# Goddamned Wild Horses! (Now with pics!) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 25, 2017, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403 "2017-05-25T06:04:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/61 "2017-05-26T18:22:00Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > Wild horses compete for food in the American Intermountain West … and yes the {BLofM} regularly rounds the surplus up and corrals them to keep them off the land … of course city-slickers have no concept of wildlife management and folks like yourself are fine with wild horses living their entire lives in a cramped pen … too many tofu-puking NPR-listening commie/hippy/liberal McGoverniks around to just even suggest offing them … and the Pens are protected from the Predators … haha, see what I did there? The BLM doesn’t round them up because of overcrowding. They round them up because cattle ranchers want to use the land for grazing their beef cattle. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/62 "2017-05-26T18:26:50Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > No kidding! > > OP, here’s what you gotta do. Take camera, go to wild horses in back yard, point and click, come back to computer and post pictures. I got a bunch of pictures, but have no idea how to get them online. The small band that has been lurking has a couple that look like Little Joe’s horse from Bonanza, including a fresh colt. They’ve moved their little act about a quarter mile west of me, today, so I’m good. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/63 "2017-05-26T18:46:01Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I got a bunch of pictures, but have no idea how to get them online. > > The small band that has been lurking has a couple that look like Little Joe’s horse from Bonanza,\*\* including a fresh colt\*\*. > > They’ve moved their little act about a quarter mile west of me, today, so I’m good. Dude, come on, man!! That actually gave me butterflies. I swear I’m gonna die if I don’t see pictures soon :eek: Go to flickr. Sign up for an account (it’s super easy). Upload pictures to your computer then go to flickr and click “add photos” which will take you to where the pictures are stored and then you just click them to add them. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/64 "2017-05-26T19:00:23Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > The BLM doesn’t round them up because of overcrowding. They round them up because cattle ranchers want to use the land for grazing their beef cattle. Well, neither is a native species, so I don’t see why the economically productive one shouldn’t be favored. And H Sapiens is arguably a native species - at least as much as any other that migrated across the Bering Strait land bridge. Now, of course the numbers picked up quite a bit when boats started hauling them in from the east, but still native. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/65 "2017-05-26T19:07:26Z")
Well, arguably horses are native, since they evolved here, and didn’t we cover that in the thread already? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/66 "2017-05-26T19:12:27Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > I like the mental image of them “lurking”. > > Standing on their hind legs with leather jackets on, swigging from a bottle in a brown paper bag, smoking and shouting obscenities at your dogs. As the day goes on they get more drunk and then the equine orgy starts. You should start a new “Far Side” comic. Seriously. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/67 "2017-05-26T19:14:01Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > I like the way you think … I think we could become great friends … killing off all the damn humans would be the best thing in the world for the environment … spay and neuter, it’s the right thing to do … I’ve been advocating for global nuclear warfare for years now, but will they listen ?! Actually, they might’ve. In the trumpness of time, hopefully. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/68 "2017-05-26T19:17:20Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Call a chef at a local French restaurant… You know, it’s actually been a while since I saw horse meat for sale at a butcher’s - and never in a restaurant, it was always “stick to your ribs, it’ll put hairs on yer nuts” sort of food. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/69 "2017-05-26T19:19:54Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > No, no, no! No killing! The [wyld stallyns](https://www.google.com/#safe=strict&q=wyld+stallyns) have specifically asked us to be excellent to each other! And party on, dudes! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/70 "2017-05-26T20:21:43Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I’ve been advocating for global nuclear warfare for years now, but will they listen ?! > Actually, they might’ve. In the trumpness of time, hopefully. Bite your tongue! I’m certain there are other ways to limit human population that don’t make the entire planet unlivable. > [@Kobal2](#): > > You know, it’s actually been a while since I saw horse meat for sale at a butcher’s - and never in a restaurant, it was always “stick to your ribs, it’ll put hairs on yer nuts” sort of food. FYI, we don’t do that in the US. No horse meat on the dinner tables here. I think we’ve banned slaughter houses (although that goes back and forth), so horses bought for slaughter are trucked to Canada and Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/71 "2017-05-26T20:33:38Z")
This quote from Dave Barry seems appropriate: > [@](#): > > I realize that the concept of wild horses probably stirs romantic notions in many of you, but this is because you have never met any wild horses in person. In person, they are like enormous hooved rats. They amble up to your camp site, and their attitude is: "We’re wild horses. We’re going to eat your food, knock down your tent and poop on your shoes. We’re protected by federal law, just like Richard Nixon. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/72 "2017-05-26T20:44:03Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Bite your tongue! I’m certain there are other ways to limit human population that don’t make the entire planet unlivable. Well, there’s always global warming, but it’s not fast enough for my tastes. > [@](#): > > FYI, we don’t do that in the US. No horse meat on the dinner tables here. I think we’ve banned slaughter houses (although that goes back and forth), so horses bought for slaughter are trucked to Canada and Mexico. Oh, I’m well aware. I’m just doing my part to inform y’all that, much like berets, striped shirts, guillotines and garlic necklaces, your cultural stereotypes might could do with a “this century” update 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/73 "2017-05-26T20:47:12Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Dude, come on, man!! That actually gave me butterflies. I swear I’m gonna die if I don’t see pictures soon :eek: I tried. Let’s see… [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49850627556_9669574edd.jpg "bob smith") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/155285423@N02/) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/74 "2017-05-26T20:49:00Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > FYI, we don’t do that in the US. No horse meat on the dinner tables here. I think we’ve banned slaughter houses (although that goes back and forth), so horses bought for slaughter are trucked to Canada and Mexico. Everyone I know who has been to Iceland, except for my gf, has tried and enjoyed horse while there. (Is it just me, or is _everyone_ going to Iceland lately?) ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/75 "2017-05-26T20:55:20Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I tried. Let’s see… > > [bob smith | Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/155285423@N02/) It worked! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/76 "2017-05-26T20:55:52Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > (Is it just me, or is _everyone_ going to Iceland lately?) Nobody’s going there anymore. It’s too crowded. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/77 "2017-05-26T20:57:21Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Everyone I know who has been to Iceland, except for my gf, has tried and enjoyed horse while there. (Is it just me, or is _everyone_ going to Iceland lately?) We just went. We didn’t eat horse (although we saw it on the menu several times.) We also didn’t eat whale, reindeer, or puffin. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/78 "2017-05-26T21:00:31Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > It worked! I can’t seem to add any more. How do I do that? And did you see Mr. Ted? He’s under the “camera roll” tab. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/79 "2017-05-26T21:01:37Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I tried. Let’s see… > > [bob smith | Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/155285423@N02/) What’s that round structure in the distance ? Is that a water tower halfway hidden behind the hill, or… ? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403/80 "2017-05-26T21:09:18Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I can’t seem to add any more. How do I do that? > > And did you see Mr. Ted? He’s under the “camera roll” tab. Hell if I know how this works. I don’t see a camera roll tab. Grrr. Maybe you have to switch to that and share it as a separate link? Maybe someone who knows what they’re talking about should tell you though. I’ve never been able to add more than the 2 pictures I started with (of my dog, of course). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamned-wild-horses-now-with-pics/787403.md?page=5)