On Jul 3, 2008, at 8:44 AM, Karen Thomas wrote: >>>>> You are certainly braver than I am. Every now and then I will >>>>> drop my >>>>> stirrups coming back into the ranch, but I certainly don't drop >>>>> them on >>>>> trail. That you can do this is a nice testament of good-minded. >>>>> well-trained horses. ... Don't you have killer deer or crazed >>>>> squirrels back there? > > > Sure we do...plus foxes, an occasional owl that flies up across the > trail > about 10 feet in front of us! (That's my personal favorite. Nothing > makes > me jump quicker than a huge bird taking flight practically in my face.)
My personal favorite out here are the wild turkeys. Most are in the 10 lb range and they whir up out of the grass like a bunch of huge ungainly quail. My late friend Helen mastered a very good turkey gobble call so we'd know where the birds were by their answering gobbles (and they'd know where we were). > Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA ranch: http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/ http://members.dslextreme.com/users/napha/HighPoint/
