aplusmnt
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Any Mule riders on Ranchers.net? Or is that a bad word around here? 
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Soapweed
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aplusmnt said:Any Mule riders on Ranchers.net? Or is that a bad word around here?
Take note of my crooked fourth finger in "Exhibit B" of my "Glad it's not Micotil" post. This finger got broken pretty badly when a mule piled me. I landed on my head, and was trying to take off a glove to see if my nose was still attached. The glove wouldn't come off because the finger was so badly bent over. Anyway, the doc didn't get it quite straight with the world so it still points off towards Jones' place. Instead of suing him for malpractice though, I've just learned to live with it. :wink:
I've had several mules since, and wouldn't be plumb against owning another one, though there are none on the ranch at this time.
Tell us about your mules.
aplusmnt
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Soapweed said:aplusmnt said:Any Mule riders on Ranchers.net? Or is that a bad word around here?
Take note of my crooked fourth finger in "Exhibit B" of my "Glad it's not Micotil" post. This finger got broken pretty badly when a mule piled me. I landed on my head, and was trying to take off a glove to see if my nose was still attached. The glove wouldn't come off because the finger was so badly bent over. Anyway, the doc didn't get it quite straight with the world so it still points off towards Jones' place. Instead of suing him for malpractice though, I've just learned to live with it. :wink:
I've had several mules since, and wouldn't be plumb against owning another one, though there are none on the ranch at this time.
Tell us about your mules.
We have 5 Mules and 1 horse, truth be told 6 to many equine. But the family loves to go camping and riding in some rough terrain. Like to go places that friends on horses go around. :lol:
Wife and Kids
Picture of my Mule in the background wanting some attention.
Closer picture of the wife's Mule, I think she has grown another 1/2 hand since this picture. I know she is to big for my fat butt to get on.
katrina
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Nice pictures aplus, Actually they are way cool and I'm glad you shared them... I have no experiance with mules, but know of some people who do. And I think mules are cool...
What's the bumper sticker????
Put your ash in some class...
Ride a mule......
What's the bumper sticker????
Put your ash in some class...
Ride a mule......
Faster horses
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WAYYYYYY COOL! Those look like nice mules.
My grampa in Missouri used to raise mules, so I've always been
interested in them. Our horse trainer friends tell us it is harder
to break a mule as they aren't as forgiving as a horse. You have
to be a pretty good horseman to break a mule.
There is saying I have heard most often where riding mules are concerned. Our vet in W. Montana rode mules until one finally
bucked him off and broke his pelvis. We used to give him a bad time
about "too proud to ride a cow and too poor to ride a horse." :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Another friend of ours at St. Ignatius, Mt. had a mule. He was pretty
tall. He could bend his neck around, pick up his hind foot and put
it between his ears. No fooling. Saw it with my own eyes.
He could kick "like a Missouri mule."
My grampa in Missouri used to raise mules, so I've always been
interested in them. Our horse trainer friends tell us it is harder
to break a mule as they aren't as forgiving as a horse. You have
to be a pretty good horseman to break a mule.
There is saying I have heard most often where riding mules are concerned. Our vet in W. Montana rode mules until one finally
bucked him off and broke his pelvis. We used to give him a bad time
about "too proud to ride a cow and too poor to ride a horse." :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Another friend of ours at St. Ignatius, Mt. had a mule. He was pretty
tall. He could bend his neck around, pick up his hind foot and put
it between his ears. No fooling. Saw it with my own eyes.
He could kick "like a Missouri mule."
Turkey Track Bar
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I think mules are cool, although I've never owned one. Growing up we had a burro who was a dearly loved member of our family.
I also have a friend who's a vet in eastern ID, and a good hand with a rope who has won many big ropings on a mule. He almost always has two that are polished and at least two that he's tuning on. He's also won a couple big open reinings on one of the mules too.
I think you're right FH, that they are less forgiving to human misgivings than a horse. Kinda like what NR says about Brahman influence cattle, that they are smarter and don't forgive mistreatment as easily as Bos taurus cattle.
Cheers---
TTB :wink:
I also have a friend who's a vet in eastern ID, and a good hand with a rope who has won many big ropings on a mule. He almost always has two that are polished and at least two that he's tuning on. He's also won a couple big open reinings on one of the mules too.
I think you're right FH, that they are less forgiving to human misgivings than a horse. Kinda like what NR says about Brahman influence cattle, that they are smarter and don't forgive mistreatment as easily as Bos taurus cattle.
