More Wild Horses

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These are since the Rodeo-Chedeski fire

Forest Service Road 51 Band


South out of Heber/Overgaard heading down Forest Service Road 51.
Nearly any evening in reasonable weather you can find feral horses grazing down that road.
Sometimes they are north near the population, within the first mile, but normally they are to be found further south near the intersection of the Forest Service Road 124. There is a tank in that area and they gather there!
Another mile south and into a large valley if you look closely there is a trail off to the east that goes to a very large tank. Just before sunset you can find horses there on occasion.
If you continue south they are likely to appear anywhere down to and including the Forest Service Road 300.

7:21 am, Thursday, October 3, 2024


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    Grazing

    nice looking young mare, need to follow up in summer of 2016 to see how she faired.

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    That is the "are you still here?" look!

    nice!

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    Twenty yards off the road

    They look healthy... but winters are hard.

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    Looks like she fits...

    Another way to have fun in the sun.

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This litte Palomino is accustomed to people... seems like you could get out and pet her but I’m sure she would run...



51 Road Band

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late evening graze toward a water hole...

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    Buckskin Stud

    He is the boss and will fight!

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    an interloper that is not very welcomed!

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    Part of the herd in the evening sun... the prize if you beat the Dun horse...

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    Another minor interloper...

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They are all accustomed to people... seems like you could get out and pet her but I’m sure all would run...


Trying to move in one the old man...

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    September 2015, nice looking young mare, need to follow up in summer of 2016 to see how she faired.

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    That is the "are you still here?" look!

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    They look healthy... but winters are hard

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    Looks like she fits... ready for winter, I hope! Will see in the spring...

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This litte Palomino is accustomed to people... seems like you could get out and pet her but I’m sure she would run...



A photo by Richard Aaron Pierce in Monument Valley
© Richard Aaron Pierce