It's unbelieveable what good cow working mules are doing now days.
Years ago,I was buying weanlings out of NW New Mexico.Those Arizona and Utah cowboys would buy every yearling/ weanling they could from this fellows herd of walker mares.. I had to pay 1/2 when the mare was bred and the balance when the foal was dropped or I could never buy any .
Those desert cowboys liked those long legged walker mules for those big gathers in the rough country and heat. Mules can stand the heat a lot better than a horse.They would wear out 3 horses a day, but the mules worked every day without a rest.
There is a Mexican fellow down near the ghost town of Riley in New Mexico, that is west of T or C and a little south.Typical desert, rock, cactus country.He does all his cow work off of mules.
You can sure go thru a lot of bad mules before you find one that suits you and you suit it.There is getting to be about as many disreputible mule dealers as horse dealers..
Saddlesore I rode a walking mule one time and man o man was that a smooth fun ride. That thing was a thing of beauty and covered ground like crazy. They wanted a pretty penny for him though and he was worth every penny but it was more than I was going to spend. Plus a mule like that needs more of a job than what I would have gave him.