Cheers---
TTB :wink:
aplusmnt
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A person for sure needs to know how to train a Mule, some can be broke by a Horse trainer but most need someone that knows the mind of a mule.
The three largest mules on my picture we bought from the same guy once we saw what he could do with a mule we went back two more times till we bought all three he had. Most do not have any fancy training the grey one will side pass, the appy will Jump and the Big one just keeps going and going. They were raised and broken in the Mountains, I have seen the grey one and the wife's large one both crawl up a hill on their knees pulling my fat butt up it when other people were walking theirs up the hill.
The Appy is as broke as they get, you can do anything on him. Took him to a mule rodeo once and wife, son, and Daughter placed 1, 2, 4 in barrel racing and it was first time he ever did it.
Son also won a reigning competition on him and both my son and mule never did it before. We use to take him to Mule Fun days and kids would have a great time on him. My little son that is in front on the wifes big one. Did a perfect pattern on poles when he was 5, son had never did it before and the mule had just went with my 12 year old and just remembered what to do.
I do not think a person could buy either of the three big ones. The pony might go soon and the smaller one of the big ones is just getting old and might need to leave the place soon.
The three largest mules on my picture we bought from the same guy once we saw what he could do with a mule we went back two more times till we bought all three he had. Most do not have any fancy training the grey one will side pass, the appy will Jump and the Big one just keeps going and going. They were raised and broken in the Mountains, I have seen the grey one and the wife's large one both crawl up a hill on their knees pulling my fat butt up it when other people were walking theirs up the hill.
The Appy is as broke as they get, you can do anything on him. Took him to a mule rodeo once and wife, son, and Daughter placed 1, 2, 4 in barrel racing and it was first time he ever did it.
Son also won a reigning competition on him and both my son and mule never did it before. We use to take him to Mule Fun days and kids would have a great time on him. My little son that is in front on the wifes big one. Did a perfect pattern on poles when he was 5, son had never did it before and the mule had just went with my 12 year old and just remembered what to do.
I do not think a person could buy either of the three big ones. The pony might go soon and the smaller one of the big ones is just getting old and might need to leave the place soon.
Faster horses
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"I have seen the grey one and the wife's large one both crawl up a hill on their knees pulling my fat butt up it when other people were walking theirs up the hill. "
SHAME ON YOU!! You should have been off walking too.
Just because they can do it, you need to think more of them so
they DON'T HAVE TO DO IT. What you described is very hard
on them. Didn't you wonder why the others got off?
SHAME ON YOU!! You should have been off walking too.
Just because they can do it, you need to think more of them so
they DON'T HAVE TO DO IT. What you described is very hard
on them. Didn't you wonder why the others got off?
aplusmnt
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Faster horses said:"I have seen the grey one and the wife's large one both crawl up a hill on their knees pulling my fat butt up it when other people were walking theirs up the hill. "
SHAME ON YOU!! You should have been off walking too.
Just because they can do it, you need to think more of them so
they DON'T HAVE TO DO IT. What you described is very hard
on them. Didn't you wonder why the others got off?
Yea I wish I would have after the ride, but we were the first up the hill kind of scared everyone else into walking. We were the guinea pigs of the day. Started up and leaves were covering some flat slick rocks. Kind at one of those points of no going back.
Plus if I walked my mule up hills every time the people on horses walked I would be doing a bunch of walking. :lol:
Northern Rancher
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I've always wanted to own a team of mules just never got around to it yet-wife says I have to sell some horses first.
Northern Rancher
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Not anywhere near the abundance that there is south of us lol. I almost had a deal going once-this purebred guy wanted me to look over his bulls for him. When I got there I saw this real well made Mammoth Jack-well I kept drifting away from the bulls and over towards this donkey that his wife owned. Well he kept directing me back to the bulls so I had to tell him it was his wife's ash that interested me more-at least he had a sense of ha ha lol.
Northern Rancher
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Yes he did-just getting the paperwork done up-hopefully he'll be in the new U'S catalogue. I haven't seen him since April I guess he's looking pretty slick after being in the stud all summer.
Northern Rancher said:
I was hopeing they sure lack in their Hereford's I really like the horned hereford's I think they make the best baldies we used 5 straws of a HH last year on some redneck cows I have, hopeing for a bull replacement time will tell.I will be buying some of your bulls semen in the spring if it's available.
Northern Rancher
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Why ty-his strength wil be the daughters he leaves-his mother is a very good 8020 granddaughter-I'm getting a bunch of baldie daughters from Fraser's myself.