Finally got around to processing my photographs from July 12. It was very hot that day and it took a fair amount of hiking to keep up with the herd.
According to a recent instagram post https://www.instagram.com/p/B1MrhhTH_y8/?igshid=1xgr6x4xfyzw
the BLM has moved up the scheduled October Onaqui roundup to September 10-16. According to the post the BLM will gather these 200 horses from outside the HMA and then from “the mountains within the HMA where sage grouse have been re-introduced.” Again according to the post, horses within the valley will NOT be gathered…
It seems unlikely that the BLM can find 200 horses to round up without rounding up the herd that we photograph. The South herd is frequently “outside of the HMA.” I’m glad I will be photographing in Iceland during this time. Not sure I could endure the pain and suffering.
Photographing these magnificent wild horses never gets old. I could do it every day. I only hope that they will still be there when I get back from Iceland…
My heart sinks when I hear about “gatherings.”
Bruce, you are absolutely right. “Gathering’ should be replaced by “capture and cage”….
Greig
That’s just not right. The wild mustangs should stay even the rancher’s want more cattle. You know there’s a small population that wants this to happen. Come on, the Onaqui herd are just living their lives here not bauther no one!