Utah Mt Goat Video

wapitiwhistler · Jan 10, 2014

LAST EDITED ON Jan-26-14 AT 01:36PM (MST) by Founder (admin)[p]My 10 yr old dream finally became a reality this fall with an absolutely amazing hunt that we were lucky enough to capture on film......

http://youtu.be/ASvMeZTr1MU

m48goat · Jan 10, 2014

great video! you almost did it with a bow! looked like a great hunt!
thanks for sharing

Goat

PleaseDear · Jan 10, 2014

Nice!

Ya gotta really enjoy the opportunity on the Willard Peak unit hunts.

congrats

Robb

Camper_A1 · Jan 11, 2014

Congrats, really enjoyed the video. Once in a life time hunt, memories to last a life time.

Muleymemories · Jan 11, 2014

LAST EDITED ON Jan-11-14 AT 07:32PM (MST)[p]Nice goat Casey, thanks for sharing. You going to make the expo this year?

TOPGUN · Jan 11, 2014

Another very well done video Casey! Congrats on getting the job done on a very neat animal!!!

BCBOY · Jan 12, 2014

Great video! I really liked it!

ZIGGER · Jan 15, 2014

Momma, momma.......get up momma...

When you go swimming in the ocean, it is very cold, and it makes my willy small

stoney · Jan 17, 2014

Wapiti,

Great job videoing your hunt.

Question. After posting on You Tube your video has an overwhelming negative response to your shooting what looked like a nanny with her kid standing next to her.

This gives hunting a big black eye. Maybe finding a different venue for your videos to avoid such an outcry? I don't know but when you pulled the trigger I had a very negative feeling and I'm in the hunting business. I was lucky to kill a B&C goat in Alaska a few years ago and also lucky we had a few billies to choose from. I don't think I would have shot a nanny in any event. The goat beside her (smaller animal) looked big enough to survive irregardless of what the anti's say but they don't see it that way.

That hunt by the way was my lifelong dream as I saw goats in the Colorado Rockies as a boy and it took me almost 60 years to realize that dream.

I can relate to your hunt but would like your take on what went down. I know you were trying to beat the incoming snow storm and don't know the length of your season or any of those kinds of details.

llamapacker · Jan 18, 2014

Great video and nothing wrong with shooting a nanny. You have nothing to be sorry about, and I applaud you posting the video. There is no way to make the anti's happy, and screw them anyhow.

The nanny's need to be thinned on the Willard, and that is why tags are given each year. Some people spend too much time trying to make everyone else happy instead of enjoying their own life.
Looks like a great hunt and a quality video.
Thanks,
Bill

stoney · Jan 18, 2014

llamapacker,

Thanks for you take on it. Like you say that unit probably needs to thin out the nannies.

I remember a few years ago in Washington State in the Olympics, authorities went in and wiped out herds of goats shooting them out of helicopters because they were supposedly over grazing or harming the above timberline eco system. Crazy. Let hunters do it!

On a the same line last year the NM Game Dept. was forced by the BLM to go in and have an unlimited hunt to kill out a big part of our Persian Ibex (over 900 hunters)(what a wreak) because the Ibex were supposedly harming the range. At least the hunters got to do it but what a crying shame. God we just had that herd where someone could possibly draw a trophy Ibex hunt.

wapitiwhistler · Jan 22, 2014

Thanks for all the positive comments. It was honestly an amazing hunt and an absolute amazing experience. If you have ever had the opportunity to hunt these animals don't pass it up!!!!

dz · Jan 24, 2014

Awesome video / hunt. Your camera guy did a great job. The editing work was equally great. Well thought out and put together. We have filmed some of our hunt but nothing turns out as well as yours. So the big question is Rug? head shoulder? Half or full body mount?

DZ

Karlofdawild · Jan 25, 2014

Congratulations and thank you for allowing us to live out this dream hunt vicariously through you and a great DIY video and hunt.

bmack · Jan 26, 2014

LAST EDITED ON Jan-26-14 AT 01:29PM (MST)[p]Stoney -

I just wanted to add a few thoughts to your feedback for Casey.

For starters, this was a nanny only tag so shooting a billy is not an option.

In regards to the "black eye" I would argue that Casey's hunting channel on You Tube has drawn in a number of viewers who previously had zero interest or knowledge about hunting and the outdoors.

His ability to document his lifestyle has turned many non-believers into a more educated audience who better understand what we do. This venue is a great resource to educate more people on the passion that we all enjoy.

Anytime you have that number of impressions (over 60k views) you are going to get negative feedback. It happens on any internet platform where people can hide behind their computers and make uneducated comments.

Thanks for sharing Case, the quality you are producing continues to improve and it has been fun to watch.