Opening Day Montana Goat Success

[MTlionchaser]

Well I hated to end a once in a lifetime hunt on opening morning but I couldn’t pass up a Billy of this caliber. The hunt started with packing In and scouting 3 weeks before the season. It was a good scouting trip with several goats found. As I patiently waited for the season to start after that scouting trip August 31st came and we went in 7 miles for the Sept 1st opener. It snowed and the basin was socked in the night before but right before dark the fog lifted up enough to do a little spotting. Seen one Billy That night. As opening morning approached we woke up to a nice clear morning for spotting. Seen a couple of Billy’s one to far to go after. Spotted the one I killed and we headed up the basin to try and kill him. We bumped him and he snuck out underneath us. We dropped elevation quickly and got set up and I killed him at 510 yards. Where the goat died was a very hard task to get him out. It truly was a hunt of a lifetime jam packed in all of one day. I killed him and we were back to the truck by 7:00pm. Can’t thank the couple of buddies enough who endured this wonderful adventure with me.

 

[MO Betta]

Nice billy! Congratulations!

 

[OpenCountry]

Congratulations!

 

[Wildabeest]

Great goat and awesome pics! Congrats!

 

[JCS]

Congrats

 

[3855WIN]

Sounds like a workout. Congrats!

 

[JLS]

That’s a darned nice billy. Congratulations.

 

[Big Fin]

Yeah, you don't pass up chances at a billy like that. Congrats.

 

[Crumb]

Wow, congrats!

 

[mdeerjunkie]

Congratulations!!

 

[mtmiller]

Great billy, congrats

 

[Oak]

That looks like a great billy. Congrats!

 

[JohnCushman]

Congrats!!!

 

[The Yetti]

Congrats on a great billy!

 

[fulldraw]

Congrats !

 

[runningmt]

Congratulations! What a great Billy! Nice pics too.

Pretty cool that you got him when the sky was clear.

 

[sneakypete]

That’s a stunning goat! 9+” in length?

 

[rmyoung1]

Congratulations on an awesome billy. A lifetime memory, for sure!

 

[MTlionchaser]

That’s a stunning goat! 9+” in length?

Unofficially 9-5/8”

 

[JohnBud]

Well I hated to end a once in a lifetime hunt on opening morning but I couldn’t pass up a Billy of this caliber. The hunt started with packing In and scouting 3 weeks before the season. It was a good scouting trip with several goats found. As I patiently waited for the season to start after that scouting trip August 31st came and we went in 7 miles for the Sept 1st opener. It snowed and the basin was socked in the night before but right before dark the fog lifted up enough to do a little spotting. Seen one Billy That night. As opening morning approached we woke up to a nice clear morning for spotting. Seen a couple of Billy’s one to far to go after. Spotted the one I killed and we headed up the basin to try and kill him. We bumped him and he snuck out underneath us. We dropped elevation quickly and got set up and I killed him at 510 yards. Where the goat died was a very hard task to get him out. It truly was a hunt of a lifetime jam packed in all of one day. I killed him and we were back to the truck by 7:00pm. Can’t thank the couple of buddies enough who endured this wonderful adventure with me.

Fantastic, well done! Thanks for sharing those pictures.