Got goat?

[Alpinegus]

  Got goat !
Thanks WDFW for the opportunity to hunt mountain goat. 
Thanks to my friend actionshooter for his time spent with me scouting and packing out my goat. I shot the billy at 210 yards wth a 30-06, 180 grain nosler partition.

[Ridgerunner]

More details are needed, great looking goat. 

[Timber]

Wow, nice billy! How about a story and some measurements?

Congratulations!!!

[Rufous]

I must confess I am jealous. That is a beautiful goat. Honestly I would rather have drawn a goat tag than the moose tag. I am totally stoked about going moose hunting but for some reason goats really intrigue me. I hope you will give us lots of details of your scouting efforts and hunt. Congratulations on putting good use to that tag! Brian.

[Craig]

nice goat.

[Ray]

Too Cool 

[actionshooter]

 I'll let Alpinegus post his own story but I've had a hard time keeping my mouth shut. 
 I was just a spectator/ goat locator but it will be one of my hunting season highlights just hanging out during the scouting/ hunting.

As for the score, he's a dandy!!

[Alpinegus]

I started scouting and reviewing the topo's as soon as I drew the tag. In talking to actionshooter we figured we put on about 40 + miles of scouting on foot. I have many miles of driving the unit Naches / Corral Pass.
Seen goats every time out. Finding a billy was what I was hoping for. One day we counted as high as 37 goats off of different peaks.
I hunted the first weekend with archery. I stocked in on two billies. I was to dang excited to be in proper hunt mode. I walked to the edge where I seen the goats and they were not there. Stalking around I realize now that I was probably only 40 yards above them. I ended up spooking them and they started moving. Trying to get around, I got 90 yards from them, but got busted and they went up and over the rock cliffs. I can not believe what they can climb.
I thought all was lost, but the next day they were back and bedded down out of archery range. With the loose rock and no easy access; we decided it was best to come back when rifle season opened. On Monday I was there to hunt the goats and they were there. I had a 40 yard window in the trees to take the 210 yard shot, and the larger billy stopped just before he entered the woods. After shooting him, he went 60 yards. The other billy just went back to feeding. My billy did get up once more and I had to shoot him again. The rest of the day was spent getting him back to camp.   The horns are 10 1/8 inches long.

[Rhinoron247]

Great story, great hunt.  Glad you shared it.  Can't wait for my day to come.  I got to see several goat last weekend while hunting Goats and they are amazing creatures.

Congrats 

[andrew_12gauge]

very nice i really wanna get a goat they are such magnifacent trophies

[shanevg]

Congratulations!

... my favorite big game animal, I am jealous!  Two weekends ago I was out bear hunting and my dad and I were able to glass 83 different mountain goat and able to stock up to 65 yards on one nice 10+ inch billy, it was really fun, if only I could draw a tag now!

[robb92]

Congrats on the nice billy!!!!!

[X-Force]

Awesome looking animal. I'm definitely a little green eyed about it...      Congrats. Are you getting it mounted?

[Alpinegus]

Going to do a shoulder mount. Caped it out while on the mtn.

[ICEMAN]

How cool is that!? I am very jealous!

Every goat I have seen was in such a bad spot I was sure they would fall 1000' if shot. You must have really put the time in to find a spot where he would not fall?