Just about every horseback rider carries a yearning to do all the exhilarating things you see only on television commercials and in old Westerns. You know: The horse plunges down a near-vertical ...

How to judge a mule? For starters, look at the ears. “Ears are important on a mule. An ear should be long and have a good cup to it,” Earl Sunderman says as he pauses at the edge of a dirt arena ...

Montana outfitter Tom Ide knows the meaning of persistence. ELKO, Nev. (AP) -- Tom Ide's mule hunts elk. "When he smells elk he really goes after them," the Montana outfitter said. "He is an elk ...

ELKO, Nev. - Tom Ide's mule hunts elk. "When he smells elk he really goes after them," the Montana outfitter said. "He is an elk hunting son of a gun." Ide smiles briefly thinking about the animal, ...