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Hung Up on Social Media

May 5, 2019 by Sam Finden

I’m going to take Twitter and Instagram off my phone. There, I just did it. That didn’t hurt quite as much as I thought it would.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: addiction, Author, cowboy, Facebook, grooming, Horses, Instagram, podcast, productivity, social media, twitter, wasting time

Comparing Horses with ATVs

April 28, 2019 by Sam Finden

Soon after, though, I realize something: in a UTV, I wouldn’t be in this part of the forest behind a “No Motorized Traffic” gate. I wouldn’t have the familiar saddle soreness that reminds me of the trail into this beautiful spot.

Filed Under: Blog, Hunting, Riding, Writing Tagged With: ATVs, Backcountry, Camping, Horses, Horses vs. ATVs, hunting, Montana

Back on the Horse

April 21, 2019 by Sam Finden

And during the ride, whenever he crested a hill or spoke quietly to his borrowed mount, Red, Randy’s eyes shone a little more brightly. By the end of our couple-hour sojourn, you’d have thought the horse and rider were longtime buddies.

Filed Under: Blog, Riding, Writing

Montana Spring Warmup: Chance the Bay Wonder

April 12, 2019 by Sam Finden

Part of our routine is to handle the horses’ feet every day leading up to the visit. If we do our job right, he cusses less than he did during the previous visit.

Filed Under: Blog, Riding, Writing Tagged With: cowboy, Farrier, horseback riding, Horses, Montana, ponies, riding, rodeo, Runoff, spring, Trail Riding

How I Built a Stock Rack on a Flatbed Truck

September 16, 2017 by Sam Finden

What if I had a horse truck, like they did in the not-so-distant past? I had seen the loading ramps at different Forest Service cabins in the mountains, where truckloads of hardy pack animals had descended from the back of two ton grain trucks and pickup beds. What if, instead of having to worry about tipping my big gooseneck rig off the side of a mountain road, I could simply squeak around the tight corners in style?

Filed Under: Blog, Writing Tagged With: access, Backcountry, cattle, cowboy, diamond plate, do what you love, Elk, elk camp, Elk Hunting, F350, fabrication, flatbed, hauling horse, horse, hunting, hunting story, Hunting Trip, Montana, mountain, Packing, paint, public land, ranching, Sale Barn, stock rack, Trailer, Truck, welding, Western, Wrangling

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