Originally Posted by saddlesore
Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
When I turned 60, I knew I'd need to be looking for some kind of pack animals before long to extend my elk hunting years. I don't have room for horses. I looked into donkeys but all I could find was mini's. They're too short legged to pack much of anything. I ended up with llamas but I still think a couple good standard sized donkeys would have been better for my needs.

Probably so, but many folks don't have the patience or smarts to work donkeys.

That little team I posted were 44 inches and I packed 100 pounds on them. I am sure a smaller donkey could do the same.
When I bought my 1st llamas, we were at the lady's place looking at them. She also had 3 donkeys, 2 jennies and a jack. The jack was in a corral across a driveway from the pasture with the jennies. While we were there, he got an urge for some jennie nookie. We watched him go through a wood corral fence and a barbed and woven wire fence. From what I've read, he was just being a normal jack. They're nuts.

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