Those that was too old, crippled, or was wire-cut, had to go, and we feltlike we was double crossing a friend. I was raised with them and worked with them most of my life. When I got to working on farms and ranches and running mustangs on the Owyhee Desert, I got to see the horse in his wild state and learned a lot about their habits. The horse is a hardy animal. I have seen deer and antelope starve to death, but horses would survive.
Horses have an advantage.
I have saw horses paw down through deep snow to get grass. I don t know of many animals that do this. In the middle of June or July, some of the waterholes and small creeks dry up. One day, I saw a bunch of horses round a dry wash where I knowed there was no water, or so I thought. I rode over to see what was doing.