Jacks Fork Wild Horses

[KCRIVERRAT]

Hey Everyone!

Wanna share a few pics of an early August Jacks Fork trip I took. Had the river virtually to ourselves mid-week. The smallie was 17 1/2". Caught below Shawnee Creek.

[taxidermist]

Nice fish, but the horses are correctly known as FERAL HORSES. They really need to go.

[jdmidwest]

Interesting taxidermist, I have never regarded them as a nuisance animal. The majority of the problems on the Jack's Fork is caused by the registered Horses. They have become a novelty in that area and am not really sure of what damage that they are causing.

Feral hogs compete with deer and turkeys for food. Feral dogs attack stock and humans. Feral cats kill rabbits and songbirds.

By the way, nice smallie.

[shawncat]

Nice pic's.Would love to see those wild horses sometime.Great smallie.

[KCRIVERRAT]

Thanks for replying,

I'm not going to get into the feral argument. I'm up here in K.C. I've just read what's been published by Eminence publications, and from this experience I'll take feral horses over feral hogs.

I've got other pics avaliable that were taken up close that makes me wonder how wild they are. After talking to locals, they told me they (for lack of a better word) cull the herd to make sure the balence is sustained.

Anita down at "Two Rivers Canoe Rental" I've gotten to know and she's glad to have the pics for her new website!

I realize we're not in Wyoming or anywhere else out west, but these herds go back a long way (with some tragedy involved).

I'll take the horses over the hogs anytime...

[KCRIVERRAT]

Sorry guys & gals... for those who care - I meant "BALANCE" on the last thread. I suspect most of you don't...

What I've seen on this forum it's the conversation and the message that counts!

[Al Agnew]

I've seen wild horses on the Current. I'll preface this by saying that I don't particularly like horses. But as long as they are kept as a relatively small population, I don't have much of a problem with them. The minute, however, that there are enough of them that they start causing problems, I'll be the first to advocate culling them.

The feral hogs are definitely much worse at this point. Not only would I like to totally eliminate them, I'd like to eliminate the dimwits that illegally stocked them in several parts of the Ozarks.

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[KCRIVERRAT]

Nice Pics Saluki,

I've been going down there since I was 17 and saw them for the first time 3 years ago, but these pics from this summer are the best. By the way I'm 49 now!

[jdmidwest]

I really don't know what the harm in having some of them around. I think most of the fecal coliforms in the river are from tame horses on trail rides and this is what is damaging water quality the most. Anyone care to elaborate on what the wild horses are damaging?