Aside from negative coggins your mounts have to have a clean bill of health within 30 days of your visit. Also will have to buy certified weed free hay in Colorado and I wouldn't advise getting caught with good Ol coastal Bermuda up there. Your horses will have just as hard a time adjusting to the elevation as you will so be prepared to switch to dude ranch mounts if it's to much for them. Also archery season starts august 25 and runs the whole month of September, muzzle loader season is the middle of September. Orange flags and or vests plus a certain amount of orange on your horse is required. Check with the rangers station and Colorado DOW for all rules an regs. I'll be up there myself for the start of elk season aug 25 in a different area we ride mules and usually saddle bags and one pack mule per two people is good for 3 nights in the back country. Take more water with you than you think you can drink in two days for a one day outing. Have fun.
The ranch said they don't require the weed free hay, so is this only in park areas, or is it even on private property as well?
What part of Colorado are you goin to? Have a buddy that packs into the area around Buda (spelling?) and Hamilton every year for elk bow hunting. He is gearing his mares up right now. This will be those old girls last trip. Pennie is turning 19 this year and Dolly is turning 17. They've been every year for the last 10 and have sure earned their retirement. Next year will be Bucky and Bismarck's first time.
if ya plan on being overnight out in the hills make sure ya take hobbles for the nags,they have a better time . if ya are just likely to spend a night out, wouldnt recomend the extra hoss and make sure you got em legged up,them old hills will take it out of them
None of mine are broke to hobbles, but they will all stand tied for days so I think that's our plan. As far as the other horse, I'm cool with camping, and I ain't highs maintence as far as bathing and fire and that kind of stuff for one night, HOWEVER, I REFUSE to sleep totally exposed outside or in the ground, so the mare will mostly carry the food, tent, sleeping bags, and air mattress. Lol I am a woman, I do have certain criteria.
tie your horses away from the house, give them enough room to move but still stay tied. we like to make a line tie out between two trees
I was wondering about this... I could see the need for a hi line if it was going to be multiple nights, but for just one, would just tying to a tree work ok?
