Forest fires have ruined a lot of my ride plans over the years. I feel your pain, glad to see you got out just fine and that the smoke wasn't thick enough to be bad for the horse's lungs on the trip out.
I am a firefighter and work with packhorses/breakers. I love that you took the young horses and mules out. Best way to get a great horse is exposure and experience!
As someone who has broken my back twice from horse wrecks and seen my mother nearly die (24 fractures on the left side, flail chest, and all ribs + collarbone broken), my first glance at the thumbnail just about gave me a heart attack. Glad no-one was hurt! Cool experience watching them work!
I am 51 n I love your gaited mule gaited horses are sweet for those of us who have back issues I wish I could come ride with you guys you are so much fun
My first camping experience with horses was an accident. The horses knew we had come across people we didn't want to be out there with long before we did, and tried to tell us we had to go back. Despite how obedient they normally were, we didn't listen to their odd behavior and made them go on, which is when they bolted off the trail with us. By the time we stopped them and got back to a trail, it was too dark to risk coming off the mountain so we found a big tree to sit back against and hold the horses leads. They stood over our shoulders all night, nuzzling our hair and cheeks, and eyeballing critters checking us out in the distance. We had called search and rescue to tell them where we last were and told our families we weren't coming home that night before our batteries died. We heard men shouting and saw a lantern on the ridge above us, and ducked down against the horses quietly. S&R found us hours later, and the horses stomped between them and us with ears pinned because they were still wary. They said they were not the men with the lantern we had heard earlier. I took them back to where the trouble began and we found a previously stolen car, burned to its shell, and they went on to look for who we had come close to while we went home. Miss those two horses, they were amazing caretakers for us compared to our other, "hyper" horses. They both passed away in their 30s.
@@Hannahs_Mustangs It was at the time, but now I look at as a good memory of them being great riding partners and a good life lesson to have passed on my kids. :)
I love you guys. Some tips for beginner packers. Balance your weight within ½ a pound. Keep the loads even in height. Learn to top pack with a tarp and correctly tie a box hitch or squaw hitch. Learn the Diamond hitch double box and double diamond later. Don’t leave your lead ropes to long. In a string each critter should have enough rope to reach the ground with its nose if its stretching to do so and no more. You don’t want your string getting off trail and wrapped around a tree or root or rock or stepping over the lead rope and having a hell of a wreck. This applies to passing another pack string and not being able to control your bunch as well. Your halters need to be a good fit and kept snug. You can lose a mule or horse by having one itch his face with a hind foot and getting it caught in a loose halter. This applies anytime, at home in camp or on the trail. Teach each pack stock to lead and trail easily, and to cross water and bridges, before you put them in a string. Here's a hint, don't hard tie a green string to the top of the Saw Buck or Decker. Use the ring on the right side of the spider that has the lateral strap on the britchen and forward to the cinch. Make a double loop of bailing twine about 3 inches in diameter through that ring. Tie a double or triple loop of baling twine as a break away, to the D Ring on the pack saddle and thread your pack string lead rope up through the spider ring loop and tie to the break away loop from the D ring.That way you can turn your string using the hind quarters of each pack animal to turn the follower. And if you should have a wreck the whole string doesn't go down. It's easier to have lead ropes pre-tied to your pack saddles. Then tie up your lead ropes on your pack and snap the pre ties to each pack stock being led in the string. Gives you extra lead ropes in camp for your high line too. Happy and safe Trails. And never lead a string with a gaited horse or mule unless the whole string is gaited. I've seen a guy kill his pack mule doing just that.
Considering you’re on young Mules, they handled that very well! Especially when watching the helicopter getting water at the lake, what a cool shot! Hope y’all stay safe and cattle are in the clear. If that fire didn’t start, looks like you would have had some beautiful elk too!
