Mules?

A fellow down the road 200 yards from our base camphad a pair of mules in an electric fence enclosure. He used them in place of horses both to ride and to packout elk.

They seemed to get a long pretty well, soI didn't notice much fighting. If you rattled a grain pan and bucket first thing in the morning, they would come righttowards you all excited andwould bray from time to time which was surely a different kind of sound out in the elk woods. Made them real easy to locate though....

You're not seriously thinking of actually shooting mules are you?