I had the privilege of visiting the Cedar Mountain herd of wild horses in Skull Valley.  The Cedar Mountain herd has been rounded up much more regularly than the Onaqui Herd and they are VERY SPOOKY when it comes to interacting with humans.  We found them at one of their watering holes.  The BLM has water trucked into this location, there are little if any natural springs in the area (unlike the Onaqui Herd Management Area).  We slowly came around a bend in the road and spotted the herd watering about 1/4 mile from our location.  Even at that distance we could see that they had spotted us and were “on edge”.  The herd is apparently even more spooked by vehicles so we got out and started to walk slowly to get closer.  We were watched constantly by the herd.  We would stop and photograph them for several minutes hoping that they would become a little more accustomed to our presence.  We didn’t want to get too close too soon if all of the horses had not watered.  We were about 200 yards from them when they decided they didn’t want us any closer.  The entire herd moved slowly up away, into a draw.  We did spot another group several miles from this herd, but terrain didn’t allow us to get any closer than a mile.  Notice the beautiful markings on several of the pinto’s.  You will also notice that the mares carry a different BLM brand than the Onaqui herd.