Horses and survival plans

[jhs1969]

Do horses play a part in any of your survival plans?

If near term job/finances permit we are planning to get a couple of horses. They will be for recreational use but also have a place in our prep plans. What are some of the details of your plans for your horses?

[ICANHITHIMMAN]

I have them and they are foctored in. There for the most part self sustaning. You need to know what your doing they can be dangerous its not like riding a bike or the movies where you just jump on and hi ho silver your gone. THey all have diffrent temperments and get scared of the littlest things.

For instance one of our 1500lb draft/paint crosses is deathle affraid of butter flys and anything that squeks and it will send him over the top. You need to be a very schooled rider to know what to do in this situation and knowing the animal is key to that.

On the flip side my horse is dead or so it seams most of the time.

[montanadave]

Don't forget the saddle scabbard with a Louisville Slugger!

[p22shooter30]

I plan on stealing one the first chance i get

[backspur]

I think the best place for a horse in a survival plan would be as a food source. Horses require too many resources to be practical in a survival situation. A well conditioned horse might serve as good bug out vehicle that you could eat when you got there.

[Zhurdan]

To add to backspur's comment... unless you can maintain your horse where you plan to be living, it's like a car with no need for a key. Anyone can take it.

For instance, we have horses, but where we keep them is about 6 miles from my home and not a very nice place to live (sleep/stay all the time). There's plenty of water and feed, but not any place to accommodate my family. It's also close enough that other people know the horses are there and they'd probably disappear long before I'd make an attempt to retrieve them.

Great in theory, bad in application unless you live where you keep your horses.

[kartoffel]

Do horses play a part in any of your survival plans?

If near term job/finances permit we are planning to get a couple of horses. They will be for recreational use but also have a place in our prep plans. What are some of the details of your plans for your horses?

If SHTF, there's going to be about 20 head of really skinny, sick horses down the road from me. It's painful to think about, but if disaster strikes livestock are going to starve.

I don't have horses, but if I did and wanted to keep them post-SHTF, they'd be kept barefoot. Any horses would have to be able to sustain themselves on local forage, or they'd be bartered/eaten.

[eternal24k]

my SHTF plan has always involved stealing a horse

[ICANHITHIMMAN]

my SHTF plan has always involved stealing a horse

LOL you guys are rich, better look for the old broke ones our your all going to die of starvation along the road with your broken necks. Seriously get traning a horse is like an m4 with worn parts and squib ammo you dont know wtf youre in for.

[Gramps]

If your going to have a horse or two for this, make DAMN SURE, it is not "Gun Shy". Make sure you can shoot off it. Some will be bothered, others not. A horse can warn you at night of some dangers approaching too. Get a good dog too, with hoarse. As long as the two get along.