Wild horses in Alberta

Thanks to you guys from over the hill there for all the information about the feral horse situation in the foothills. I didn't know much about this at all.

I get out to Calgary once in a while to visit the wife's family and usually I'm pretty quick to get in a car by myself and get the hell out of the city. :D I've explored around a bit and really like the foothills country and actually Drumheller too but that's another deal.

Anyways knowing the bit about horses and less about the country out ther it still makes a pile of sence to me that a lot of 'bush horses' as we called them in the Chilcotin could do a lot of damage in a hurry. Its not hard to see that everything grows sloooooow out there and in the steep county erosion is the enemy.

Anyways, sounds like these idiots that poached the horses won't help things much. But maybe it will draw attention to the issue...
 
crazy_davey said:
Ya but them wild chilcotin buckaroos, they sure know how to ride :cool: :eek:
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Unfortunately (or maybe not) my experience was when I was a kid so I didn't get to try some bush horses I helped my dad catch. :eek: Man I thought the old man was about 10 feet tall after watching him break those bush horses. This was for hunting guiding...
 
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gitrdun said:
I'm not sure what the horses in the Sundre area look like or if there might be some good potential for a few good ranch horses, Noel would probably be best located to answer that question (or maybe some dude from Ontario :D ),

So, what do you say Noel, you've seen them...any good horses in that bunch? All in all, I'm not against "culling the herd" shall we say. I just wouldn't want it to become a free for all. I just wouldn't be the one doing it, I ride them. I've been known to threaten a couple, but they ususally come around :D

Sadly, I wasted alot of my youth on a Dirt bike, ruining my ankles and knees.:redface: Davey isn't far off, some of them I like, but usually for the cool paint jobs they have!:p

Most that I have seen out there look like they are cross with a Clydesdale, short legged fat/stocky and a gnarly disposition. I have had only three or four sessions on a horse. Three of them bad so I am not confident around them at all. I wish it weren't so, I wish it was like a dirt bike were I'll take any of them on.:p

Most of them are so fat all I can think about is how sore my hips would be after the ride! I bet they have pretty good stamina running from all those bullets and wolves out there!

I wish I could rent a Handi-bus and haul a bunch of ya's out there to see just how "friendly" they are and see if you like them still.

Of course, Jarrod and I will stay at the bus and run the video camera, give the play by play and such! :p
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Oh, I forgot to mention, for the bus ride we'll be slammin to Gino Vanelli's "Wild horses could not drag me away...from you......" to get every one primed and ready to go.:cool:

Coming home will be the Carter Family, Lonesome Pine Special, a personal favorite to reminisce too. :)

Please bring track shoes with cleats......maybe goalie equipment too.

We may make American Home Video and win big. Who's in?
 
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omfg checkout some of these comments from the wild horses of america site:rolleyes:

http://northernhorse.com/wildhorses/index.php/four-more-horses-found-shot-january-23-2007/#comments

he person that killed these horses cannot be that hard to find. It is a male 16-24, who feels like he has nearly no control over his life. He probably tortured animals when he was a kid. He has either spent his whole life in Sundre or he moved there when he was 12 to 15, and by killing the horses he believes he is taking something from the town, which undoubtedly rejected him during high school. He has access to a rifle, but does not possess a hunting license. He tells himself that if he can kill a horse, he can kill a man, and if the people that disrespect him aren’t careful, he’ll take them out, just like those horses. He has fantasies of power. He has trouble performing ###ually.
Do you know this person?

Left by Anonymous Psych Student on January 24th, 2007

i laugh every time i read something posted by a peta pos....
 
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Canadianhunter312, I am not quite sure your last post adds anything positive to this post. Pouring more fuel on the fire is not always a good thing.

Just trying to keep some peace around here I guess.....JMO
 
crazy_davey said:
Canadianhunter312, I am not quite sure your last post adds anything positive to this post. Pouring more fuel on the fire is not always a good thing.
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welcome to the internet.

that psyco babble is pretty farfetched that CH312 quoted. some guy was regected in high school and can't get it up so he shots a horse instead of a person.
 
