Mounted search and rescue

[Lyne Peterson <lyne@bryngyld.com>]

In our unit we are expected to get off. I don't know about your eyesight, but 
when I'm looking for sign, I usually have to get fairly close (often on my 
knees) to identify a track. Yes, we carry radios, and we are sometimes 
instructed to mark the area of the clue or tape off the area, or pick up the 
item and bring it in. In training, we all grumble about who's turn it is to 
get off, of course. ^_^
 
This is very interesting how different procedures are for different units. I 
have to say I don't like getting on and off. My mare is 17 hands.

Mary <mhawes@mlecmn.net> wrote:
When clues, tracks, etc are found during a search, volunteer members are NOT 
to disturb the evidence so why would the mounting/dismounting issue come to 
play here?!? If we find any evidence, we are expected to call for assistance 
via radios carried during searches. If an injured person is found, that would 
be a different situation...obviously I would get off my horse to assist an 
injured person no matter how much trouble I would have getting back on!!
Mary Hawes
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