First good goat pics

TheFever · Jul 5, 2012

I was up Big Cottonwood scouting for Muleys and came across this goat knocking rocks off a ledge to make room for his siesta. I have watched some goat hunts here and there, but I'm no pro on their size. How would he score as far as scoring is concerned?

Had an awesome time taking pics and watching him from 100 yards. Made the hike all worth it even more!

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mulemanrack · Jul 5, 2012

That is a real good goat.....he would score very well. Hard to tell but it looks like he has both length and some mass.

eldorado · Jul 5, 2012

Maybe 7 1/2". Looks like a young goat. Great pics.

Eldorado

sticksender · Jul 5, 2012

Good Billy IMO. The 2nd photo with his head in profile shows a long snout that is starting to hump in the middle, sign of a mature Goat. Rough guess 9-1/2 by 5-6/8.

nfh · Jul 6, 2012

LAST EDITED ON Jul-06-12 AT 09:01AM (MST)[p]super nice goat. shooter for sure. he looks way over 8 inches. my guess is 9 and then some. i tried zooming in the picture to count his rings and the picture got really pixeled up. i counted 5 rings plus his back ends puts him around 6 yrs of age as a my guess.

Zeke · Jul 6, 2012

Goats are some of the toughest critters to field judge but that one looks pretty darn good to me.
My guess is right at 9"... maybe a little more.
The horns always look the biggest when the hair is short so this time of year they show all their horn. It's easy to overestimate the length.
Zeke

Zeke · Jul 6, 2012

Here's a billy that I shot in 2009. It measured 8 4/8" long as I recall.
I think your goat pics shows a bigger goat than mine. Like I said, they're difficult to field judge, especially when the billies are mostly solitary.

Zeke

TheFever · Jul 6, 2012

Thanks guys for the feedback on the pic and size1

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broomd · Jul 6, 2012

Exceptional billy!

Wow....great mass and length. 9.5"+/-
He's not an old goat, probably 4.5 maybe 5.5, but very blessed with great headgear.

Zeke · Jul 6, 2012

Hey TheFever,
I just posted to joethebowhunter to try to catch up with you. His dad has a tag in that unit. That would make anyone a nice trophy.
When I compare him to mine, I think broomd is right on the money. He's probably nearly an inch longer and has excellent mass.
Zeke

PS: Thanks for sharing your cool pics Mr TheFever

TheFever · Jul 6, 2012

Yeah, I'd be happy to tell him exactly where I saw it.

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joethebowhunter · Jul 6, 2012

hey my dad has a goat tag up there and i was wondering if you might have the where abouts of this awesome goat. if you would not mind I know hunting areas are hard to tell people but were goat hunting, my deer tag is down south. thanks

TheFever · Jul 6, 2012

Joe, PM sent

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TheFever · Jul 6, 2012

Hey Joe, I sent you a PM.

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joethebowhunter · Jul 6, 2012

I dont have a monster muley email on this site. so I dont know if I can revieve pm's. my regular email is [email protected] if that will work. thanks

TheFever · Jul 6, 2012

Yeah, I'll email you. But for your PMs you can click on "forums" on top and then if you're logged in already you'll see a link above all the forums for your "inbox" where you can view your PMs.

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joethebowhunter · Jul 7, 2012

cool thanks ill check

dozermac · Jul 7, 2012

I've got that tag also. I wouldn't expect that goat to be there 2 months from now but it would be nice to know which basins are holdng animals. If you dont mind please send me some info also.

Thank you

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