MiG25 said:
welcome to the internet.

that psyco babble is pretty farfetched that CH312 quoted. some guy was regected in high school and can't get it up so he shots a horse instead of a person.
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That wasnt really what I was talking about.
 
MiG25 said:
welcome to the internet.

that psyco babble is pretty farfetched that CH312 quoted. some guy was regected in high school and can't get it up so he shots a horse instead of a person.
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the sad part is ive actually heard people talk like that in person about hunters. lol the last time was actually 3 weeks ago i believe when i went on a blind date with a chick. while eating dinner i asked her if anyone in her family hunts and i thought she was going to puke by the loook on her face.

to make a long story short, i ended up finishing off the meal on my own:D
 
Back to Chopperhead's question - the moose in Newfoundland have done a great deal of damage to the original ecosystem since their introduction. I only know this from reading about it, never been there, so take my comments with all the skepticism they're due.
My sister-in law showed me pictures of a "moose exclusion fence" on the Avalon #####ula. It was an experiment to see what the plant community would do when moose were removed from the equation. WOW. Denuded tundra on one side, lush balsam fir and berry brush on the other. Newfoundland's native woodland caribou are feeling the pressure, can't compete. Caribou numbers are crashing. Look at the antler size of moose hunters show in the Newfoundland outfitter's ads. Stunted. They really need some wolves to thin out their moose, and more cow moose shot every year. ( more controversy!) The good part is, with proper management, the plants in Newfoundland can and will co-exist with moose, since both evolved together on the mainland since (and even before) the last ice age more than 10,000 years ago.
 
"horses native to North America whent the way of the Dodo 2000yrs before the first horses came over from Europe however....."

How about Sable Island? :?
 
I have no intrest in shooting horses myself but if the gov doesn't deal with them, either with tags or permits or a cull we will continue to have individuals taking matters into their own hands. There is nothing new about this; horses have been shot for as long as I can remember .
 
Lazy Ike said:
I have no intrest in shooting horses myself but if the gov doesn't deal with them, either with tags or permits or a cull we will continue to have individuals taking matters into their own hands. There is nothing new about this; horses have been shot for as long as I can remember .
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That about sums up this thread, well put............
 
black_bear said:
"horses native to North America whent the way of the Dodo 2000yrs before the first horses came over from Europe however....."

How about Sable Island? :?
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Not native horses. Imported from Europe. Protected from man and allowed to die from exposure to the elements and when they outstrip their food resources.
 
"It's just me but I can't imagine why anyone would want to hunt horses"
-- maybe it just because not common for us.

Well according to Isaak Asimov's book The Near East: 10 000 Years of History horses were seen as a game by non-nomadic cultures long before they were domesticated and used as a transport. In many nomadic cultures, besides other familiar functions, they were seen pretty much as we look at cows: as a diary stock and source of meat.
(Note: Not as a wierd entertainment for those who kills for "fun")

As they not native speices and compete with native ones, I woldn't be happy to see them in a wild.
I'm not very frequent to Sandre area, and haven't seen any wild horses personally, but last time I've been there two years ago on a upland bird season opening day I came across some really large bare soil spots (they looked like everything green was rooted out, absolutely no vegetation left) and was wondering what have caused them to appear. Then I noted many horses tracks in a mud. If it wasn't a damage, what was that?
 
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canadian hunter312 said:
the sad part is ive actually heard people talk like that in person about hunters. lol the last time was actually 3 weeks ago i believe when i went on a blind date with a chick. while eating dinner i asked her if anyone in her family hunts and i thought she was going to puke by the loook on her face.

to make a long story short, i ended up finishing off the meal on my own:D
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Note: When dating a girl for the first time, talk about stuff that matters to her (flowers, birds, shopping).......Save hunting stories and lies for when you are in a committed relationship.

Yours Truly,
Dr. Huntinstuff.
 
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