and that doesnt sound very promising ha. i've heard that you have to get pretty good ones or they can be a waste... ive used horses a lot but they usually end up doing something stupid and ruining the hunt...My wife has 3 as pets and I can't imagine anything worse than taking them hunting. Relatively lazy and stubborn. Maybe ours just aren't very good.
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any idea how much weight they can hold or how many i would need? A month ago I made an 8 day backpack trip and my pack was right around 60lbs, and the pack out with half the meat of a buck and the head/cape was probably around 80lbs. How many do you think i'd need to handle that much weight?
Are there llamas that are good an won't get lazy on you? Or is that just how the all are?
Here are my llamas! Got them for free which I couldn't turn down. They are pretty good but definitely can be stubborn. When they decide they want to rest they rest! I have been in the middle of a pack out and they just sit down until they are ready to go again! On the other hand they have saved my back many of times.
I think when you are looking for them make sure you are looking for llamas that are bred for packing. I know that they are also bred to be guards for livestock. I have heard that a pack llama is better for obvious reasons. Unfortunately I have not had a ton of experience with many other llamas besides mine so I don't know if they all get lazy. I know the more you work them in the off season and load their panniers the better they can be.
That's a neat website! That one goat in the bottom picture sure has a good set of horns on him.
