KOOSKIA, Idaho (AP) – Jim Renshaw is a practitioner of a backcountry art form that is slowly fading from the landscape. The retired outfitter of Kooskia still neatly wraps camping and hunting ...

Decker packing uses ropes to secure cargo folded in a canvas tarp or “manty” to a special pack saddle. The method was developed at the turn of the 20th century in Idaho, a relatively recent innovation ...

KOOSKIA, Idaho – Jim Renshaw is a practitioner of a backcountry art form that is slowly fading from the landscape. The retired outfitter of Kooskia still neatly wraps camping and hunting equipment in ...

The pad and Decker saddle alone weigh 40 pounds. Ninemile uses the Decker saddle, rather than the sawbuck, because of its adaptability to different loads. It's also a durable saddle, made with steel ...

May 1—Mules Lucy, Sadie, and Suzy, and Charlie, a horse, were all tied to the fence at Hobbyhorse Place, north of Polson, waiting for something to do on Saturday morning. That "something" was about ...

BILLINGS — People looking to take pack horses or mules on their next trip afield face some steep obstacles. Transporting cargo on horseback is an ancient practice and in the western United States ...