I'm sure this has probably come up before, but help me with the pluses and minuses. It's too late to think about them for this year, but after a long muzzleloader weekend and a lot of miles covered a buddy and were talking about them on the way home.
Outside of individual animal personality quirks, what's wrong with either, what's right with either?
And would you consider any other kind of packstock? I raised pack goats when I was younger, but I worry too much about having my animals eaten to mess with them anymore. Although they were nice, would follow you anywhere and were easy to handle. And a big whether(220-250) could carry about 70 pounds.


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