Posted 2007-06-06 10:27 PM (#61913) Subject: Picket lines - High vs low
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Posts: 150 Location: Le Claire IA
All the OLD magazines show chest high picket lines but I've never seen any that weren't high above their heads while camping. Does anyone know why the change? Does anyone use the chest high lines? Thanks.
Posted 2007-06-07 12:48 AM (#61923 - in reply to #61913) Subject: RE: Picket lines - High vs low
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Posts: 2828 Location: Southern New Mexico
I dont know, but my first thought was horses using their chest to push through it or leaning against and stretching the rope and tighting the knots. Or it could be to keep them from chewing on it. Or the old timers were to tired to stretch up high and tie the rope.
Posted 2007-06-07 12:03 PM (#61945 - in reply to #61913) Subject: RE: Picket lines - High vs low
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Posts: 46 Location: Carson City, MI
What I always think about when I tie a horse is what will happen if he pulls? When they are tied up high, there back legs get under them when they pull and they lose power. If they are able to keep all four firmly on the ground they can bust about anything!
I would worry too about if they just simply spooked and jumped into the line. They could take down the whole thing then you would have some horses to catch!
Posted 2007-06-23 3:33 AM (#62685 - in reply to #61913) Subject: RE: Picket lines - High vs low
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Posts: 189 Location: nashville, In.
I think I have seen what you are talking about. But, I don't think they (the horses) were tied to the rope. In the stories I've read about ranches out west, they trained their horses to stand inside a rope corral and face the outside. If I remember correctly (and please correct me if I'm wrong),they would then rope out the horse to be used that day. There have been very good acticles in Western Horsemen over the years on ranches out west with pics to show this.
Hi-lines or picket lines are used to tie horses to, not just confine them. These are the kind that you are seeing.
Picket lines - High vs low
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