Ep. 318: Mule Revival - The Ada Oklahoma Mule Sale
Bear Grease
MeatEater
4.8 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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In this episode of the Bear Grease podcast, host Clay Newcomb travels across the border to the 33rd annual Ada Oklahoma Mule Sale. Johnny Kelso and son Justin Kelso talk about their family history with mules, history with the sale, and what it means to be "mule folks." Mule buyer and seller Max Bishop describes what he looks for in a good mule as the mule sale moves along. We answer the question of what a mule is and how they compare to a horse. Listen closely for the auction of the High Selling Mule.
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| 0:44.8 | You take a leggy mule like that that will let down and walk and their mirrors are rolling. They'll probably walk three and a half, four miles an hour. |
| 0:47.3 | We cover a lot of ground like that. |
| 0:49.3 | And that's what I was saying earlier about a mule. |
| 0:51.3 | Get a more general... |
| 0:52.3 | Diversified. |
| 0:53.3 | I mean, it, no, those horses are out there. |
| 0:55.6 | I mean, don't get me wrong, they're out there. |
| 0:57.0 | But I promise you, I promise you, we go to the mountains and go riding, |
| 1:01.2 | a mule that will step out and walk. |
| 1:03.3 | You may keep up with me, but I'm going to kill your horse, |
| 1:06.0 | and you're back when you're hurting time we're done. I mean, it's just a fact. |
| 1:18.0 | We're in Oklahoma at the 33rd annual Ada, Oklahoma mule sale to learn about mules, |
| 1:23.0 | the Kelso family who runs it, and to get some insight into rural America. This auction is a rare jewel in today's time, full of showmanship and tradition, and a heck |
| 1:29.7 | of a place to pick up a good mule, and I really doubt that you're going to want to miss this |
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