Bad Ass Mules!

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Nicahawk

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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 a gain, 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 go off these four pictures.



Converseley to horses, mules and standard size donkeys are protectors. We watched our guys run a "big" black cat out of our pasture 2 years ago.
Nica.


 

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Mark777

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Holy Cow!!!

I have read many times about confrontations with Donkey’s and Coyote’s (and wolfs) and how they are natural born adversaries…where most often the K9 family is the looser. I have never read or seen anything about mules and big cats.
 
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