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| Tiger01:
--- Quote from: huntnnw on April 30, 2025, 08:34:13 PM --- --- Quote from: Tiger01 on April 30, 2025, 10:04:39 AM ---I own llamas, absolutely love them. One thing to look at is the longevity of pack goats vs llamas and amount of weight each can carry. I almost went goats initially, but longevity, amount they can carry, and goats being limited/outlawed in some areas ultimately swayed me to llamas. Couldn't be happier with what they've done for myself and my family. --- End quote --- But you have to pack feed up for llamas and gotta trailer them. A pack goat can pack more per lb of weight than all stock animals. --- End quote --- Depends on where you are going and the quality of feed, but it’s minimal usually. About 1 pound per day per llama, which is nothing in the grand scheme of things. If you have a rack you can fit 2 or 3 llamas in the back of a pickup easy, no trailer needed. Yes, goats can pack more per pound, but they’re also the lightest pack animals out there which equates to the lightest loads. Like I said, I almost went goats, just a few things swayed me to llamas and I couldn’t be happier. I have multiple friends with goats and they love them. With limited space at home goats is probably the way to go for sure. |
| 2MANY:
You guys should pack labs. No trailer needed, will protect you in camp, and better at finding grouse. Or Simply buy a mule, put a goat and their pack on each side, and head to camp. |
| vandeman17:
Updating this thread. I ended up grabbing three Alpine wethers about 5-6 weeks ago from a place down in Goldendale. They are polled and going on 4-5 months old. I was able to meet the buck and he was a big boy and the owner expects these three fellas to be 175-200 lbs. So far they have been a lot of fun to get to know and each have their own personalites. They were bottle fed so they are super friendly and will follow me wherever I go and actually are way easier than a dang puppy. I am hoping by snowmelt next year, they will be big enough to get them out in the hills around my house and start working with them. I decided to go with 3 because that will hopefully be enough to pack in at least a chunk of gear but also not a huge committment in case I don't end up being able to use them. |
| huntnnw:
I take 3 when I hunt solo. With 3 good ones and my pack I can come out with 200 or so lbs in 1 trip. I’ll tell you right now that you will go through a few goats to get good ones. I have 21 granted not all are whethers some are our girls. But only a handful are great |
| vandeman17:
--- Quote from: huntnnw on September 22, 2025, 08:24:14 PM ---I take 3 when I hunt solo. With 3 good ones and my pack I can come out with 200 or so lbs in 1 trip. I’ll tell you right now that you will go through a few goats to get good ones. I have 21 granted not all are whethers some are our girls. But only a handful are great --- End quote --- Good to know. I am hoping these guy's are at least serviceable so that I can learn more about handling and training and if its something that is worthwhile for me, I can try to be more picky in who/where I buy more from. |
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