Aging Mountain goats

[AK Troutbum]

I posted this on the AOD and thought that I would ask Rokslider's as well. How old would you say this nanny his?

A gentleman from the AOD posted the web link to the Colorado Department of Fish and Game and in that web link was this picture for determining age.

I was just curious as to what some of the more experienced folks thought about determining mountain goat age.

 

[Stid2677]

They look different when they get older...

I think she was in her 3rd year of life.

 

[Decker9]

That's a tough one to age, but I'd agree with how stid shows it.

 

[Decker9]

I'm my experience, goats are pretty easy to age if a guy has the horns in hand. But I think that also changes a lot depending on where the goats from to. This is an 11 year old, you can see how pronounced the rings are for the first 4-5 years, then they get tightly packed, they'r still easy to count tho when in the right light.



That set you have there, has a different ware to them then what I'm use to seeing, definitely a tough one to age without a close eye.