Backcountry deer hunt with Pack goats

Thanks for sharing. My biggest hangup on goats has been the seeming need to have them along for every movement and hunting deer above timberline doesn’t seem conducive to that. Any personal insight on whether that’s a valid concern or if I’m over thinning it?
 
Thanks for sharing. My biggest hangup on goats has been the seeming need to have them along for every movement and hunting deer above timberline doesn’t seem conducive to that. Any personal insight on whether that’s a valid concern or if I’m over thinning it?
Well some people might get mad at me for this but I leave them in camp most of the time. They pack my gear to camp and I find a good place for them to hang out with plenty of feed and close to camp. The first few times I left them alone and they were pretty loud but now I just kind of sneak off and they're pretty quiet. People worry about them getting killed by predators. They have been fine, and as long as you have couple of them together they keep each other company. Some people like to hunt with them right by their side but I'm not willing to deal with that most of the time.
 
Well some people might get mad at me for this but I leave them in camp most of the time. They pack my gear to camp and I find a good place for them to hang out with plenty of feed and close to camp. The first few times I left them alone and they were pretty loud but now I just kind of sneak off and they're pretty quiet. People worry about them getting killed by predators. They have been fine, and as long as you have couple of them together they keep each other company. Some people like to hunt with them right by their side but I'm not willing to deal with that most of the time.
That’s some good insight. Where I hunt the predator risk isn’t zero but it’s darn low. I don’t have goats so I can’t say how attached is he to them but I very much look at them as a tool.
 
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