mustanger

Wild horse hunter

A mustanger is someone who catches and breaks wild horses, particularly mustangs on the American frontier.

The work was dangerous and demanded exceptional riding skill.

Mustangers might sell captured horses or keep them for ranch work.

The term belongs mostly to the Old West era, though wild horse management continues today under different names.

capture

lasso

Looped rope for catching

  • roundupOrganized gathering of scattered things
  • corralFenced livestock enclosure
  • ropeThick twisted fibers

wrangle · break · tame · halter · catch · pen · drive · chase · pursuit · herd

wildhorses

feral

Wild after domestication

stallion · mare · foal · mane · gallop · graze · range · prairie · maverick · unbridled

frontier

pioneer

Early explorer or settler

territory · outpost · trapper · prospector · expansion · frontiersman · trailblazer · wilderness · rugged · unsettled

livelihood

trade

Exchange of commodities

  • bountyReward for capture
  • saleExchange for payment
  • liveryIdentifying uniform or colors

remount · cavalry · army · contract · income · profession · horsemeat · hide · market · demand

Categories
Opposites
relationship to horses

mustangerhorse breeder

One who raises equines

rancher · farrier · jockey · horse trainer · stableman

wild vs. domesticated animal work

mustangershepherd

One who tends flocks

stockman · herdsman · dairy farmer · rancher · cattle rancher

Phrases
Family

mustang, mustangs

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