Deer Season

Well apparently, here in northern CA its deer hunting season.

A couple of days ago I was at my ranch for my daily visit with Cooper. I had him at the tie rail grooming him when I saw this very tall man dressed in camo gear and a huge bow and arrow approaching me. He walked up to me and told me that he was a friend of the ranch owner. He said that Steve (ranch owner) lets him come on his land and hunt the deer that live there, since they over populate the land. I really did not say much back to him as I was stunned. I just returned to grooming my horse with a disgusted look on my face.

I am aware that people hunt for a food source. And I guess I understand that. Maybe. However, people that hunt them for fun make me sick. I mean this person has 44 acres of land that he does nothing with. So it’s not like the deer are doing anything negative to the land. I really just could not believe it.

So to me this is the last straw with this ranch. I am tired of all the bull that is going on there. The owner has the strangest people living on his property. I am not one to judge because I am in no way normal. But I’m talking about drug dealers and people like that.

When I first came to this ranch I was aware that he rented trailers to a few people. he told me that they are quiet people and would not cause any trouble. They pretty much leave me alone but I do not like the shady dealings that are going on there. I am not even going to write about them because I am so furious. But I will say that one of the tenants is drunk 99.9 percent of the time and carries a gun around with him. Lovely right?

It has gotten to the point where I do not like being there alone for long periods of times. Robby and I both agreed that for me to move to a new ranch that actually has people for me to ride with. I am the only boarder at my ranch. After my second week at this ranch the three other boarders took their horses and stuff and got the hell out of there. This should have been my sign. But I like to give things a chance. But its coming down to me and my horses safety.

When I first moved to this ranch. I saw it as a diamond on the rough. And I did like the huge covered arena and the all day turnout for my horse so I decided to give it a chance. Sigh.

So Robby and I are going to look at a couple of places tomorrow and hopefully I will be out of that hell hole soon.

I haven’t been doing as much with Cooper as I should because I have been really depressed the past couple days about the ranch situation and me being a little homesick and of course losing Fen. Of course having horrible menstrual cramps did not really help my mood either. It’s also not really safe to be training a young horse while dumbasses are in the hills shooting off their guns. I promised Cooper that as soon as we move I will be more serious with his training. Hope later I will go and at least hang out with him. Until then I will be sitting here feeling icky. I really need something good to happen. Sigh.

bye for now