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Re: Boulder River Mt Goat
« Reply #15 on: April 27, 2016, 12:11:55 PM »
Awesome.  Anxious to see this unravel. :tup:
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Re: Boulder River Mt Goat
« Reply #16 on: April 27, 2016, 03:40:07 PM »
So glad you're sharing this story!  Keep it coming!!!  :IBCOOL:

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Re: Boulder River Mt Goat
« Reply #17 on: April 27, 2016, 04:13:54 PM »
keep it coming.  I am following along.

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Re: Boulder River Mt Goat
« Reply #18 on: April 27, 2016, 04:23:44 PM »
So glad you're sharing this story!  Keep it coming!!!  :IBCOOL:

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Re: Boulder River Mt Goat
« Reply #19 on: April 27, 2016, 05:15:55 PM »
Man what a tease  :chuckle:. Its been like 6 hours since the last post  :bash:

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Re: Boulder River Mt Goat
« Reply #20 on: April 27, 2016, 05:26:11 PM »
This looks awesome.  Great timing, just what we needed right about now!   :tup:

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Re: Boulder River Mt Goat
« Reply #21 on: April 27, 2016, 08:20:58 PM »
Nice! Tagging along  :tup:

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Re: Boulder River Mt Goat
« Reply #22 on: April 27, 2016, 09:08:08 PM »
Found a few more pics from the Eight Mile Creek trip, no goats but I did find a goat track.
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Re: Boulder River Mt Goat
« Reply #23 on: April 27, 2016, 09:23:41 PM »
Another pic of camp. Hennessy hammocks are pretty comfy as long as you can find suitable trees to hang from. It was difficult to find good trees up in the alpine that didn't have a ton of under brush around them. Unfortunately the Hennessy had to go when I started cutting weight from the pack. My final sleep system and tarp was around 6 lbs. ENO hammock, Jacks R Better top and bottom quilt, Whoopie slings and the Hennessy Hex rain fly. My original sleep system was over 12 lbs.   
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Re: Boulder River Mt Goat
« Reply #24 on: April 27, 2016, 09:38:47 PM »
Another pic from Eight Mile Creek trail, I went up there twice and both time it was fogged in, its crazy how much the weather changes in a few thousand feet of elevation. If I was able to do this hunt again I would spend a few days up there. Saw lots of tracks and if the weather would clear up there are several places the looked good on Goggle Earth to do some glassing.
 
 Note the pack cover, it was raining in August last year in the Boulder River Wilderness area.
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Re: Boulder River Mt Goat
« Reply #25 on: April 27, 2016, 09:58:42 PM »
Keep em coming!

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Re: Boulder River Mt Goat
« Reply #26 on: April 27, 2016, 10:13:51 PM »
I'm not normally a big worrier, but after finding out I drew the tag I started having random thoughts of what could go wrong to ruin this hunt. I had fears like breaking a leg or the woods being closed to fire danger or finding out there was a problem with the drawing and they were going to redraw. And then one day I got an email from the biologist that manages the Boulder River Wilderness area. Of course I didn't see it until late Friday night and had to wait until Monday morning to be able to call her. Fortunately her news was not too horrible. The legal description does not match the map in the game regs. The Map is correct, the legal description that includes Jumbo Mt is not in the open area. That was a long weekend.
 
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Re: Boulder River Mt Goat
« Reply #27 on: April 28, 2016, 06:39:21 AM »
Not trying to thread jack this awesome post but while I was looking at the map just now I starting thinking that if there is a big enough herd to have a hunt in an area this small, Why not put out a tag in the glacier peak wilderness as well. There are many more goats there. At least that's what I have experienced in my time in both areas. Anyhow just a random rant keep on with the great posts!

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Re: Boulder River Mt Goat
« Reply #28 on: April 28, 2016, 08:07:04 AM »
Not trying to thread jack this awesome post but while I was looking at the map just now I starting thinking that if there is a big enough herd to have a hunt in an area this small, Why not put out a tag in the glacier peak wilderness as well. There are many more goats there. At least that's what I have experienced in my time in both areas. Anyhow just a random rant keep on with the great posts!
Rocky Mountain Goat Alliance is working with WDFW on stuff just like this.

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Re: Boulder River Mt Goat
« Reply #29 on: April 28, 2016, 09:04:26 AM »
what an awesome adventure

 


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