Hunting & Fishing Are deer afraid of horses?
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Re: Are deer afraid of horses?
You are so right. 3 does in the pasture with my horses when I fed them this morning. If we don't talk on the trail we will ride right up on deer all the time.
That is a big boy on the left. Percheron, Belgian??
You are so right. 3 does in the pasture with my horses when I fed them this morning. If we don't talk on the trail we will ride right up on deer all the time.
That is a big boy on the left. Percheron, Belgian??
Re: Are deer afraid of horses?
Down here in the woods, when we are riding, we walk up on them all the time.
My dad had a belgian/missou mammoth jack crossed mule that came down from Colorado. He we was huge! Stand flat footed and jump a 6' fence. He allegedly packed 1200 lbs of elk down the side of a mountain near Durango, at 18 months old.
He bent every gate on pop's place! If he could get his head over it and push, that gate was toast.
Cheers,
breeze
Here's my Percheron gelding, 4 1/2 years old.
Down here in the woods, when we are riding, we walk up on them all the time.
My dad had a belgian/missou mammoth jack crossed mule that came down from Colorado. He we was huge! Stand flat footed and jump a 6' fence. He allegedly packed 1200 lbs of elk down the side of a mountain near Durango, at 18 months old.
He bent every gate on pop's place! If he could get his head over it and push, that gate was toast.
Cheers,
breeze
Here's my Percheron gelding, 4 1/2 years old.
Re: Are deer afraid of horses?
I have had deer spook when riding up on them with my horse, sometimes they just stare. When they spook they can make the horse spook, horses and deer both believe in run first and ask why later. Just standing out in the pasture they seem to get along fine.
I have had deer spook when riding up on them with my horse, sometimes they just stare. When they spook they can make the horse spook, horses and deer both believe in run first and ask why later. Just standing out in the pasture they seem to get along fine.
Re: Are deer afraid of horses?
We have deer and hogs that co-mingle with our stock frequently... Several does and a few of the horses were in the food plat (winter oats) yesterday with no issues… My feeder really slings the corn and the horses will hang out and eat what goes outside the pen, with the wild hogs being inside the pen…
We have deer and hogs that co-mingle with our stock frequently... Several does and a few of the horses were in the food plat (winter oats) yesterday with no issues… My feeder really slings the corn and the horses will hang out and eat what goes outside the pen, with the wild hogs being inside the pen…
Re: Are deer afraid of horses?
I get does eating off my hay stack when the horses are 4 feet away watching over the fence. Frikin deer.
Last winter I tossed a few flakes in the paddock. Went out an hour later and there's a 4 point (western), all rutted out, eating hay right next to the horses.
Deer ain't afraid of horses!
I get does eating off my hay stack when the horses are 4 feet away watching over the fence. Frikin deer.
Last winter I tossed a few flakes in the paddock. Went out an hour later and there's a 4 point (western), all rutted out, eating hay right next to the horses.
Deer ain't afraid of horses!
