...and thats assuming your horse behaves himself. I've mentioned this incident before: Cecil Andrus, former gov. of Idaho and Sec Int under Carter, is an avid elk hunter (still is at 80). One time when he was governor, he and some friends packed way back in with mules. One of them shot an elk. They brought in a mule to pack it out and it got raunchy with them. It reared up and caught Andrus on the top of the head with a hoof, knocking him unconscious. So, they had a dead elk, a raunchy mule, and an unconscious governor. Luckily, he woke up and was able to ride out without a helicopter. Some haven't been so lucky.

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