Post by straekat on Jun 7, 2019 4:14:37 GMT -7
Big time mountain lion prey! Glad those critters are absent from my neck of the woods. Sprawling with a large kitty cat death machine just doesn't seem like it would end well for horse nor man.
Horses though were very prominent here in the East and through the colonies as one would assume. Certainly for farming and transportation purposes. My brother likely would have more insight on their use amongst the Eastern tribes. They indeed were used but not as effectively as out West obviously. The difference in terrain certainly would be one of the biggest factors. My portion of the Ohio Valley is rather hilly and dense in woodland cover, very difficult for horses in this region. The Shawandase and Miami in my area capitalized on river transportation via canoes as did the vast amount of Eastern tribes. Certainly didn't have to feed a canoe either!
There be bears in my region upstream of you at the headwaters of the Ohio. There isn't quite as many as there was a while ago. They are still around and from time to time turn up in residential neighborhoods. When that happens the state sends out teams to set up bear traps and release them, usually in the Allegheny National Forest. Trackers on captured/release bears indicate they may sometime head back home. The same forest by the way also has a very small number of mountain lions.
BH...you do know west of Helena there is a an area where the grizzly population is supposed to be the densest per square mile of anywhere in the US? Will bears go after a horse? Dunno....