Sorry your adventure was cut short, hope you can find another good spot. I think that mule you were on, I think you called him Elway, he definitely knows how to step it up. He seems to enjoy the outdoor life, but I think the pack mule got jipped on leg length lol. But i couldn't help but laugh when I saw how hard it was trying to keep up. I'm curious about Elway if he likes walking so fast, have you ever tried him in a full gallop or run. For some reason I can picture him running full boar with his ears pinned back. Ok guess I need to stop I seem to be getting carried away. Cant help it, just enjoy your videos so much. So hope you get your elk your after, and take care, travel safe, and enjoy life. Best always Rusty in OK. Come to think of it I've never had elk, deer, buffalo squirrel, rabbit, mmmm ok gotta go. See ya🦌🦌🦌🦌🤗🤗
In Australia we have swags that have a roll back panel over top of you so if the weather is clear you can open it to see the stars but are still protected by fly mesh so no problem with mosquitoes
You guys are so inspiring to me when you muster cows and ride the mules and horses i find it entertaining since I have a couple of horses that I can’t ride due to an injury. However you guys are inspiring me to go back at it when I am able to ride again
@@danemoore9277 cuz you can't outrun a fire . If you get caught out in the dry and there is a fire , only thing you can do is start a fire . It'll back burn to where you'll have a spot to hunker down where it's been burned off and wait it out, course there's no guarantee that you'll survive the smoke but hey, least you didn't cook like a BBQ 🤷
That’s crazy. Fires can spread so quick. There was a fire set by machinery 100 yards from my house. Plans were swoopin in and out, right over our neighborhood. Barley missed my entire neighborhood. 😨
Those canvas cutters in Australia are called swags. Our stockmen have been using them droving for generations. Like yours the new ones have them poles but the originals were just canvas and some foam rubber tied up with a stirrup strap.
Wow, the inexperienced animals handled the situation so well. The Horses i rode back in my riding school days would have freaked out by those helicopters!
I absolute love your videos you do what I always wanted to do I always wanted to ride a horse I did as a birthday suprise before im looking forward to your Videos and so I can ride the horse again
I would not be that calm knowing a fire was that close. I know the fire is a ways away from you but at the same time it is way too close for my comfort knowing how fast those fires can spread.
Wow such a good horse video such a beautiful one u got. Can't waitnext ride I take. I help my buddy relax by I feel calm and relaxed cuz I can listen to my favourite bands like MCR, Escape or new bands like Delta Parole, and others.
That’s just hart breaking for all those fires, such a shame all those trees and animals and people losing their homes. Your lucky you get too leave and go back home. How are your cows on range doing? Neat to watch the forest rangers....
Damn!! That's crazy!! What d the horses and mules eat while you're on a pack trip? Do you hobble them and let them graze or do you bring feed? I've always wondered how that worked.
Another great video 🤠 sorry it was cut short. I have a few questions do you use different tack for riding mules than you do for horses? I would think so by looking at the way their weight is distributed and what do you use for a bit? anyway, I Enjoyed watching how you packed your side bags and that it seemed second nature, y’all just ‘got it done’!thx for the bedroll info and discount and we look forward to your next video hopefully watching you shoot your compound bow off the mule😮and that you get your elk.
In Australia we call the canvas cutter a swag instead of what you’s do but is the same thing and when something is the same but different spelling we say same dog different leg
How much weight do you generally put on your pack animals and how do you know how much each thing weighs? Do you weigh everything separately and go from there?
Easy trip . Try going in out of Cody into the thorofare south east of Yellowstone. Fifteen hours to camp. Trails two feet wide up to 12,000 ft. Within three hours my guide fell off his horse, broke his face. A helicopter from Idaho picked him up on side of mountain in Wyoming and took him to hospital in Montana. I lost an eye. This was my first trip back hunting. I ended up hunting with the rangler . That outfitter out of Cody owes me a free trip. Great experience the hunting became secondary to survival. I could write a book on that trip. The grisly bears were really active. Lot of snow. 3 times Bret riding a mustang fell back on me. I jammed my horse into his so he wouldn’t topple back over on top of him. Crazy experience with one eye. That outfitter ran away shame on him.
Forest fires have ruined a lot of my ride plans over the years. I feel your pain, glad to see you got out just fine and that the smoke wasn't thick enough to be bad for the horse's lungs on the trip out.
AndyTheCornbread had to leave Durango, CO a few years back because we woke up to smoke!
Well, that's some great desensitization for the young animals.
I am a firefighter and work with packhorses/breakers. I love that you took the young horses and mules out. Best way to get a great horse is exposure and experience!
As someone who has broken my back twice from horse wrecks and seen my mother nearly die (24 fractures on the left side, flail chest, and all ribs + collarbone broken), my first glance at the thumbnail just about gave me a heart attack. Glad no-one was hurt! Cool experience watching them work!
