I want to build a few pole corrals on my property, but I can't find any information on how to go about doing it. Is there any websites, articles or books someone could point me to that will tell more about how to build a corral for my horse? \n\nI want it to be just a simple outdoors, box corral about the size of a stall that I can house my horse in for going on trail rides over the summer. I really would prefer to use wood, I'm avoiding using the metal or portable kind. Any tips? Thank you!
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The pipe corral panels are the best for your purpose.\n\nYou can buy light weight 12-foot panels for $50 each if your horse respects the fence, or you can get heavy weight panels for around $100 each.\n\nI use the heavy weight Crowding Corral Panels that have J legs and square corners.  Square corners are better for horses, so they do not catch a leg, should they rear up.\n\nWood corrals are permanent structures, and they are edible.  If a horse runs into a wood post, there is no give.  The horse can get hurt.\n\nIf they run into a pipe panel, the panel can bend and absorb the impact.  Also, if your horse rolls and gets a leg or two stuck under the fence, you pull a couple pins and the horse is free...rather than looking for a saw or hammer to remove boards and nails.
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Please don't teach your 20 year old horse anything.  It's like teaching your 97 year old grandmother to play football, lol.  Just walk it, feed it and groom it.   "Horse sense"
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In the fields you may be able to board horses. This would require you to have some working knowledge about caring for the animals. Do you want to keep the trees (I hope so), if not you may harvest them through a logging mill. Are you handy with construction? Maybe build a cabin or two for a retreat. You could offer services with the cabin, fishing, hiking, etc., if you enjoy doing that sort of thing.
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I actually helped build one last year as part of a ritual. We did the whole thing in one day. It was a LOT of work. You need many people to help you.\nWe went out into the woods and cut down straight 20-25' saplings that didn't fork. I think 24 trees total were cut. At the base of each an offering was left.  The saplings were then peeled (that was my job and it took forever).\nThere had already been a Temascal in that location so there was already a fire pit dug inside and another larger bonfire outside (for heating rocks). (We set the old Temascal on fire and used it to heat the rocks for the first sweat in the new one.)\nThe saplings have to reach from one side of the circle, up about 4 feet in the center and then back down.  It took two or three big guys to bend and hold each sapling while another held it against the opposite tree at the other end and yet another tied it in place.  This was just repeated until all the saplings were tied. A few of them were also woven a bit to make the structure stronger.\nA couple of smaller saplings were bent over to make the archway for the entrance.\nThe rounded structure was then piled with tarps and blankets until completely covered and no light could get in.  Whatever dragged on the ground was held down with rocks along the edges--old rocks that were "dead" from already being used in the fire.  \nWhew. I'm tired just remembering it.\nI probably left something out. Contact me through my 360 page, my email or my IM for more info.  I can also put you in touch with the gentleman whose house I was at building it.  He has Aztec and native elders there a couple of times a year for rituals and learning and he also travels the world with these elders and goes to Mexico for the Sun Dance every July. So he knows way more than me (and I'm no slouch).\nI think I might have some photos too, somewhere on my hard drive, of us building it.\nSpellcheck not working, sorry for any errors.
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do the whole pick a horse for a dollar with the names in a cup unless you want to hire a bookie to do bets. Def. have some music and a few tvs around with the races. drinking games would be a good idea too, derby is a time for drinking!
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Well,I've seen everything used for backstops.You can get some rail road ties,make a three sided box and fill with sand.That's probably your best bet if you've got the room,simply for the other uses it provides (air guns,pitching practice,whatever).If that's not feasible,a favorite of mine is old carpets hung behind the targets.One is usually not enough,as the arrows zip through,conveniently removing your fletchings,especially if you've got one of the new single cam bows and it shoots pretty hot.Me shooting my recurve,I'd go with two,folded over a line.For a modern bow,maybe six.You could get some 2x4's from Lowe's or Home depot on make a free standing rail to drape them over.\n\nAs far as targets go,if you're training for an up coming hunt,go with a McKenzie or Morrell 3-d deer target.If you just want a target,go with a Block layer foam target.I have a lot of experience shooting with bows(shooting recurves and compounds since I was 10.I'm 26 now).From my experience,the more you spend on a target,the longer it will last.\n\nYou can also make a portable target with two pieces of 2x6,some threaded rod,and lots of cardboard.Drill two holes,one on each end of the 2x6,and use the threaded rod to clamp the layered card board with the 2x6's.
