Showing posts with label Field Expedient Halter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Field Expedient Halter. Show all posts

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Using the Bowline Knot



Jedd in Texas sent the folowing comment: "Hey Functional Horseman, enjoy your vids,. can you tell me some more uses for the Bowline knot?"

Well Jedd I use the bowline knot to tie ropes to anchor points to secure hay loads; secure ropes to fixed points such as rocks to make a controlled descent down a steep slope, but since you should not use the bowline or any knot without a quick release for tieing horse, probably the best use of this knot on horses is to make your own lariat using a small bowline as the honda.

Sometimes I'll just use length of rope with a bowline tied at one end to make a field expedient catch rope then halter. See the video below.