Re: Looking for advice re: Hunting by horseback
Hey Ladyhawke:
I can also recommend Stan Walchuk/Bluecreek/BCOutfitter.com as a great learning resource. That's where I started and it's allowed me to get fairly serious about packing onto the mountains.
Moosey is right - you can go full on pack trip with a big string into the mountains or just ride a single horse back off the road a good ways to get into great country. He's also right about knowing how to pack.
There are some folks in the GVRD/Fraser Valley area doing this. Shoot me a pm and I'll try to connect you.
Jagermeister - know the dif between a horse and an ATV? A horse will go where an ATV can't (At least I've taken my horse where I couldn't get my ATV!)
Although, to be fair, my little ATV will carry more weight than the horse will. I'm not sure which can pull more. Going to have to test that.
Rob Chipman
"The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders" - Ed Abbey
"Grown men do not need leaders" - also Ed Abbey