RC: I see how all y'all get your broken bones!!!

["John Proudman GGPL B-262" <johnp@lpsi.barc.usda.gov>]

>Not to mention, this is heavy grouse country and have you ever had one of THOSE
>blast out from under your horse's nose.  That's a heart stopper.

Had a Great Blue Heron take off from a riverbank 10 feet away (sounds 
like a helicopter!); came around a blind curve on a trail to have a 
Canada goose rise off it's nest, spread it's wings, and hiss at us.  No 
problem...a lot to be said for a bomb-proof horse.  Broke 5 ribs and a 
collar bone, punctured a lung, from having a horse trip and fall while 
riding quietly through my own pasture.  Go figger!

John