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LOL!  No apology necessary...

 

I remember as a kid being completely enthralled when the USFS installed a Powder River gate next to a cattle guard when they rebuilt the road above our ranch.  I used that one to "practice" with my horse every time I happened up that way, because it was the only one like it that I had ever seen.

 

But then I remember being enthralled when I got into vet school and went around to ranches that had commercially-made cattle chutes, too--I'd never seen such a marvel as a kid here in Lemhi County, where all the cattle chutes were home-made, and some were pretty "interesting," to say the least. 

 

Heidi

Well I guess most everything I see around Oklahoma and Texas where horses ride are 'real gates' we have a few fence openings, we call 'funk and Wagnall gates' but they are usually in places you aren't suppose to be riding.  Private property cattle pastures.  There are a couple that I have opened on the one horse, but he's the one I can move trees off of too. 

 

So I guess none of us should jump to conclusion about gates and say well it DEPENDS.  I find times to get on and off to take my time and stretch and check stuff...  I'm just glad I can decide when and it doesn't have to be at a gate, especially if cattle are coming my way. 

 

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