The herds of horses on the Southern Plains were one of the reasons that Comanches came to Texas. The most productive method for capturing these skittish animals was an adaption of the antelope trap: a corral was built, perhaps in a creek bed, lined with heavy set posts and tall heaps of brush, there were brush wings to guide the driven horses into the trap. Hidden riders would dash among the horses to rope and throw the lassoed animal on its side. The Comanche then jumped from his horse and tied the hooves together two by two. What followed was a gruesome choking treatment that some claimed rendered the horse ready to ride in a day.