Goat Rocks East

[jackelope]

Super awesome.  I feel like I’ve talked to someone every year for the last few years with that permit and I’m guessing you guys saw more goats than any of them. Congrats to all of you on some amazing memories made. 

[blackveltbowhunter]

Great billy and awesome pics and hunt! Congratz!

[Karl Blanchard]

Way to go guys! That's my favorite country in all of WA.

[boneaddict]

That’s an awesome hunt.  Tough country, tough animals and you guys sorted it out.  That’s what it’s all about. 

[fishunt247]

Thanks everyone. Chances are that I won’t ever, but I’d love to draw the same hunt so that my dad, brother, and I could hunt our goats in the same unit.
I think most of us think of OIL tags as a slam dunk opportunity. I can’t speak for others hunts, but this one is far from it. It didn’t end up happening, but I felt like we were one more snow storm away from being stuck hunting the lower ground without many goats.

[fishunt247]

I was surprised that when he checked his goat in that WDFW didn’t ask for locations of all of the goats we saw. I haven’t yet, but I plan to reach out. Anything that helps them get a better understanding of them.
It guess it’s also interesting to me that you can’t hunt the Cowiche unit on that tag. It’s not like those goats are a different herd. They’ve just dispersed.
He didn’t plan to hunt the lower ground unless he got snowed out, but still. To hunt them in the wilderness is to get the full goat experience.

[Klickitatsteelie]

That is unforgiving country no doubt. You earn whatever you take out of there. That hunt should open mid September in my opinion. None the less congrats on a great goat in amazing and rugged country.