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October is actually a pretty good month in the Olympics..you should see goat's.. don't overthink goat behavior. The conflict goat's are a different animal. Super sketched out .the ones I see might be shootable but recovery will be difficult. I look at those mountains everyday. When time allows I'll throw the spotter up and relay any intel I can pass along. Generally can find goat's if I spend enough time glassing.
Congrats on your hunt! I drew the early conflict hunt and will probably spend a weekend or 2 up there hiking, and if i find a goat or 2 to shoot, then that's a bonus. I will pass along any info from my time there to you. It's a neat hunt, but glad i still have my OIL goat points.
My team was in the second 10-day period, with the best weather. First period had heat and smoke, we got rained out for the first three days, and the last period got hammered by rain, snow, and fog. We saw our first goats on the morning of the last day, having traversed our entire unit, glassing every mountainside and summiting everything along the way. 20 teams for 31 goats...and we all hit it hard. My team agreed that we were glad we did it, but if asked to do it again, we'd politely decline.Aerial gunners are up next for two, two-week periods in August and September. They will be highly effective. I don't know if they'll operate outside of the park or not, but I presume that they'll be focused on high-density goat habitat around Enchanted Valley and Olympus where most of the remaining goats are hiding out.