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ELKO Field Office Herd Management Areas (#100's) | |
 | Rockn Red Ranch Lakeside Loko with owner Joe Horine age 3 gelding from Elko area #02580167 Adopted and trained by Megan and Scott Robertson. This is my first horse and we have learned a lot together. He has been such a pleasure and blessing I have acquired another Mustang to work with as well..... - Joe Horine
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 | Kumi and his adopter, Pam Stoddard, winning Costume class at the Reno Wild Horse & Burro Expo in 2005. Kumi is from one of "The Diamonds" (Diamond Hills, Diamond Hills North, or Diamond Hills South) though I'm not sure which one. Kumi was adopted by Pam the day after the 2004 Expo, so that is pretty impressive progress! |
The ELKO BLM Field Office District includes the following Herd Management Areas (Listed In Numerical Order):
- 101 Owyhee NV101
- 102 Little Humboldt
- 103 Rock Creek
- 104 Diamond Hills North
- 105 Maverick-Medicine
- 106 North Cherry Creek (now divided up between other HMA's)
- 107 Antelope Valley
- 108 Goshute
- 109 Spruce-Pequop
- NV110 Toano (zeroed)
Owyhee NV101  Samson, adopted by Mitzi Nevin, trained by Ryan Coaxum For Samson's story, click HERE (Note that Little Owyhee NV200 shares a very long border with Owyhee, which the horses no doubt cross, but is administered by the Winnemucca District) |  Salem from Owyhee, adopted by the Wilder family from North Carolina. 5 Year old grey gelding, from Owyhee, NV. He is 14.3 hands tall. Salem is sweet and loving, extremely gentle, and adores being around people. Big boned and strong, he has been used as a trail riding horse at the stable I board him at. He was adopted in Cross Plains as a 2 year old.
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 | Ryan Coaxum riding Samson from Owyhee (Elko District), adopted by Mitzi Nevin
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 Tickle from Owyhee, adopted by Suzette Tickle is bay roan sabino in coloring | |
This is Nevada from Owyhee Area. He is great, sometimes I think he acts more like a dog instead of a horse. Best trail horse and buddy I have ever ridden. - Nevada & Louise Mathis N.C.
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| Owyhee Mares currently available for Internet Adoption from Palomino Valley. Call Mike Meyers at Palomino Valley for information: 775-223-9046 |  |
| Little Humboldt NV102 | |
| Rock Creek NV103
ROCK CREEK mares available at Palomino Valley. Call Mike Meyers at Palomino Valley for information: |  Faith from Rock Creek 3-year-old mare adopted September 2004 by Angie. |
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Diamond Hills North - NV104 Sherman from Diamond Hills North
|  1300 lb mustang from Diamond Hills rescued by Kris Peterson "Blue is a little off the scale. He's right at 16 hands, roughly 1300 pounds, has feet like dinner plates. He's a dark chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail. His forelock hangs most of the way down his face and his tail nearly drags the ground. And he was this wonderful Roman nose." |
 | Henry the Mustang from Diamond Hills North Rescued from the auction as a 10-year-old by Raymond Brown of Marin County, CA Henry is solid, sound, "dead broke," kind and sweet - Ray reports he is just astounded that such a fine, well-trained animal would end up at the auction! Thankfully, Ray saved Henry, and Henry is now much loved and enjoying the Good Life! |
Maverick-Medicine NV105 Smoke, from Maverick-Medicine HMA, adopted by Carter Roberts. |  Smoke, from Maverick-Medicine HMA, adopted by Carter Roberts. |
Maverick-Medicine was gathered in July, 2006, as part of the Buck & Bald Complex gather. I was lucky enough to happen to be visiting Palomino Valley BLM Center when two loads were delivered. I was very favorably impressed by these horses - good temperaments and excellent conformation. The big "M" painted on their butts identifies these pretty young studs as Maverick Medicine |  Beautiful red (above) and bay (below) duns  |
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 Newly-arrived Maverick-Medicine horses (you can see the delivery trucks in the background) | |
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 This little sleepy-head slept through the arrival of new horses |  |
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| North Cherry Creek NV106 - (no longer managed as a separate HMA: divided between Antelope Valley & Maverick Medicine) | |
Antelope Valley NV107 Thea |  |
Goshute NV108 7-year-old Aspin riding Tar Baby Tar Baby from Goshute, adopted by Billie Pitcher. Tar Baby was adopted as a 3 year old stallion at a satellite adoption in Casper, brought to my place, and within a week, on a bet/dare from our husbands, Billie got up on him bareback, he was so relaxed and easy going, that we went ahead and saddled him, she got back on, and I ponied him off Metawa, when he got mad, the only thing this stallion did was stomp his foot! It was so funny! Just like a kid not wanting to do something, just stomped that foot... LOL! She had him gelded about a month later. Everyone swore that this mustang had to have been previously handled, but we all knew he hadn't been :) If all Goshute mustangs are as easy as Tar Baby was, adopters | 
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Spruce-Pequop NV109  Sherpa, adopted by James Smith |  Sundance Kid -adopted by Laura Powers |
| NV110 Toano (zeroed out October 1993) | |
| If you have a photo you'd like to share of an animal from one of these HMA's, please send it to me - be sure to identify yourself, the animal, and the HMA, so I can credit it properly. Thanks! | |
