Jacob and I made a quick trip to Wyoming a couple of weeks ago. We took half a dozen young mules that needed some mountain trail time and we took our carpentry tools along to update our building a little.
This is a 16 hand blue roan mule. She is a 2 year old out of a percheron mare, just a baby with lots of filling out to do. She is the most laid back young mule I have ever had. She is big and powerful enough to carry me around all day but she will end up being a dude mule for one of our hunters since she is so gentle.
We framed in three bedrooms in our building and made 7 sets of bunk beds. Each room is wired with a 20 amp circuit so we can have electric heat for everyone. This will make life easier while we are staying here and gives our hunters a place to crash before and after their hunts.
This is a young mule I broke to ride this spring, on his first trip to the mountains. He isn't big enough for me to ride hard for a long time in rough country but will do fine with someone of less girth. He is a keeper. We rode up to the snow fields one morning. Drifts were still several feet deep at 9000 ft. but melting fast. We saw lots of wildlife, mostly elk, but some moose,deer and bear.
We are in the heart of grizzly bear country now and was not too surprised to run into this guy. We did not used to have much bear activity in our area but the hairy buggers have moved in and stayed. Adds to the excitement of hunting in those cool, dark, shady holes on a hot day. I think this is a young bear, but I don't like being any closer than with a 200mm zoom lens.
Topic: Wyoming Teaser (Read 444 times)
