AK Goat Hunt

highsierra · Jan 22, 2024

Still playing around with the video maker on my i-phone….had it put this one together of a goat hunt I did in the Wrangles in 2021.

Wiszard · Jan 24, 2024

Looks like an adventure, Dave! Did you fill your tag?

highsierra · Jan 25, 2024

Wiszard said:
Looks like an adventure, Dave! Did you fill your tag?

nope...no real opportunities presented other than one that turned out to be a young billy. All the mature Billies were either unreachable or would have been unrecoverable. Oh well...it was fun!

SS! · Jan 25, 2024

highsierra said:
nope...no real opportunities presented other than one that turned out to be a young billy. All the mature Billies were either unreachable or would have been unrecoverable. Oh well...it was fun!

Dang! We had a client last fall up here in AK that had 5 previous unsuccessful goat hunts in a row. Talk about bad luck.

Cool Video.

littlebighorn · Jan 25, 2024

SS! said:
Dang! We had a client last fall up here in AK that had 5 previous unsuccessful goat hunts in a row. Talk about bad luck.

Cool Video.

Wow, that client must have really wanted a goat. I hope you found him one!

Wiszard · Jan 25, 2024

littlebighorn said:
Wow, that client must have really wanted a goat. I hope you found him one!

Either that or SS! sucks at guiding....

SS! · Jan 25, 2024

littlebighorn said:
Wow, that client must have really wanted a goat. I hope you found him one!

He gave up the 2nd day. Come to find out he quit on all his hunts and the longest he made it is day 3.

LIK2HNT · Jan 25, 2024

A lot of money and time to spend for a halfa$$ effort. Did He expect to shoot it from camp?

SS! · Jan 25, 2024

LIK2HNT said:
A lot of money and time to spend for a halfa$$ effort. Did He expect to shoot it from camp?

I’m not sure what he was thinking but he had money. Gave us a good tip!

littlebighorn · Jan 26, 2024

SS! said:
I’m not sure what he was thinking but he had money. Gave us a good tip!

I'd bet that's not the norm when a client doesn't get their animal. I'm guessing most try blaming the guide for their lack of effort.

Wiszard · Jan 26, 2024

You'd think that after the 2nd trip, he'd realize the "work" to get one wouldn't get any easier yet he tried 3 more times. Can't say that guy is a quitter. LOL. To each his own I guess. I probably couldn't afford the gun the guy had built for him specifically for the hunt so what do I know. LOL