MY MTN GOAT

[blindluck]

I got this goat when I was 12 years old in the pratt river unit east of north bend. It was pouring rain in the low 40's and we were soaked to the bone. It got dark and we had to stay the night on the mountain with nothing but a garbage bag that my dad put over me to try to hold some heat in while we got poured on, worst night of our lives, barley made it out of that one.

[Fowlweather25]

Thats awesome!

[bearpaw]

sweet 

[bowhunterforever]

Awesome

[ICEMAN]

Nice!

Hey, tell us more about your hunt and your scary night on the mountain with just the trash bag!

[blindluck]

Nice!

Hey, tell us more about your hunt and your scary night on the mountain with just the trash bag!

ICEMAN thanks for asking, My dad and I scouted some goats a couple weekends before, so we know where we needed to be that saturday morning, we drove up the mountain and started glassing goats on the next mountain to the east with a deep ravine between the two with two little lakes at the bottom. Raining and a bit foggy it looked about 3/4 mail across to the cliffs where the 5 or 6 goats were. figuring we could get over there shoot the goat and make it back by dark we started our decent to the bottom of the draw probably 1500 ft elevation drop. we had my 243 rifle two back packs a knife and a couple garbage bags for the meat. We made our way through bear brush and devils clubs to the bottom and to the waters edge, with no trails and a tangle of brush already totally drenched, we walked waste deep in the lake around to the other side then started our climb up the mountain to the goats. We finally got in a timber line and snuck within 70 yards of the goats. my dad handed me the gun and I rested the rifle on a tree root and shot she fell off a 30 foot cliff into the brush. dad snapped some pictures, boned it out and caped it for a mount by now its 5pm and we are freezing cold, we started down the mountain through the lake and up the rocks through brush and scaling some steep slippery cliffs and slides. as it started getting dark my dad said we not going to make it back to the truck we need to find a place to stay the night. No flash light no nothing we climbed under a down tree and laid on the ground. dad cut a hole in the bottom of the garbage bag for my head to go thru. we laid there shaking and hypothermic till daylight. When we stood up the next morning our legs were so numb we couldn't walk finally we made it to the top and fired up the truck. That is the only time I ever asked my dad if we were going to die. Here is a pic 28 years later.

[DaleVR]

Wow, that had to be a little scary. Good story.

[boneaddict]

Now that is a day/night in the woods you'll never forget.   Thanks for posting up the photos and the story.   I love hearing about times like that.   Good for your Dad for getting you out there like that.   

[Watimberghost]

Crazy story. Mother nature has a way of dictating things. Pretty cool to have that mount for a tangible memory. Thanks for sharing

[Boss .300 winmag]

Great ending to what could have been a tragic storey.  Nice goat and mount. What year was that?

Hopefully the lesson learned from this storey is that when you do outdoor stuff a little fore thought can keep people out a situation like this, you and your dad were really lucky not to have died.

[SkookumHntr]

Crazy story! That's exactly why I always have 2flaslighs and a glostick in my pack! Been there b4..

[willapawapiti]

What a father/son memory!  Thanks for sharing.

[blindluck]

Great ending to what could have been a tragic storey.  Nice goat and mount. What year was that?

Hopefully the lesson learned from this storey is that when you do outdoor stuff a little fore thought can keep people out a situation like this, you and your dad were really lucky not to have died.

the year was 1986, we got home Sunday then Monday morning we laid the goat on the hood of the car in our driveway I jumped on the school bus as we drove by I showed everyone my goat.

[buddy01]

Nice goat story

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[jackmaster]

Thats an awesome story, today's Hunter seem to be a little more prepared for nights in the woods and the reason that is, is because of stories like that, and an awesome story to boot