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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

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

Full Curl Optimism

October 19, 2014 by Sam Finden

Beads of sweat ran enthusiastically down Nathan’s face like raindrops on a double-hung window, starting quickly toward the sill of his brow line and heading as gravity dictated, slowed by a weathered screen of stubble, dirt, and yesterday’s grease paint. Here, on the ridge, nature was making him earn anything that came afterward, and requiring […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Backcountry, backpacking, Denver, hiking, hunting, Montana, motivation, optimisim, Ram, Rifle, sheep, Wool Socks

Scotty's "Natural" Horse Training

November 3, 2012 by Sam Finden

A few pieces of thread, spun ‘round one another, make up a string. A few pieces of string braided together make up a piece of twine. A few pieces of twine wrapped around one another make up a rope. And a rope, when dallied around the mulehide-bound horn of my wade tree saddle, can spell […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: branding, breaking, calving, cattle, cavvy, dun, gelding, herd, horse, lariat, lasso, mare, Montana, ranching, remuda, rope, saddle, spring, wade tree

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