Post by: Naches Sportsman on April 16, 2016, 10:38:30 PM
Post by: fishngamereaper on April 16, 2016, 10:45:15 PM
OK it says I still don't have much of a chance.... :'(
Post by: X-Force on April 16, 2016, 10:53:25 PM
Working on a career so I can do it in BC. I have a better shot at saving 12k than drawing in WA while I'm still vertical. :chuckle:
Post by: RadSav on April 16, 2016, 11:22:49 PM
Sure would be something special! Hope you guys can get lucky in the draw while you are still young. But don't wait 23 years of WA draws before going to BC like I did. It would have been so much more enjoyable had I done it in my youth. Likely more successful too. Better a Canadian goat than no goat at all!
I still dream of a WA goat nearly every day. I can't think of an OIL tag I would like more...even if it risks a heart attack or stroke these days. I think it would be well worth it! :tup:
Post by: RB on April 16, 2016, 11:32:31 PM
Funny I was just looking at the OIL tags just a few minutes ago trying to decide what to do this year. Best of luck to all :tup:
Post by: link on April 17, 2016, 09:25:06 AM
I hunted by myself for the first few weekends and ended up almost getting snowed out of there by the time the season was coming close to an end. I found what I thought was a good goat and shot it. I made my way over to it and out of the draw runs a goat that looked twice as big, body and horns. All I could do was stand over my 8 1/2" young billy and look over across the draw 100yards at probably a 10" tank of a billy.
I guess I'm just saying I know I would have made it a much better hunt and would have appreciated it much more if I had drawn the tag ten or so years later in my life.
Post by: The scout on April 17, 2016, 10:08:52 AM
Post by: Naches Sportsman on April 17, 2016, 10:14:16 AM
I understand what you're saying link. A person may understand that oil means once in a lifetime, but really when you draw, that's the only chance you have of hunting a goat in Washington. Make the best of it as it truly is a once in a lifetime deal. Get to know the animal you are hunting. Spend as much time as possible hunting when you have the tag.
Post by: shanevg on April 17, 2016, 03:33:06 PM
Post by: 3nails on April 17, 2016, 03:53:28 PM
I day dream about a WA goat tag probably more than is healthy for me. One of these days!!!You may have to bite the bullet and buy the raffle or go to Canada. It is a fools hope to think you'll ever get drawn in WA. I know you know that. :tup:
Post by: crabcreekhunter on April 17, 2016, 04:07:59 PM
Post by: nwhunter on April 17, 2016, 09:24:24 PM
Post by: fishngamereaper on April 17, 2016, 09:38:05 PM
I feel your pain with the waiting game for goats. I gave up and am going to BC this fall cant wait...
Will look forward to the story...
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on April 17, 2016, 09:59:30 PM
There is something to be said about getting a goat tag when you're young. Then again, I wish I had drawn my goat tag a little later. I was in my early twenties when I drew my goat tag. I honestly can say I did not make the best of this once in a lifetime opportunity. Of course, I drew my tag the first year it became a once in a lifetime tag, I think '99?? Even putting in for the unit, I was uninformed and inexperienced. I put in and drew a corall pass tag. Now, I had grown up deer and elk hunting up there and always saw goats, and even some big ones. So, I naturally put in for that unit. Probably not one of the better units around. Although, I do know there are and were a few big goats up there. I did scout pretty hard during the summer, but honestly, I had very little knowledge of what I was looking for. Seeing goats was no problem.
I hunted by myself for the first few weekends and ended up almost getting snowed out of there by the time the season was coming close to an end. I found what I thought was a good goat and shot it. I made my way over to it and out of the draw runs a goat that looked twice as big, body and horns. All I could do was stand over my 8 1/2" young billy and look over across the draw 100yards at probably a 10" tank of a billy.
I guess I'm just saying I know I would have made it a much better hunt and would have appreciated it much more if I had drawn the tag ten or so years later in my life.
8 1/2 vs 10 inch still a trophy I don't care just give me a tag. :tup:
Post by: RB on April 18, 2016, 08:28:25 AM
:yeah:I day dream about a WA goat tag probably more than is healthy for me. One of these days!!!You may have to bite the bullet and buy the raffle or go to Canada. It is a fools hope to think you'll ever get drawn in WA. I know you know that. :tup:
:chuckle:
Post by: coachcw on April 18, 2016, 12:22:06 PM
Post by: trophyhunt on May 16, 2016, 06:15:51 PM
the one tag I want they took away !probably a different unit but they took away the only one I wanted too, corral pass.
Post by: PAW66 on May 16, 2016, 07:38:40 PM
Post by: PlateauNDN on May 16, 2016, 07:41:57 PM
the one tag I want they took away !
Do I know the area?
Post by: rtspring on May 16, 2016, 07:43:53 PM
the one tag I want they took away !
Do I know the area?
Yes!
Post by: h20hunter on May 16, 2016, 08:23:15 PM
Post by: PlateauNDN on May 16, 2016, 08:27:06 PM
the one tag I want they took away !
Do I know the area?
Yes!
Rock Creek herd? :dunno:
:chuckle: hey, it would be nice to draw the goat tag and go after that big guy I seen twice or one of the ones we seen that day. :tup:
Post by: Duckslayer89 on May 16, 2016, 08:43:15 PM
Oh how fun it would be if I were to ever draw this unit for goat.
The one at the top to the right looks big. I wouldn't know where to start with goats by judging them but have a few areas picked out