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We do some on our farm. The person has to be the proper fit with the horse before we even consider it though. It is a lot more common than people think. Find your potential horse and inquire with the owners, you may get lucky.
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Everyone I've ever spoken too who got the idea into their head to make their own table have always come to the same conclusion...not worth the effort.  Pub-sized tables are cheap and readily available.  Just buy a good one from your local billiards retail store.  Cheers.  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.
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Just type in Equine. You will get 20,900,000 sites I'm sure you can get some good information from one of the site's.\n Good luck!
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My main problem is 'entouring'  I presume that you mean surrounding but I can see no reason for it. If you already have a 5m by 5m square enclosure then why waste fencing going around the enclosed sides? If you do you have only 7metres length of fencing left on one of the box sides to bow out to enclose a bit of grass and it would be much more sensible to terminate the ends of your fence at the ends of one face of the box leaving an area for grazing which is that part of a circle with an arc of 22m and a chord of 5m length formed by the box.  Leaving aside the practicalities of the problem ( need for a lot of fence posts to get a partly circular fence - the fact that sheep are of finite thickness so can't squeeze through small gaps or graze in very thin areas ) then a circle of radius roughly 4.35metres almost meeting at the corners of one face of the box will do the best job.\n\nAh! - added later : \nso you need to solve simultaneous equations, something like  r*theta=7 and r*sin(theta/2)=5/2 \n\nThere's something in Euclid about the length of a chord which might be more direct but I can't remember it. \n\ntheta = sin(theta/2)*14/5  and you should be able to expand sin(theta/2) in a series involving theta\nsin(x) = x −x^3/3! + x^5/5! - ...... and solve aproximately or use some identity involving e^(ax) \n\nsin(x) = 0.5i*[ e^(ix) - e^(-ix) ]\n\nwhich leaves you solving for 10/14*theta = ie^itheta/2 - ie^(-itheta/2) . hmm \n- check out euclid or solve graphically to get r~=2.55metres, theta about 1.3725*2 radians.
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if your the Do-It-Yourself kind of guy.....just start at the corner and start pulling it back.  You may want to start with a small section ....until your sure there is hard wood underneath. I give you a thumbs up on this one ....since it's not YOUR typical kind of question.  ;o)
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You need to coordinate this with the rest of your group. Your materials that you'll use will depend on the materials of the rest of the device. Is it going to be a realistic version, or a modern version? Is this going to be only for display purposes or is this going to be an actual working trebuchet?\n\nI think you need to talk with your group a bit more first.
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Just pulling something from the top of my head, and thinking about the new releases....Do "King Kong", although I haven't seen the new movie yet, I am sure its pretty close to the original.  Build skyscrapers out of cardboard boxes, paint them up to look like buildings.  Go out and get a gorilla stuffed animal, a dinosaur stuffed animal, some small toy cars, maybe make a highway out of cardboard too.  Not sure how big your campsite is, but this would be an easy way to decorate.  Good Luck, and have fun!
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try finding a picture and then designing your castle aroud that. I had to make one for school a few years ago, and my sister just made on a few weeks ago, so im an old pro by now ( :) ). Just search "castles" under pitures, or find a castle in a movie or show or even a video game that you like. if possible, get pictures of the same castle from a few different angles. it makes life a lot easier.
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the dump sometimes has good wood that you can use. me and my Friends built one from wood we found from the dump. still standing after five years. if it's going to be out side you might want to put some water proof stuff on it though.
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Wow you sound just like me. I'm a huge horse person and have wanted to get into it seriously for a long time. But unfortunately I am not "priviledged". I had been trail riding at a local stable for as long as I can remember but was desperate to get more exposure and learn as much as possible. I started calling every farm in my area, basically begging for a job to work with the horses. I was lucky enough to get a great job at a hunter/jumper facility and worked there for 3 years and took lessons when I had the money. Unfortunately family problems caused me to have to quit just as I began to progress in my lessons. But my advice to you is to start looking around. Go in the yellow pages even, and call every farm thats close to you. Just ask if they are looking to hire anyone or find out about their lessons. Its certainly not too late to start. And often times in horseback riding, natural ability and your comfort level around the horse will help determine how far you can go. Good luck and don't give up. Its absolutely worth it.
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I found a great resource from Non-Profit Guides.org...\nSee below.\n\nIt contains instructions and samples, enjoy!