That one dislike will always be Raleigh reacts and probably her friends 🤣🤣🤣
She probably doesn’t watch his videos lol
She's so cringey
I watched one of her videos and didn’t even make it half way through because I thought her critiques where so dumb and it was overall super cringe.
@@michigansanimals9341 yeah she makes up a bunch of bull crap no joke
@@annabarnett8078 its true. She's done it to a few barrel racers and now they get so much hate they can't have comments on any if their social media
I am 51 n I love your gaited mule gaited horses are sweet for those of us who have back issues I wish I could come ride with you guys you are so much fun
My first camping experience with horses was an accident. The horses knew we had come across people we didn't want to be out there with long before we did, and tried to tell us we had to go back. Despite how obedient they normally were, we didn't listen to their odd behavior and made them go on, which is when they bolted off the trail with us. By the time we stopped them and got back to a trail, it was too dark to risk coming off the mountain so we found a big tree to sit back against and hold the horses leads. They stood over our shoulders all night, nuzzling our hair and cheeks, and eyeballing critters checking us out in the distance. We had called search and rescue to tell them where we last were and told our families we weren't coming home that night before our batteries died. We heard men shouting and saw a lantern on the ridge above us, and ducked down against the horses quietly. S&R found us hours later, and the horses stomped between them and us with ears pinned because they were still wary. They said they were not the men with the lantern we had heard earlier. I took them back to where the trouble began and we found a previously stolen car, burned to its shell, and they went on to look for who we had come close to while we went home. Miss those two horses, they were amazing caretakers for us compared to our other, "hyper" horses. They both passed away in their 30s.
I'm glad you all were ok!!! That must have been scary! 😨
@@Hannahs_Mustangs It was at the time, but now I look at as a good memory of them being great riding partners and a good life lesson to have passed on my kids. :)
Dang that’s a story glad your alright
Wow that was pretty crazy thanks for sharin guys I’ve never seen them fill up like that I’m glad u r all safe :)
I watching your videos and I have my bells on your videos and I'm subscribed to your videos and 👍☝
I love you guys. Some tips for beginner packers.
Balance your weight within ½ a pound. Keep the loads even in height. Learn to top pack with a tarp and correctly tie a box hitch or squaw hitch. Learn the Diamond hitch double box and double diamond later.
Don’t leave your lead ropes to long. In a string each critter should have enough rope to reach the ground with its nose if its stretching to do so and no more. You don’t want your string getting off trail and wrapped around a tree or root or rock or stepping over the lead rope and having a hell of a wreck.
This applies to passing another pack string and not being able to control your bunch as well.
Your halters need to be a good fit and kept snug. You can lose a mule or horse by having one itch his face with a hind foot and getting it caught in a loose halter. This applies anytime, at home in camp or on the trail.
Teach each pack stock to lead and trail easily, and to cross water and bridges, before you put them in a string.
Here's a hint, don't hard tie a green string to the top of the Saw Buck or Decker. Use the ring on the right side of the spider that has the lateral strap on the britchen and forward to the cinch. Make a double loop of bailing twine about 3 inches in diameter through that ring. Tie a double or triple loop of baling twine as a break away, to the D Ring on the pack saddle and thread your pack string lead rope up through the spider ring loop and tie to the break away loop from the D ring.That way you can turn your string using the hind quarters of each pack animal to turn the follower. And if you should have a wreck the whole string doesn't go down. It's easier to have lead ropes pre-tied to your pack saddles. Then tie up your lead ropes on your pack and snap the pre ties to each pack stock being led in the string. Gives you extra lead ropes in camp for your high line too.
Happy and safe Trails.
And never lead a string with a gaited horse or mule unless the whole string is gaited. I've seen a guy kill his pack mule doing just that.
Considering you’re on young Mules, they handled that very well! Especially when watching the helicopter getting water at the lake, what a cool shot! Hope y’all stay safe and cattle are in the clear. If that fire didn’t start, looks like you would have had some beautiful elk too!
Happy you guys are safe I love trails and I feel your pain
Sorry you had to cut your trip short, but glad you all got out safe. Looking forward to another adventure.
