NM Summer Bighorn

[zia]

We saw 16 rams on the first sheep-salting pack trip for the Game Dept , lots of moisture this year so they all look fat and healthy!




"Laverne" and "Shirley" loaded with salt blocks...200 pounds each. We used 9 animals to pack and ride on this trip

A motley crew on a ridge above the lake where we camp

 

[Art Vandeley]

Cool pics! Looks like fun

 

[1_pointer]

Great looking country! Thanks for sharing the pics.

 

[Nameless Range]

Great pictures. Looks like sheep-salting is a pretty good job

 

[Colberjs]

You get paid to do that? I'm in the wrong business!!!!!

 

[zia]

LOL, paid enough to feed the stock for the year , better not quit my veterinarian job though.

 

[nuevo_eph]

What's the area you are in? It looks like a place I'd love to hike into with my kiddos.

Ephraim

 

[Festus]

Very cool!
Great pics!

 

[bobbydean]

Would love your job. Need help!

Beautiful animals. Was this in the Pecos or Wheeler Peaks? Did not recognize the lake.

 

[zia]

This is the the Pecos Wilderness...unit 45. Will make a few more trips in the Pecos to various salt sites then to the Latir Wilderness and maybe Wheeler/Vallecitos depending on what the biologists want. Have mules will travel.

 

[schmalts]

Hi Mike, good to see you post some more pictures. Where is Clovis?

 

[zia]

Hi Patrick!

Clovis and Hobo stayed home, they could have gone but I am bringing up some younger stock. There is a young 2yo blue roan gelding I call "Pecos" that you will see soon, I will pack him later this season and if he doesn't kill himself on a cliff or break his leg in a hole I think he will make a good one. We will see!

 

[hank4elk]

Great pics!
Love the Pecos!!
I've had rams walk right up to me elk hunting in there,and blow some stalks.

 

[fishing4sanity]

Looks like fun work. Thanks for sharing those great photos!

 

[zia]

made another loop this time in the Latir Wilderness. Packed 600# of salt we dispersed at 3 separate sites. All the elk and bighorn looked fat and happy with all the moisture and feed but I haven't been rained on that hard for years!

 

[zia]

Big rough country, not a good place for a city horse


A fine adventure

 

[Trigger50]

Thanks for the pics !

 

[bobbydean]

That trail looks rough for any horse. You must have great stock!

 

[zia]

Thanks bobbydean, they work hard and do a great job. I keep an eye out for good-minded stock all year and start by packing the young horses/mules to see if they can handle the country. I have had some get scared and flip over backwards, fall off trails, spook and bolt etc ( we use a breakaway between pack saddles so if one goes it doesn't pull the whole pack string down). The ones that make the grade progress to riding stock. I started a nice 2 year old roan QH this year that is really going to be good. All I care about is they are good-minded and dont care what breed, on this trip we had a trakaner, a clydesdale , QH's, half-arab and mules.

 

[Kiwi]

Great pics, thanks for posting.