Bad butt(mule)

[gundownunder]

I got this in an email and thought I'd share it with you guys.

This may be a first...

A couple from Montana were out riding on the range, he with his rifle and
she (fortunately) with her camera. Their dogs always followed them, but on
this occasion a Mountain Lion decided that he wanted to stalk the dogs
(you'll see the dogs in the background watching). Very, very bad decision.

The hunter got off the mule with his rifle and decided ; to shoot in the
air to scare away the lion, but before he could get off a shot the lion
charged in and decided he wanted a piece of those dogs. With that, the
mule took off and decided HE wanted a piece of that lion. That's when all
hell broke loose for the lion.

As the lion approached the dogs, the mule snatched him up by the tail and
started whirling him around. Banging its head on the ground on every pass.
Then he dropped it, stomped on it and held it to the ground by the throat.
The mule then got down on his knees and bit the thing all over a couple of
dozen times to make sure it was dead, then whipped it into the air again,
walked back over to the couple (that were stunned in silence) and stood
there ready to continue his ride as if nothing had just happened.
Fortunately, even though the hunter didn't get off a shot, his wife got off
these four pictures.

[Ysabel Kid]

Note to self. Do not p-o that mule!!!

[bsaride]

First mule I've seen who is worth his weight in gold!

[CraigC]

I reckon the protective donkey gene out weighed the "run like hell" horse gene!

[Griff]

Mules & donkeys are EXCELLENT guard animals. Just make sure they know YOU'RE the head boss.

[Bullard4075]

Hate to rain on a parade but:

from truthorfiction (dot) com : http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/m/mule-lion.htm
"Summary of the eRumor:
A series of pictures of a saddled mule making sport of a mountain lion.
The accompanying story says the lion was stalking the hunting dogs of a Montana couple while they were out on the range.
The man was going to fire a warning shot to scare the lion but before he could do it, his mule grabbed the lion and killed it by whirling it around and banging the lions head on the ground.
Then the mule put down the dead lion and acted as though nothing had happened.
The Truth:
These pictures and the story about the lion-killing-mule circulated for quite a while on the Internet before Steven Richards got the real story and published it in Western Mule Magazine.

The mule's name is Berry and it belongs to 25-year old Jody Anglin from New Mexico.
Anglin says he enjoys hunting mountain lions and is usually accompanied by a cadre of hunting dogs.
In 1998 he got Berry to assist with the lion hunts.
On the first hunt, Berry was attracted to the carcass of a lion that Anglin had shot and sort of nuzzled it and nibbled at it.
With each new kill, however, Berry got more animated and couldn't wait to get to the dead lions.
The pictures in the eRumor were taken in 2002 or 2003 and show Berry toying with a lion that was already dead, not killing it.
Someone along the way created the story about the Montana couple, the stalking lion, and the fanciful descriptions of the pictures."

Still interesting none-the-less.

[Doc Hudson]

Well, if ol' Berry was treating dead cats like that five years ago, by now he's probably hunting the things by himself.

[gamekeeper]

Well, if ol' Berry was treating dead cats like that five years ago, by now he's probably hunting the things by himself.

[kimwcook]

I think it's funny those dog's want nothing to do with that cat while Berry's playing with it.

[Marlin 308MX]

Just wondering how good is Berry on bears!!!!!!! Art

[Old Ironsights]

There are some stories of properly trained War Horses of Old who were reputed to do things like that to pesant cannon fodder...

[Doc Hudson]

There are some stories of properly trained War Horses of Old who were reputed to do things like that to pesant cannon fodder...

I'm not certain if it was ever a practice of the US Cavalry, but until fairly recent historical eras, cavalry horses were taught to rear up and strike with their forefeet, and to kick opponents as well. Of course US Army mules needed not training in the fine art of kicking.

[Hobie]

There are some stories of properly trained War Horses of Old who were reputed to do things like that to pesant cannon fodder...

I reading about one mount that bit off the face of an enemy infantryman while his rider was otherwise occupied.

[Old Ironsights]

There are some stories of properly trained War Horses of Old who were reputed to do things like that to pesant cannon fodder...

I reading about one mount that bit off the face of an enemy infantryman while his rider was otherwise occupied.

It will take me a bit to recover the citation, but IIRC there is a tale of a war horse who, when dismounted, would find the wounded/dying and step on their necks whilst the rider was hacking away elsewhere...