That was some wake up call. Glad it turned out ok. Take care, Al
Sorry your adventure was cut short, hope you can find another good spot. I think that mule you were on, I think you called him Elway, he definitely knows how to step it up. He seems to enjoy the outdoor life, but I think the pack mule got jipped on leg length lol. But i couldn't help but laugh when I saw how hard it was trying to keep up. I'm curious about Elway if he likes walking so fast, have you ever tried him in a full gallop or run. For some reason I can picture him running full boar with his ears pinned back. Ok guess I need to stop I seem to be getting carried away. Cant help it, just enjoy your videos so much. So hope you get your elk your after, and take care, travel safe, and enjoy life. Best always Rusty in OK. Come to think of it I've never had elk, deer, buffalo squirrel, rabbit, mmmm ok gotta go. See ya🦌🦌🦌🦌🤗🤗
Thank you, just found this video from TikTok. I always wanted a Canvas cutter.
How dare you use the forbidden app.
Awesome seeing the Heli dunk and fly off to put out that fire. Poor animals having to hear that noise.
Wow! Fires everywhere these days. Glad you guys were safe.
Wow. Sorry that your hunt was short but always been fascinated with the pilots.
Wow! Young and inexperienced rides and they handled all the commotion like seasoned pros. So glad no one was hurt
In Australia we have swags that have a roll back panel over top of you so if the weather is clear you can open it to see the stars but are still protected by fly mesh so no problem with mosquitoes
Him : we even brought a cooler to keep our stuff cool.
Me : well no shxt sherlock 😌😅😂
Great video
Those Skycrane helicopters are awesome. And their pilots are just the best kinda people.
You guys are so inspiring to me when you muster cows and ride the mules and horses i find it entertaining since I have a couple of horses that I can’t ride due to an injury. However you guys are inspiring me to go back at it when I am able to ride again
Man that was a bummer hopefully you can go back out and get a big one good vidio keep them coming
Definitely time of year a fellow carries a few matches in his pocket , may save ur life ...
Why would that be
@@danemoore9277 cuz you can't outrun a fire . If you get caught out in the dry and there is a fire , only thing you can do is start a fire . It'll back burn to where you'll have a spot to hunker down where it's been burned off and wait it out, course there's no guarantee that you'll survive the smoke but hey, least you didn't cook like a BBQ 🤷
@@jackburton5483 thats what the natives in Aussie did, Really smart dudes and if Aussie kept on doing that then the fires wouldn't be bad.
Great video, you kids stay safe!
Wow y’all are living my dream life
That’s crazy. Fires can spread so quick. There was a fire set by machinery 100 yards from my house. Plans were swoopin in and out, right over our neighborhood. Barley missed my entire neighborhood. 😨
Those canvas cutters in Australia are called swags.
Our stockmen have been using them droving for generations. Like yours the new ones have them poles but the originals were just canvas and some foam rubber tied up with a stirrup strap.
It’s so funny that y’all call it a walk and where I’m from it’s called a rack lol but love to see other people Riding gaited
I like to watch ranching videos because I want to be a rancher when I grow up
It good that you guy are safe
Glad you got out safely. . . . . even thought the fire cut your trip short . .cool helicopter shots . . .
That horrible to see/hear happen but is very cool to watch!!
Love this vid, made my day ❤️
Wow, the inexperienced animals handled the situation so well.
The Horses i rode back in my riding school days would have freaked out by those helicopters!
Great desentesising for your horses and mules have the choppers and planes so low
Keep up the good work @Broncs and Donks and I followed u on tiktok
That Grey pack horse is so pretty. Love watching your channel keep it up boys but be safe.
Love your show, keep up the great job guys and girl's 👍🥰
I absolute love your videos you do what
I always wanted to do I always wanted to ride a horse I did as a birthday suprise before im looking forward to your
Videos and so I can ride the horse again
Love watching you’re videos keep it up!!👍🏻
Nice to get free training for your horses-helicopters aren't around all that often!
I love your videos so much. This is one of the best ones. Please keep posting more 😁
Looks Terrible! I am so glad I do not have to sleep out side!!!!! I love having a roof, warm bed and running water, in a clean bathroom!
I love the videos man o rember when you were on your first couple mule vlogs love the channel be safe
I would not be that calm knowing a fire was that close. I know the fire is a ways away from you but at the same time it is way too close for my comfort knowing how fast those fires can spread.
Nice shot of a Erickson(Sikorsky) Sky Crane.
