Shoulda have bought an otc selected E-Tag and SMOKED one ??????…the “Abq metro area?”
Let’s hear the closest you have seen them to Sandia Crest and I will tell you where I just saw these. Don’t get all excited, too many homes to hunt over here.
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Freaking AWESOMENo BS…that was filmed from my front door right here in Placitas. Keep in mind I live in FAR East Placitas. Since yesterday I am hearing reports of a ranch South of Santa Fe that has em so maybe they wandered West? Who knows, I just hope to see them more often.
Yeah my three year old was pretty pumped, he’s used to seeing coyotes so this had him a tad confused.
Kill the lions.It really is a shame to see such low deer numbers here in Placitas. It is what you imagine when you think of mule deer country, and there are a handful of springs that run year round. The real problem for the deer around here are the horses.
I hike these hills out here all the time, hundreds of miles since we moved here less than two years ago and I had never seen evidence of barbary before. I even have some trail cameras around that regularly get the usual suspects of deer, bobcats, horses, coyotes, bears and mt. lions (higher elevation towards the Sandias), but never a Barbary. So as you can imagine I was flat out shocked to see em out my front door. I won’t be upset to see them more often. I’d trade the horses for more deer and Barbary any day.
I have yet to figure out if these horses are truly protected or not. I know they are not tied to a BLM or FS Herd Management Area which from what I understand gives federal protection to horses in an HMA. I have heard mention of these horses being protected by Sandoval County somehow but cannot figure out how to find that out for certain.I once saw droppings in the southern Sandias that looked mighty suspicious as BBY, but no confirmation.
Regarding feral horses (and burros) it boggles the mind they are a protected species.
Love that place. Nice ranch to hunt on.Between Golden and Madrid ... Rancho de Chavez
Feral goats, feral horses, feral pigs, feral cats, feral dogs, feral children...should be managed by people with backbones.
Smarba, you are correct, but it’s not all feral horses. It’s only those associated with designated areas on BLM and FS lands. This is from your link:Protection of feral horses and burros is at the Fed level, unfortunately.
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