Musatang Pictures---

[mustang]

We found about thirty head on the "hard pan" west of Simpson Spring. When the breeze stopped, we were attacked by flying ants. I about beat Earl to death with my straw hat before I'd let him in the truck. They sure did like the color of his shirt. We were killing flying ants all the rest of the day,

I though we had found Gypsy's lost buckskin colt, but when I compared this one with old pictures,, I was wrong.









As best we could figure,, we drove past a hundred mustangs without knowing they were there. We found them about three hours later, and was relieved to find no flying ants with them.










This is what a yearling looks like at three feet.


Too close to get focused on.



This two year old was so friendly that it made me nervous. If he got spooked, he could leave tracks up my back.



There is always some that want a free ride.






And there are some who can't get along.








Not a lot of feed on the desert this year.



"Sliver" looks like he may make it.

 

[Soapweed]

They are getting very gentle from your "horse whispering." Nice pictures.

 

[mustang]

They are getting very gentle from your "horse whispering." Nice pictures.

We talked about taking some hay cubes out to see if we could hand feed the more friendly ones. I'd like to take credit for "taming the wild ones" but someone did that before we got there. Its a mystery to me how tame this band is and how wild and wary those twenty miles up the road are.

 

[Faster horses]

I noticed these weren't as thrifty looking as some you have photographed and then you posted that there wasn't much feed on the desert this year.
In fact, the colts seem too thin to winter well, do you agree?

Whatever, it is what it is.

Glad you got away with nothing worse than flying ants. (Geez, I hate those things too!) Better than getting stomped.........

Thanks for the pictures.

 

[mustang]

I noticed these weren't as thrifty looking as some you have photographed and then you posted that there wasn't much feed on the desert this year.
In fact, the colts seem too thin to winter well, do you agree?

Whatever, it is what it is.

Glad you got away with nothing worse than flying ants. (Geez, I hate those things too!) Better than getting stomped.........

Thanks for the pictures.

Its going to be interesting to see what happens to both of those new colts. They both have leg problems and I wonder how that will affect them through the winter. Thats big country out there and in places the feed is better than what we saw where the band was grazing at the present. I'd guess that if they get hungry, they will move into a better feed area.

 

[Faster horses]

I noticed these weren't as thrifty looking as some you have photographed and then you posted that there wasn't much feed on the desert this year.
In fact, the colts seem too thin to winter well, do you agree?

Whatever, it is what it is.

Glad you got away with nothing worse than flying ants. (Geez, I hate those things too!) Better than getting stomped.........

Thanks for the pictures.

Its going to be interesting to see what happens to both of those new colts. They both have leg problems and I wonder how that will affect them through the winter. Thats big country out there and in places the feed is better than what we saw where the band was grazing at the present. I'd guess that if they get hungry, they will move into a better feed area.

I'm sure they will. It's hard to fool horses, cows or any livestock. They know what is the best feed. Just put out two bales free choice, of hay of different quality. They'll tell you right now which is the best one nutrition wise. They won't do that with mineral, they'll eat what tastes the best first, but with hay or forage, they know!