Funniest thing is when guys bring thier daughter's or wives arena/gykhana horse elk hunting and then use a riding saddle with the Colorado type paniers that fit over them. Usually the horse has never seen them, they get packed unbalanced and over loaded.The bags are way down low so they are pressing on the horses sides into the ribs and the horse is struggling to catch it's breath, maintain it's balance from the uneven loads, and when they do stop to give the horse a breather ,the poor thing's legs are quivering with exhaustion
Some horses and owner/operators are unprepared for hunting trips. That's for sure.
I've met folks from outside that talk about their daughter's barrel horse, and her pole bending horse, and then her jumping horse, and so on. Each activity with a different horse.
Up here they have to do everything. We barrel race, pole bend, rope, trail ride, hunt, pack meat on the same horse. Sometimes in the same week.
