nfh
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got my wyoming resident mountain goat.
opening day of rifle i tagged out. started way before the sun was up and half up the trail we spotted 2 billys. hour and half later we topped out and seen 2 nannys and 2 kids and look ahead and seen 2 billys. the billys came down low for some water. after being worn out i had to close the distance a 1000 yards. so i jogged across the rugged country. after 20 minutes i finally got 250 yards away. i was huffing and puffing and a straight up a dry mouth. so i waited to calm down and waited for the goat to clear some trees.while trying to catch my breath i made sure the billy was a shooter, i seen he was really long but the billy was really thick but didnt look long. when my shot came i fired and hit him 3 times. i wanted him to go down so he wouldnt climb straight up. after 3 shots he still walked and rolled down into some trees.
my dad was with me and a good freind of mine to help pack out. we packed enough to stay in for 4 days. so it was one heavy load uo. i have always used horses before and packing out myself was a challlenge and man i appreciate my horses more.
i packed in and packed out all in 1 day. when i got home we put a tape to his horns and he is 10 1/8 inches long on each side. he should score out good.
here he is at a 1000 yards with the camara on full zoom. my buddy that came with had a good camara.
hiking down a nast cliff on the way out
here is the counrty i had to run across. basically i ran all to the end as far as you can see
opening day of rifle i tagged out. started way before the sun was up and half up the trail we spotted 2 billys. hour and half later we topped out and seen 2 nannys and 2 kids and look ahead and seen 2 billys. the billys came down low for some water. after being worn out i had to close the distance a 1000 yards. so i jogged across the rugged country. after 20 minutes i finally got 250 yards away. i was huffing and puffing and a straight up a dry mouth. so i waited to calm down and waited for the goat to clear some trees.while trying to catch my breath i made sure the billy was a shooter, i seen he was really long but the billy was really thick but didnt look long. when my shot came i fired and hit him 3 times. i wanted him to go down so he wouldnt climb straight up. after 3 shots he still walked and rolled down into some trees.
my dad was with me and a good freind of mine to help pack out. we packed enough to stay in for 4 days. so it was one heavy load uo. i have always used horses before and packing out myself was a challlenge and man i appreciate my horses more.
i packed in and packed out all in 1 day. when i got home we put a tape to his horns and he is 10 1/8 inches long on each side. he should score out good.
here he is at a 1000 yards with the camara on full zoom. my buddy that came with had a good camara.
hiking down a nast cliff on the way out
here is the counrty i had to run across. basically i ran all to the end as far as you can see