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Mustang Pictures -----(The Wild Bunch)

mustang

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With the thoughts of running out of warm clear days, I couldn't resist heading for the desert. Neither or my partners was able to go, so I headed out alone. Well almost alone, I had SPOT. my Satellite Emergency Locater. We have had some heavy rain fall lately and a lot of those desert roads are missing now. I headed for Eight Mile Spring having seen about sixty head there early in the spring. A lot of glassing turned up only about fifteen head. Driving south toward Rydalch Pass I only had trouble getting across one wash out.

At The Black Knoll I ran onto this palomino that I took pictures of on the other side of the mountain last spring. He sure hasn't put on any weight.



At Wild Cat Basin I located three head about a 1-1/2 miles away, up close to the base of the mountain.




I drove on to Cochran Spring and found no tracks around the water sense the last rain three days ago. Back at Wild Cat I searched the area again and came up with about twenty five head.



There is a wash that leads in their general direction. I hiked up about a mile, trying two different forks until I got a lot closer that I ever thought I could.




I was looking at a mustang through a opening in the cedar. The camera was looking at something else.




When you stick you head up enough to get a picture, they will see your there.














These paints sure make the pictures a lot more colorful.















The thirty five head turned into seventy head. They seemed to come out of the ground. There are a lot of gullies and cedars up higher where they are out of sight from the road. It was a long walk but the adrenalin was pumping and the hair on the back of my neck didn't settle down until I got half way back to the truck. I get better pictures of the tame bunch, but just getting any pictures of the Wild Bunch (Butch Cassidy) is worth the effort.
 

LazyWP

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To bad you can't put that old Palomino down. I hate to see them suffer.
On a happier note, your pictures and story is AMAZING!!!
 

mustang

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LazyWP said:
To bad you can't put that old Palomino down. I hate to see them suffer.
On a happier note, your pictures and story is AMAZING!!!

He sneaked up behind me the first time I saw him, and I didn't think of him as old. I thought he was sick. Now you mention it,,, I can see his problem could be more age than health. I sent his picture to the BLM manager for that area. Maybe they will take some action.



 

Faster horses

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I agree with JF ranch. Tip of the hat to both of you. Him for mentioning it
and you for doing something about it. :tiphat: I doubt he would
make it through the winter, looking as he does.
 

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