Okay, which one of you was it?

[Schaaf]

Which one of you SOB’s do I owe a few beers

NPR- Renegade Horse Killer

MOAB, Utah — On a remote patch of Utah desert bordering the Navajo Nation in Utah, hundreds of horses roam free on the shrubby desert that stretches across red rock canyons all the way to the forested slopes of Bears Ears National Monument. To some, they're majestic wildlife that symbolize the freedom of wide-open western landscapes. To others, they're an out of control population displacing cattle and damaging the ecosystem

 

[mtmiller]

Should be easy to find the guilty party. Since this is Utah, I expect some field shots with about 20 guys in Sitka surrounding said horse.

 

[Southern Elk]

I think the more important question is what are you doing on NPR?

 

[Schaaf]

"I say it to myself, that horse seen the person that shot him," he says standing over the bones of an animal they found near a road. "That horse, inside their eyeballs, there's a man standing from here, probably over there. Probably parked right there and shot it right here and this horse seen it. It's going to catch up with him. It's going to catch up with those people that's doing it."

 

[Southern Elk]

I know an outfitter here who had two horses shot by elk hunters out in the wide ass open this year. People are stupid.

 

[TheTone]

call me nuts but that skull isn’t real fresh looking. He’s quite the investigator to say those bullet holes killed it

 

[44hunter45]

"Free Roaming Horses" -- Is that what they call them now? Sounds a lot cuddlier than "Feral Horses", don't it?

A lot of fat coyotes down there I guess.

 

[44hunter45]

Such majestic creatures.

Wild horses near Cold Creek, NevadaWild horse near Cold Creek, Nevada

Wild horses near Cold Creek, NevadaWild horse near Cold Creek, Nevada

www.istockphoto.com

 

[Scott85]

How much reward money would need to be offered for the Yanito brothers to turn on each other?

 

[RobertD]

Sad to see those horses suffer though seriously. Shooter may have been doing them a favor.

 

[44hunter45]

Seriously though -

I've wondered when this would start.

Not a lot different than the father and son Darwin Award candidates who were shooting grizz with 5.7x28mm pistols in Fremont County Idaho. Utah Northwest.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

call me nuts but that skull isn’t real fresh looking. He’s quite the investigator to say those bullet holes killed it

Yeah judging from that skull the shootings probably happened 10 years ago.

 

[MThuntr]

Which one of you SOB’s do I owe a few beers

NPR- Renegade Horse Killer


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To others, they're an out of control population displacing cattle (Not so much this in my book since a lot of this area isn't great grazing to begin with) and damaging the ecosystem (Definitely this).

2 years ago I heard an ecologist from the Navajo Nation present on the issues these areas face from 24/7 horse abuse. She spoke exactly that cattle are also an issue but can be controlled. There was a direct correlation between feral horse presence and the lack of native upland species of all classifications.

 

[Scott85]

Nearly 200 wild horses found dead in muddy, dried up pond on Navajo Nation

A graphic photo from the scene shows a cluster of horses stuck in and around the stock pond.

www.12news.com

 

[belshawelk]

Clearly not me because I have scroll horse problem on my property. I just don’t have the will to shoot something I won’t eat. There are those who do eat them, and if that’s you let me know.

 

[huntin24/7]

A feral horse serial killer. Hmmm. Sounds like a case for……

 

[Schaaf]

To others, they're an out of control population displacing cattle (Not so much this in my book since a lot of this area isn't great grazing to begin with) and damaging the ecosystem (Definitely this).

2 years ago I heard an ecologist from the Navajo Nation present on the issues these areas face from 24/7 horse abuse. She spoke exactly that cattle are also an issue but can be controlled. There was a direct correlation between feral horse presence and the lack of native upland species of all classifications.

Yep. The entire article from NPR was amateur hour.

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Whodunnit? Hunt. Talk. Man.

 

[Dinkshooter]

How do we plan a super secret camping trip with many marksman, with much ammo into the depths of one the worst "strongholds"? Imagine the dope checking, the penetration checking, the windage checking, bullet expansion, retention weight check, broadside vs quartering, range finding skills, etc, etc, etc.

Ah crap I blew it.

 

[Dinkshooter]

Every time I see a "Quote" wildlife photographer on social media posting pictures of feral horses I gag.