you dont say how much expieriance you have with large animals??
from the sound of it just to me it is too late to change. go with what you know and know how to handle [even with your misgivings]. the learning curve for large animals can be fraught with danger. i have known of a lot of serious injuries to people and stock in the backcountry and seen several dead horses laying along the trail for unknown reasons. care of them never ends [ and costs $$$] i know we spend more on vet bills than the average person but we spend thousands per yr. just an example. in camp they can be a pain to take care of. feed? or tie em to a tree and let them fatten up all year till next season. my journey to be a horseman has been going for 60 yrs and i decided many many years ago that i would take better care of my stock than just tie em up and go hunt. i dont need to hunt so bad as to ignore the critter that carried me in. i like to hunt just not at the animals expense or injury.
perhaps the devil you know is better than the devil you dont know.
