Recent content by Ontario Hunter

From the video it clearly looks like Ms Good was trying to avoid hitting the goon. She had purposely turned the wheels AWAY from him. The intent required for assault is not evident. Simply refusing to obey an order is not a shootable offense. Period. And I didn't see her laying rubber as she...

Cycling underwear was not around when I had horses. Or if it was I didn't know about it. Would probably work as well as chaps and a lot cheaper. But somehow I suspect leaving a pair of underwear as a tip for your Caucusus guide might not go over very well. :D However, give him your pair of...

Yeah, like we have a crisis with home intrusions in Canada. Pfft! But it COULD happen. And my house COULD get hit by a meteorite. So I guess I should live in a bomb shelter? This kind of foolishness just makes us gun owners look like trigger-happy nut jobs. Something the antis can gleefully...

Sorry for your loss. Very tough. But easier than putting them down. He is glad you suffered less too.

Owning horses now has become prohibitively expensive. Even most of the old ranchers have gone to motorized buggies. Just turn the key and ready to go. No messing with feeding, watering, saddling, shoeing, medicating, etc. Horses are wonderful and I miss having them so much. But it's just...

You need to be in good shape when you get where you're going. Knowing what to do right will go a long way towards ensuring you get there with the least mental and physical anguish. You will be sitting on top of several hundred pounds of living moving thing with its own unique personality...

Chaps are ideal for helping avoid saddle sores/fatigue. They really make a difference but I doubt your outfitter will have any for you in the Caucusus. You might consider having a pair made and maybe leave them there as a tip. I prefer bat-wing style over shotguns. I think bat-wings would be...

A bit more on reins. Scott advocates holding the reins with right hand and that's okay too. I guess I learned to do it with left hand because my dominant right hand would be free to do important dominant stuff like tending the lead rope of following pack horse or throwing a lariat. As I said...

Well, well. Nice to see you can put together such a "positive" response "in the coarse [sic] of intelligent debate." When nothing else can be said, you "conservatives" resort to name calling or posting childish memes. Like a bunch of little kids on a playground. Just what Trump would do...

Boyd's can sell you a decent walnut stock for $400 fully finished. They can do laser checkering too which looks okay. Or you can order an unfinished stock (more $$ for some reason) fit it to your gun and have someone finish the wood and hand checker it. Lots of artisans online doing it...

I bought this unfinished semi-inletted rough M98 stock from an online auction for $150 ($120 US). I finished it up. Not a gorgeous piece of wood but not bad. No ebony or rosewood available during COVID so I made a tip from zebrawood. I used internal crossbolt behind the magazine. A year...

Lots of great advice here too. Obviously Scott and I have rode over a few mountains. Mares can often be touchy about their rear end. Always touch a horse on hind quarter as you walk around its butt. I always do that. Also watch the head as you're trying to mount. I once had a sneaky...

Ton of good advice here. Well traveled mountain horses should be broke for neck reining. That means you will hold both reins in the same hand. I am right handed so reins are held together in LEFT hand, coming up from the bottom of fist (i.e. closest to horse's neck), and out the top of fist...

Another way to check stirrup adjustment. Stand in the stirrups and you should be able to place two or three finger widths between your crotch and saddle. Don't smile while checking stirrups or your guide might get the wrong idea and make you sleep outside by yourself. :D

To adjust the stirrups, sit loosely square in the saddle with legs dangling down OUTSIDE the stirrups. Bottom of each stirrup should just touch the ankle bone. Cuacusus horse are typically small with short gait and upright short conformation (leg structure). They are typically not comfortable...