BP shooting might have helped.....

[kBob]

My Daughter had a horse show today and went into it frightened and sad and confident she would take home "nothing"

During all five of her events folks were shooting on my club range only a quarter mile at most from the horse arena and at least some of the shooting sounded BP-ish. Some of the other horses were some what skitish and some started when a particularlly BP-ish "Sha-boom" rumbled. Our pony Radar never so much as looked that way. Guess shooting in the yard with the horses can help....if they don't freak and run through any fences.

Oh and The Girl and The Pony had five events in class for three first place, two seconds and Class champion.

Now to hit her Mom up for another BP revolver while she is in a good mood.....

-kBob

 

[Patocazador]

Congratulations to your daughter on her success.
Success with horses = more $$$ spent and leaves less for guns.

(Shhh. Sell the horse or you'll never get another gun.)

 

[unknwn]

If you can just convince that pony to allow firing a gun from the saddle you would really have something.
I could only imagine that it's value would go up dramaticly when it could be proven that it isn't "gun shy" .

 

[splattergun]

My Daughter had a horse show today and went into it frightened and sad and confident she would take home "nothing"

During all five of her events folks were shooting on my club range only a quarter mile at most from the horse arena and at least some of the shooting sounded BP-ish. Some of the other horses were some what skitish and some started when a particularlly BP-ish "Sha-boom" rumbled. Our pony Radar never so much as looked that way. Guess shooting in the yard with the horses can help....if they don't freak and run through any fences.

Oh and The Girl and The Pony had five events in class for three first place, two seconds and Class champion.

Now to hit her Mom up for another BP revolver while she is in a good mood.....

-kBob

Congratulations to your lil sweety! No doubt your shooting on the home range helped keep the horse calm, but it was her hard work that earned the success, and I concur your pride.
now..
strike while the iron is hot and be sure to send us pics of the new blackburner.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Today I learned the secret to success is to introduce the horse to shooting and then conduct shooting matches nearby and concurrent with equestrian shows.

 

[kBob]

Pato-Bob,

You have not mastered the art of guilt tripping, obviously.

So far both horses have contributed to my horde of sulferous smelling steel nicely.

One merely takes note when feeding the beasties before daylight and after dark, or when getting them ready to show of what new horse gee-gaw or needful equine support has been recently added and look ascance when after asking are told the cost of said items and respond "Gee, I could have bought five or six Remington New Model Armies ( or whatever you want at the time)for that one thingee."

Instant guilt-trip followed by new gun goodies.......

...and she is even reading over my shoulder and laughing at this post so it must work OK.

-kBob

 

[BCRider]

Today I learned the secret to success is to introduce the horse to shooting and then conduct shooting matches nearby and concurrent with equestrian shows.

The exact same thing that popped into my own mind at reading the first post.... LMAO



I saw my first live mounted shooting this past summer when a couple of the contestants brought their horses and "balloon ammo" out for an evening demo. I was shocked at how noisey the rounds were and can only assume that the poor horses will be somewhat deaf in their later years. At least in the ear of the gun hand side.

Still, it was absolutely amazing to see these fine animals pushing the limits. I kid you not that the earth thundered and the horses seemed to launch from pylon to pylon with a glint in their eye and a smile of freedom on their lips. It was an AWESOME display. Never before have I been near horses (city boy here) when they were so keen on moving.

The one guy's horse was positively dripping with persperation. I asked about this and the guy said that this stallion gets excited about the ride when he sees the saddle come out but he gets positively EAGER TO GO when he sees the gun belts. This horse was the one which REALLY made the earth move and came back head high and happy as a clam after a run through the course.

Yep, guns and horses.... they go together pretty well apparently.

 

[Patocazador]

My 200 yard shooting "range" is right next to where we used to keep horses .. usually 2 or 3 of them. They never spooked when I shot rifles or pistols. However, they had other quirks that would keep me from ever pushing my luck by shooting off them.
(One thought it was neat to rare up and another hated the bit.)

 

[michaelbsc]

Congratulations to your daughter on her success.
Success with horses = more $$$ spent and leaves less for guns.

(Shhh. Sell the horse or you'll never get another gun.)

Don't do that. (I see the smily.)

First thought in my mind was already suggested. Teach the girl to shoot from the saddle.

I promise your daughter will remember the horse show for a lifetime.

While not exactly a horse show my daughter called me out of the blue one day when she was about 26, you know - those years when adulthood is really starting to sink in good, and said thanks for encouraging her in a bunch of things as a young kid.

That phone call was worth every struggle I had to go through for the years of raising her.

Remember, our job as parents is not to raise a child. Our job as parents is to raise an adult. We pay it forward.

 

[V1ROT8]

Congratulations to you all. Outstanding.

 

[BCRider]

It's amazing at what animals can become used to and tolerate with a little time to get aquainted with odd things like firearms noise.

A guy next to one range has a small flock of sheep. The "baaa'ing" and other noises don't skip a beat even when a .300 Magnum goes off. And deer simply wander out onto the range while shooting is in progress to get to the woods on the other side or look for nice grass to munch on. And YES, the range rules insist on an immediate cease fire when this happens and the gun owners have to go out and shoo the animal away with arms and coats before the fun can continue....

A buddy told me once that a hawk that lived on a farm where gopher hunting is common would see the folks coming along with their strange "noise sticks" and perch on a post. The hawk would watch the shooters until the stick was lifted then it would look out along the line and wait for the gopher to fall whereupon it would swoop over and pick up the carcase before the gophers could pull it back down. A few minutes later the hawk would be back watching the hunters again.... TALK ABOUT A LAZY OPPORTUNIST! ! ! !

 

[Hellgate]

Teache her how to shoot and maybe your daughter would be interested in Mounted Cowboy Action Shooting.

http://www.sassnet.com/mounted_news.php