,by a wild stud.Wild Studs are pretty handy at fightin.they do it fer a livein.Beyond that,many wild herds are carriers of different transmitable diseases,that could be contracted by a domestic stud.All wild horses gathered by the BLM,are quarantined and tested ,before they are allowed to be put in the adoption program.
Mike,
Did you adopt your Horses from the Pryor facility?If so,did you deal,with a Ute NDN fella,by the name of Vic?Or a guy named Todd Nunn?
hawkbow:
All three mustangs I adopted were ones formerly adopted by folks who decided to get rid of them.. Two I adopted through the Reaching hands ranch in Powell Wyoming..the lady who had them couldn't afford them and neither had ever been so much as haltered....this pic is of Bronte, a six year old I got from them and trained... used some old Lakota training methods and was riding him inside of five days.. Great horse. ;D HAWK, a/ho
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D. Tiller:
Ya know what? If there are wolves in OR then they are definitely here in WA!!!
Justin Snyder:
Traxx, I know it is illegal to attempt to catch them. That is why I said they wont let you. ;) I have been to the adoptions/lottery also. I didn't mean the BLM, I meant ranchers. Some of these horses are on private property and these ranchers let their studs run on their property. I'm not saying they are high dollar, but they are well bred nice horses. I do know of the BLM turning out 1 $7000 stud also. :o I always thought the wild stud would abuse a turn out. I also though a herd would only have 1 mature stud, but I know of at least 2 herds with 2 studs. I cant explain it, but I have watched them from close up and it is true. There are 4 herds sharing the water hole and they will run off the other herds but both studs will stay with their heard and leave with it. It was a new one for me. Justin
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