I would like to see Matt's defense to how broken some of these public access programs like the MT BMA program. There are some good landowners enrolled but with how poorly it is run there are also a lot of landowners getting paid to let their friends hunt there land or getting paid for allowing...
This is another aspect that draws me to the goats. Weed spraying is a pain and I have an old gravel pit that is getting a little overgrown with willow. Are they hard on sagebrush? I would prefer to keep the sage as it provides good cover for ground nesting birds which help with the ticks.
Thanks for the insight. I definitely realize the cost associated with the start up and raising of the goats. I have enough good pasture to support the goats for 7-8 months out of the year. The predator and water issue are the only real obstacles I don't have answers for yet. The money side...
That's the other part to this that I have to get figured out before moving forward. I plan to build a couple 50'x50' pens near my feed barn for the goats to live/kid in during the winter and spring that would have coyote proof fencing but it would be nice to turn them loose for the summer to...
Thanks for the input. Don't currently have any packing goats but looking for a place to make an investment and a little side income. Currently have 70 acres and run a few horses for packing so the goats seem like a good opportunity to make good use of the land and get a little extra income...
I am tossing around the idea of building up a herd and breeding and selling pack goats in southwest Montana. I own enough property and have a decent enough knowledge base as far as raising animals but figured I would throw it out here to see if anyone has any pertinent information for me. Is...
I'm talking beyond the gate being in place. Excavators and tractors tearing up the creek, neglecting to use a water system put in by the FS to keep cows up out of the creek and use of motorized vehicles are also on the list.
Check out the first access on the page 4. This has to be the worst abuse of public land by a private land owner I have ever seen on a grazing lease and now he has his taken to locking a gate providing him with the only access to a trailhead several miles onto the USFS land...
BLS has a sale every spring featuring mountain and pack stock. Looks like it is slated for March 25 this year. Bring lots of money for the BLS sales. Prices are ridiculous for horse in MT right now.
You can also go and see if your location marker agrees with the boundary. Some of these discrepancies are only with the satellite imagery and not necessarily with the GPS data. When you are trying to apply an image of a sphere in a flat manner there has to be some fudging and the image doesn't...