R_Walter
Gold Member
My father ranched, but mainly outfitted and guided in Northern NM many years ago; he's since deceased. There was always a string of horses and mules around ready to take the clients out. Occasionally he would butcher and process a mule or horse that had died or one that he had to finish off. He used them as dogfood for his pack of hunting dogs. This was back in the early '60s before processed dog food was as predominant as it is today. He always kept a pack of 10 - 15 Bluetick hounds on the place for lion and bear hunting.
One time he had a horse hung up in a tree and had just started to skin it. Three of his paying customers arriving early for a outfitted lion hunt beginning the next day came down the trail behind the barn and corral and saw him skinning out that horse and got really upset. They thought he was getting their supper ready!
His standard retort whenever anyone ever asked him what to bring for an upcoming hunt or even to visit him was always either... "bring dogfood" or "bring whiskey."
One time he had a horse hung up in a tree and had just started to skin it. Three of his paying customers arriving early for a outfitted lion hunt beginning the next day came down the trail behind the barn and corral and saw him skinning out that horse and got really upset. They thought he was getting their supper ready!
His standard retort whenever anyone ever asked him what to bring for an upcoming hunt or even to visit him was always either... "bring dogfood" or "bring whiskey."