I was in much the same situation last year with a remote riding history in forgiving terrain. In early September I went to a 5 day wilderness packing school in the Gila which significantly increased my knowlege and situational awareness for riding shelf trails and in timber with pack animals. In October on our hunt, the first day we rode 7 hours into camp and every day rode 1-3 hours out to where we hunted. Riding in mud and snow on 14” wide trails in the side of a canyon was a daily occurrence as well as daily proximity to grizzlies. Would suggest some consideration about refreshing your riding skills before your hunt. Lost an hour one day when we stopped to glass a valley hillside, two riders got off to glass and dropped their reins thinking the horses would ground tie, wrong. Both took off for camp and the guide and I then took off after them, I was in front slowly gaining on the horses when my mule went on afterburner. The guide was coming up behind me and mule thought he was about to be eaten. Never know what equines will do.When I was 12 or so we had a horse on the farm for the summer didn't ride it much and we got rid of it, that was 28 years ago...so not really.
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I was in much the same situation last year with a remote riding history in forgiving terrain. In early September I went to a 5 day wilderness packing school in the Gila which significantly increased my knowlege and situational awareness for riding shelf trails and in timber with pack animals. In October on our hunt, the first day we rode 7 hours into camp and every day rode 1-3 hours out to where we hunted. Riding in mud and snow on 14” wide trails in the side of a canyon was a daily occurrence as well as daily proximity to grizzlies. Would suggest some consideration about refreshing your riding skills before your hunt. Lost an hour one day when we stopped to glass a valley hillside, two riders got off to glass and dropped their reins thinking the horses would ground tie, wrong. Both took off for camp and the guide and I then took off after them, I was in front slowly gaining on the horses when my mule went on afterburner. The guide was coming up behind me and mule thought he was about to be eaten. Never know what equines will do.
Prezactly......Maybe I’m just too dumb to know better!
It would appear so.Prezactly......