That was clearly, or maybe not, sarcasm. Regardless, I’m done with this thread. Maybe I’ll go, maybe I won’t. If I do get a goat, I’ll keep that to myself. Best wishes to you
Someone asked how my hunt was, so I responded. I didn’t care about fur length and didn’t wanna hunt in the snows of November. So I went for it and gave it my all in the first half. If that makes me a selfish prick, so be it. Better that than to be a pretentious, self righteous ass. 😘
if you’re out of time off, then you’re out of time off. But in the future if I draw a special tag, I probably won’t go at all. Just post pic of me rolling that tag up and smoking it just to know how many heads are exploding.
Not that I really care the opinion of internet strangers but the amount of judgement for not enough arbitrary effort is comical. I used my two weeks of vacation and spent double digit days and hiked well over 50 miles in that country. Now I’m out of vacation so barring a weekend getaway (it’s...
I did both of these as day hikes. The longer one as you can see was 17.4 miles and 4-5k elevation. The other was nearly 15 miles and about 2500 feet but with about a 60 pound pack since that’s when I planned to camp. So for me, mentally, I’d rather go absolute balls out for a day and know I can...
Probably not. And I’m at peace with that. This site certainly has hunters more hardcore than me. The older I get, the more I make peace with my own priorities.
I hate to admit this, but knowing what I know now, I should’ve just went with an outfitter and taken their horses in and stayed in a proper canvas tent camp. Would’ve been cheaper and more enjoyable.
In that regard, I’m blessed as I have a brother in Alaska so can use the first of kin benefit...
I tried backcountry camping at an alpine lake that had the trailhead start near the road closure but got weathered out. I’m also beginning to despise backpack camping to the point that I lost my temper at the end and started burning bridges by purposefully destroying my tent and now selling all...
I only talked with the goat biologist and was mostly concerned with his thoughts on my back up plan. He made it seem like the road was heavily damaged on last years flood and then something happens like a week or two ago that was the death knell.
I have a goat tag and am unfamiliar with the exact UL boundaries but I do know there is overlap. As for the road and washed out bridges, this was from two days ago.
I was at this same trail head scouting three weeks ago and this closer and sign were not there. Some outfitters taking horses in said it happened like a week ago.
Long story short, i drew a Montana mountain goat tag and set off for what I was hoping to be up to a nine day long goat hunt only to find the one and only road into the district closed due to washed out bridge less than a mile into said district. I did the longest hike of my life yesterday...
Curious peoples thought on the article below. I drew a mountain goat tag and there’s not a lot of suitable trees up there. I bought an ursack and will go that route
https://andrewskurka.com/argument-against-hanging-bear-bag/
Maybe I’m on the spectrum a bit but count me in on the camp that enjoys the COVID’s lasting benefit of minimizing personal to person contact. A handshake now and again is fine enough but hugs, I abhor.