Fiqured Id try and keep everyone entertained with a little Goat hunting update! Besides working 6 and 7 days a week for the last 3 months, I have been researching and buying new gear, getting in shape, losing 32 pounds, and finally getting out to do a little Goat Scouting a few days ago with the family. Watched about 2 dozen different Goats from quit a distance threw my Swaro spotter, thanks to Luke Moffat on Rokslide.com for the sale of that! Everything I have done with my few days off this year has evolved around Goat hunting preparation, including family time. Here are some pictures of the start of my Quest to kill a top 5 Billy in the State of WA this season! Every week or two I will try and post up pics and video of the progress from gear to scouting to the kill, Enjoy!!
To be successful, I fiqured it was time to change my lifestyle by working out daily, eating frequent and healthier foods and shedding 30lbs of unwanted body fat. I feel so much healthier already and got another 15lbs to go!
My goal is to kill one with my Bow, so I picked up a used Mt. Goat 3d target and have been practicing from steep angles and long shots, heres a picture of my boys helping dad with his archery skills.
I was in need of a new backcountry tent this season as my Eureka has seen its last Thunder storm in the Wyoming Backcountry and didnt hold up to well. So after much research I decided between the MontBell Cresent II and the MSR Carbon Reflex 2. I bought both, set them up and disected them and finally came to a conclusion that the MSR would be my tent of choice this season, so back to backcounty gear went the Montbell. The MSR is a little roomier and better vestibule space for my pack and boots, as well as being about 1/2 pound lighter, weighing in at 2lbs 8oz, with fly and stakes. Watch Steap and cheap as they have been on there for $225 lately which is hell of a deal for a $500 tent.
Late winter on a day off I felt the need to be up in the Mountains near the Goats, so I packed up the family and headed for Mt. Baker for a day of sleding and glassing on a beautiful day. Got my cardio in as well pulling the kids up the mountain with there sleds!
Finally enough snow has melted off that a couple days ago on my day off we packed up and headed up to the mountain to get a view of some of the Goats in the unit. Had to drag the kids in the snow with there sleds about a mile but we made it and was able to glass up about 2 dozen Goats with the New Spotter. One was a collared Goat not sure if it was a Billy or Nanny, was to far off. Heres some pics of the country the goats were in and that I will be hunting in.
There was around two dozen goats in the snowless area in the picture and a couple more up above that in the snow.
Will post again with Goat pics after next trip up, still need the snow to recede a bit more to get closer!
