Hot Tip: Keep a flashlight in your saddlebag
If, heaven forbid, you ever have an emergency and have to spend the night on the trail, you’ll be glad you have a flashlight in your saddlebag. But the flashlight …
4 Steps to Responsible Trail Use
What you should know about responsible trail use through appropriate outdoors etiquette and ethics through these “4 Steps to Responsible Trail Use.” As published in Western Mule magazine – August …
How to Plan a Horse Camping Trip in 7 Steps
Most years I spend well over 30 days of summer horse packing in remote backcountry areas, as well as numerous trailhead horse camping trips. These adventures generally run from three …
How to Pony a Horse Safely
How to Pony a Horse Safely. Be able to pony. Are you able to lead a another horse from yours, and is your animal able to be led by a …
The Swivel on the Highline
Yes, it’s true I make mistakes, all the time actually. As Bram Stoker once said “We learn from failure, not from success.” I’ve learned a lot over the years. One …
The Ten Essentials for Every Trail Ride
Essentials for Every Trail Ride – What to carry on every ride and why to do so. As published in Horsemen’s Corral Magazine – July 2020 What are they? Back …
Hold your horses – Highline Revamp
The highline – Way back in 2009 I created a highline how to video. It’s been pretty popular and I hope it’s been helpful. But that was over a decade …
A Horsemen’s Guide to Responsible Trail Use
What you should know about responsible trail use through appropriate outdoors etiquette and ethics through this “Horsemen’s Guide to Responsible Trail Use.” As published in West Coast Horsemen magazine – …
The History of the BCHO
The first efforts to create a state organization in Oregon were made by Flathead BCH members Roland Cheek and Jack Watts, in 1977, in Enterprise. However, nothing permanent occurred until …
Wilderness Issues Data Survey
The Wilderness Issues Data Survey has been put on the website. The purpose of the survey is to provide BCHO with objective, documented information to have future conversations with the …