Feral horse hunt called off due to pressure.

[Hoggslayer]

Maybe we can trade them a few feral hogs for a few horses.

Hoggslayer

[AntlerCollector]

Next time when they set up the hunt maybe don't announce it to the World. A hunting site or two will get them all the hunters they need. They could also do a couple Helihorsey hunts and thin the herd really quick.

[denimdeerslayer]

Sss

[Tony Pic]

I'm not surprised by this. People get weird when it comes to animals they consider pets. Dogs, cats, horses, rabbits etc. Now to be fair, I'm the wrong guy to be saying anything because I don't let our kids name anything but their horse and the dog. Not even the barn cat gets a name. We eat coons, possums, coyotes and everything else in between.

We thought my daughter's horse she'd just gotten for Christmas might having something wrong with him and the vet mentioned that it could have some long shot of a neurological problem (it ended up he didn't and he's just fine) but I looked the vet in the eye with my daughter standing there beside me and I said, "Well if he does, we are shooting him and eating him. For as much money as I paid for him, he isn't going to waste." I thought he was going to drop his clipboard. He looked at me like I was crazy and said, "You can't eat a HORSE!" I said, "yes sir we can." One of his female vet assistants looked like she might pass out and he looked like he might call the law, so I tried to play it off a little and said something like, "well I hope it doesn't come to that....." to ease the tension. But I'm telling you, those folks nearly swallowed their bubble gum because they could tell I was dead serious, which I was.

An animal is an animal and meat is meat. Feral horses, over grazing and starving to death need to be controlled just like hogs, coyotes, deer or any other animal population. What's amazing is, if left to the animals rights folks, more animals would actually suffer and die slow painful deaths for no reason than by us hunters managing their herd sizes.

You can't talk rationally to the lefties.

So...how do you cook it?

[AntlerCollector]

Sss

That would be a lot of shoveling

[ken]

Wildlife(horses aren't wildlife in the US) management is increasingly being influenced by emotions and politics and not science.

[Palmetto]

I'm reading a book right now called "The Boy Captives". It details the lives of 2 boys that were captured by the Comanches around the Dripping Springs/Driftwood area. It talks allot what they ate, and horse was on the menu quite often!

[Dusty Britches]

I'm not surprised by this. People get weird when it comes to animals they consider pets. Dogs, cats, horses, rabbits etc. Now to be fair, I'm the wrong guy to be saying anything because I don't let our kids name anything but their horse and the dog. Not even the barn cat gets a name. We eat coons, possums, coyotes and everything else in between.

We thought my daughter's horse she'd just gotten for Christmas might having something wrong with him and the vet mentioned that it could have some long shot of a neurological problem (it ended up he didn't and he's just fine) but I looked the vet in the eye with my daughter standing there beside me and I said, "Well if he does, we are shooting him and eating him. For as much money as I paid for him, he isn't going to waste." I thought he was going to drop his clipboard. He looked at me like I was crazy and said, "You can't eat a HORSE!" I said, "yes sir we can." One of his female vet assistants looked like she might pass out and he looked like he might call the law, so I tried to play it off a little and said something like, "well I hope it doesn't come to that....." to ease the tension. But I'm telling you, those folks nearly swallowed their bubble gum because they could tell I was dead serious, which I was.

An animal is an animal and meat is meat. Feral horses, over grazing and starving to death need to be controlled just like hogs, coyotes, deer or any other animal population. What's amazing is, if left to the animals rights folks, more animals would actually suffer and die slow painful deaths for no reason than by us hunters managing their herd sizes.

You can't talk rationally to the lefties.

I totally love this! Talk about motivation to heal!

[Dusty Britches]

Yes, everyone thinks they have a solution and no one manages it. The population must be controlled. Horses are dying and the environment suffers for a millennia.

[sling shot]

I'm not surprised by this. People get weird when it comes to animals they consider pets. Dogs, cats, horses, rabbits etc. Now to be fair, I'm the wrong guy to be saying anything because I don't let our kids name anything but their horse and the dog. Not even the barn cat gets a name. We eat coons, possums, coyotes and everything else in between.

We thought my daughter's horse she'd just gotten for Christmas might having something wrong with him and the vet mentioned that it could have some long shot of a neurological problem (it ended up he didn't and he's just fine) but I looked the vet in the eye with my daughter standing there beside me and I said, "Well if he does, we are shooting him and eating him. For as much money as I paid for him, he isn't going to waste." I thought he was going to drop his clipboard. He looked at me like I was crazy and said, "You can't eat a HORSE!" I said, "yes sir we can." One of his female vet assistants looked like she might pass out and he looked like he might call the law, so I tried to play it off a little and said something like, "well I hope it doesn't come to that....." to ease the tension. But I'm telling you, those folks nearly swallowed their bubble gum because they could tell I was dead serious, which I was.

An animal is an animal and meat is meat. Feral horses, over grazing and starving to death need to be controlled just like hogs, coyotes, deer or any other animal population. What's amazing is, if left to the animals rights folks, more animals would actually suffer and die slow painful deaths for no reason than by us hunters managing their herd sizes.

You can't talk rationally to the lefties.

I like you style

[Double-O-Dave]

Killing wild horses on Indian reservations...hmmm, isn't that how "Billy Jack" got started?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Jack

Regards,

Dave

[Throwin Darts]

I'm amazing how many people bow down to any group of goobers that forms a facebook group or starts a petition. Who cares about those idiots. facebook is darn near good for nothing besides idiots finding a place to gather with more idiots.

[bowhuntertex]

I'm reading a book right now called "The Boy Captives". It details the lives of 2 boys that were captured by the Comanches around the Dripping Springs/Driftwood area. It talks allot what they ate, and horse was on the menu quite often!

That was a good read.......

[denimdeerslayer]

That would be a lot of shoveling

Not with heavy equipment.

[gingib]

caving to liberals again. Some people need to bow their back