Some of you may remember when Moosie made the announcement that he had drawn a sheep hunt and he also said that one of his buddies had drawn a goat hunt. Well, that was me. The good news is that my friend Jason and I went out this last weekend and I shot my once in a lifetime Idaho Goat!
The bad news is I guess I'm a damn poor field judge of mountian goats. I was hoping for a 9"(+) goat and the one I shot is just shy of 8"(oops). Those little buggers are very deceptive. The F&G said that it was a 5 or 6 year old billy and really should have been a much larger, but he was ether in poor health or was the runt or the litter.
He looked good through the spoting scope at 209 yards (oh well).
Although I was disappointed to have made such a poor decision, it was grateful to have the opportunity to hunt in such beautiful country and Jason and I had a lot of laughs. Even if some of them were at my expence. I also made a nice one shot kill with the 270 and thats always fun.
I will post some pics when I figure out how the heck to do it.
On a side note Moosie found a spot with cell reciption on Sunday night and called his wife and let her know that he and Tbone had made it in to the spot they wanted hunt. They were tired but otherwise ok. I wish them luck! They will need it.
The bad news is I guess I'm a damn poor field judge of mountian goats. I was hoping for a 9"(+) goat and the one I shot is just shy of 8"(oops). Those little buggers are very deceptive. The F&G said that it was a 5 or 6 year old billy and really should have been a much larger, but he was ether in poor health or was the runt or the litter.
He looked good through the spoting scope at 209 yards (oh well).
Although I was disappointed to have made such a poor decision, it was grateful to have the opportunity to hunt in such beautiful country and Jason and I had a lot of laughs. Even if some of them were at my expence. I also made a nice one shot kill with the 270 and thats always fun.
I will post some pics when I figure out how the heck to do it.
On a side note Moosie found a spot with cell reciption on Sunday night and called his wife and let her know that he and Tbone had made it in to the spot they wanted hunt. They were tired but otherwise ok. I wish them luck! They will need it.
