White Clouds 36A-3 goat

Hi, I am new to the forum, don't usually do these things. This year I drew an Idaho goat tag for the northern White Clouds, unit 36A-3. I am an Idaho resident and have been up in the White Clouds a fair amount. I am hoping to use this forum to track down someone who has spent time chasing goats in that unit. I'd like to discuss some ideas about the hunt to see what they think. I'd be happy to chat on the phone or email.

Please let me know if anyone is interested in chatting about the goats in that area.

Thanks!

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Much appreciated.

I have spent quite a bit of time in the Whiteclouds and seen quite a few goats. Pm me and we can swap emails. Would love to help!

>I have spent quite a bit
>of time in the Whiteclouds
>and seen quite a few
>goats. Pm me and we
>can swap emails. Would love
>to help!


I sent you my contact info. Thanks for the help, much appreciated.

Been a long time since I was in there a lot, but we have always found plenty of animals. Killed a ram by myself in '93 in Iron Basin on the ridge up to Swimm Lake. The goats knew they were safe and would come right down to my camp at O'Calkens Lake in the evenings. It was a good snow year like now, and they like to lay up on the snow fields in the daytime in Aug and early Sept. Fell off cliffs twice in there, and learned to rope myself up when crossing bad spots.

The wife and I had two goat tags in there the next year (94) and we killed hers on the ridge between Slate Creek and Livingston Creek at the top at about 9300'. Had to come down and out the south side, and walk all the way back in the dark in the creek bed. I held out for a B&C billy and ate my tag the last day. Looking for 10"+ or over 6" bases. Passed up 65 goats in the 3 month season. Usually I would see them back by Gunsight, in Iron Basin, or behind Hoodoo Lake. If the snow gets really deep, they will go up above Crater Lake on the easier slopes below Railroad Ridge. I have not been back in the back of the unit since early 2000, but the goats seem to do OK in there.

Good luck and be safe in there.

Thanks for the info, sounds like the '90's were good to you on tags! I've been spending time in many of the same areas you mention, fun country to explore. Most of the goats I've found were on vertical or near vertical cliff walls. Really wicked places to try to stalk, let alone recover a goat. I'm hoping that they utilize some of the alpine meadow benches and patches up there later in the year.

Thanks again for all the input.