Posted 2009-03-01 8:20 PM (#100432 - in reply to #100420) Subject: RE: info....big horn mountains needed
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We stayed at Battle Park. Beautiful area to ride, but the forest service has redid the camp since we were there. The road is rough going in and if they are full you will have to leave. They are only going to allow so many campers and that is it. You cannot make reservations either. Now you can make reservations at Hunter Corral. I have heard it is nice riding out of there too. You might also check into Tensleep Lake. I think you can horse camp there but don't know what the camp is like. Your best bet on the campgrounds would be to call the forest service for that area.
Posted 2009-03-02 9:28 PM (#100506 - in reply to #100420) Subject: RE: info....big horn mountains needed
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Posts: 376 Location: Missouri
The road into Battle Park is long and slow. Takes an hour plus to drive 15 miles. It is not so steep, but very rough. Trails are not that great. Very little maintenance on them. I wouldn't go back again, too many places with better trails and much better scenery. The Wind River range has a lot better riding.
Posted 2009-03-03 7:29 PM (#100580 - in reply to #100420) Subject: RE: info....big horn mountains needed
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We never have padded our horses. Of course we are from MO, which is the show me your rock state so our horses are used to rocks. We did try the Vet Tec stuff one time because we had an ouchy horse but it does not stay in very well. We had some people tell us to put iodine on horses feet about two weeks before you go to rocky places and that will toughen their feet up. They were from Indiana and they said it really helped their horses while riding in MO.
Posted 2009-03-03 8:10 PM (#100581 - in reply to #100420) Subject: RE: info....big horn mountains needed
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Posts: 681 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
That's a good tip about the iodine... My rocky mare's feet are pretty tough.. We ride all over Bandera barefoot and even though they chip a little it is more of a "natural trim" type of chipping.. At no time does she get sore.. However, that being said, I still cringe when we ride over the really rough stuff... Our new rescued TWH seems to have pretty good feet, but I won't know for sure until I start using her over rocky terrain... Right now she's on VERY light duty because she's still in rehab, and I'm trying to put some weight on her...
Posted 2009-03-06 10:19 PM (#100836 - in reply to #100420) Subject: RE: info....big horn mountains needed
Location: KY
Happy Jack Pad Kote is for dogs and horses and it will toughen up the sole of the horse's feet; when we went out to SD, WY etc, we had rock pads put on all 8 feet....and I used neoprene bell boots on my horse's front feet too, but our horses are not used to rocks (and the dryness) and in our area they are not going to get used on rocks, so we used pads..... Also be aware that you may need to be prepared to transport your drinking water. We used an aux tank in the bed of the truck in addition to the water tank in the lq.
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