I love your videos so much I love your horse 🐎 and your mule
I ficken love his videos because I do wat he does
Wow such a good horse video such a beautiful one u got. Can't waitnext ride I take. I help my buddy relax by I feel calm and relaxed cuz I can listen to my favourite bands like MCR, Escape or new bands like Delta Parole, and others.
great video guys
thats what we need..... more videos!!
ok, You got me, New sub here from Florida!
Watching your vids over again
“Let’s take it easy on her because she’s half psycho.” LOL 😅
nice commercial voice at the end lol. you guys are awesome keep it up.
I love the horses and donkeys
That’s just hart breaking for all those fires, such a shame all those trees and animals and people losing their homes. Your lucky you get too leave and go back home. How are your cows on range doing? Neat to watch the forest rangers....
Fires were bad this year sorry about your trip. Where was this area.
Thanks 😊
Glad yall got out safe!
nice.
In australia we call a "canvas cutter" a swag :)
Damn!! That's crazy!! What d the horses and mules eat while you're on a pack trip? Do you hobble them and let them graze or do you bring feed? I've always wondered how that worked.
BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE FIRE CREWS, AND OF COURSE TO BRONCS AND DONKS
Another great video 🤠 sorry it was cut short. I have a few questions do you use different tack for riding mules than you do for horses? I would think so by looking at the way their weight is distributed and what do you use for a bit? anyway, I Enjoyed watching how you packed your side bags and that it seemed second nature, y’all just ‘got it done’!thx for the bedroll info and discount and we look forward to your next video hopefully watching you shoot your compound bow off the mule😮and that you get your elk.
Yes you do because mules and donkeys have a different back so you usually use a very thick pad
I wonder if it would help to have partial blinders on so they can’t see the packs when they are really high and up in their line of sight
In Australia we call the canvas cutter a swag instead of what you’s do but is the same thing and when something is the same but different spelling we say same dog different leg
That pack horse is really pretty
Congrats on reaching 100K subscribers, enjoy your vlogs!
That sounds so fun to be that close to the helicopter
Omg I love ur vids so much
Happened to us in 2018 in north central Colorado. Whole years worth of planning down the drain
Looks like y’all had a blast till you got evicted lol fire sucks.
When I first saw the thumbnail I got real worried because I thought it was an air ambulance😂
Me to
Like your videos where you have the donkeys going hunting and you’re also can’t do you trying to get horses ponies also trying to catch cattle up
A “fun easy normal trip” - what could possibly go wrong ??!!?? :-0
Not aure where you are located but I have been watching the fire reports from Colorado and they are getting beat up pretty bad. Hope things calm soon.
I like your Elway mule very handsome. Thanks for infor on gear . . .
Haw did that horse not run away when your friend dropt the string when the horse didn't go up the wroc
Broncs & Buckin Doncs!!!
I love your videos
Omg the springles bit 😂💀😂
I love this kind of life. It was just my life until I was 19 years old.
I have been in a tuff situation for my horse we were going downhill and it hurt it’s off I was really scared for Rylan
Canvas Cutter🤦🏻♂️
Swag boss
Amazing video 🤩
That dang fire
I love the horses. What's their names? @Broncs and Donks.
How much weight do you generally put on your pack animals and how do you know how much each thing weighs? Do you weigh everything separately and go from there?
“Pack mule” LOL
Easy trip . Try going in out of Cody into the thorofare south east of Yellowstone.
Fifteen hours to camp. Trails two feet wide up to 12,000 ft.
Within three hours my guide fell off his horse, broke his face. A helicopter from Idaho picked him up on side of mountain in Wyoming and took him to hospital in Montana.
I lost an eye. This was my first trip back hunting. I ended up hunting with the rangler . That outfitter out of Cody owes me a free trip. Great experience the hunting became secondary to survival.
I could write a book on that trip. The grisly bears were really active. Lot of snow. 3 times Bret riding a mustang fell back on me. I jammed my horse into his so he wouldn’t topple back over on top of him.
Crazy experience with one eye.
That outfitter ran away shame on him.
Lmao do you ever think you’ll take him up on that free trip?
How frightening!
That's so cool that you guys have a mustang
Early love you btw I ride horese . Ireland
Was that paint horse a mustang? Looked like a freeze brand on mustangs
Lela Flanery-Heineken Just got a snap/glance of a mustang freezebrand too-
🙌🏽 BLM Mustangs
Lela Flanery-Heineken I’m thinking (?)
I want to go on a trail ride someday!!