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[RC] Wildlife on the trail - JenI enjoy seeing wildlife, the icing on the cake of my ride. But the ones I find far more annoying are the deer! Those brainless suicidal animals just LOVE to pop up right in front of you and run screaming. Makes horses run AND THEN ask the deer "Why are we running, is something coming to eat us?" We ride with jingle beads on our horses, makes the deer run away much sooner, and my friends aren't forced to hear me sing. Everyone wins! Another fun encounter was while I was riding as a trail guide in the Canadian Shield, on a big 1600 lbs Belgian gelding. We were in the lead when this little mama partridge came strutting out, clucking and fluttering her wings, trying to chase us off (chicks at edge of bush). Thunder, stopped, bent his head to sniff her (which really freaked her out!), snorted (I swear he said "Crazy Chick!") and continued on. But other horses in the line gave her a wide berth, even though the most she could have done was peck them on the coronet band! Jen =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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