2025 mountain goat meat pole

[diamond10x]

Oct 2 Billy. Fell a good long ways and busted a tip. Have really become addicted to these animals.

 

[BAKPAKR]

I didn’t see a thread for everyone to post this years mountain goats, and I don’t think my hunts deserve their own threads.

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Is the blood from a head shot or from a tumble after the shot?

 

[NealMustard]

Is the blood from a head shot or from a tumble after the shot?

That is blood from a headshot. He didn’t move at all from where he was bedded when I shot him.

It was 450 yards or so through open air with wind that was hard to judge. I opted to undercorrect for wind drift and try to wait for a gust to die off before shooting. The bullet drifted more than I had guessed it would and entered behind his eye, traveled down the top of his neck, and popped out the shoulder.

 

[Cspraggins]

11-1/8” Cranker with Bob and Bobby Milligan. These boys know goats.

 

[Moose83]

Cranker with Bob and Bobby Milligan. These boys know goats.

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Yes they do.... that thing is a hammer! Congrats!

 

[buzzy]

I got mine in Northern BC with Milligan Outfitters. These guys are great and they put up with a guy that really struggled up there. About 40 minutes into the pack out I broke my tib/fib and had to be airlifted off the mountain the next day. It was a rough night on the mountain and I probably would not have made it off without Bobby, Logan and Bob. These guys were put into a bad situation and rose to the occasion. Thanks guys!

Awesome goat. Bob and Bob are the best out there for goats.

 

[Bado20]

Opening day billy during a 24 hour weather window in Northern BC.

 

[z987k]

Cranker with Bob and Bobby Milligan. These boys know goats.

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That's a sweet goat.

 

[Elkfitness]

Solo nanny


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[NealMustard]

Solo nanny


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Did you know it was a nanny when you took it?

I've spoken with a few people who took nannies this year and they were all uncertain of the sex of the animal that they were taking. Everyone who took a billy knew they were taking a billy. No one has knowingly taken a nanny.

 

[Elkfitness]

Did you know it was a nanny when you took it?

I've spoken with a few people who took nannies this year and they were all uncertain of the sex of the animal that they were taking. Everyone who took a billy knew they were taking a billy. No one has knowingly taken a nanny.

For this one yes. I watched her for about an hour, and saw her squat. She ended up having 7 in horns and I was very happy with her coat. This will be the last time I do a goat solo, I shot her at 360 yards on a high angle shot, and she dropped right there. Took me two hours to get to her, and four hours to get back out. Was almost a bit too much by myself, but made it happen


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[BrooksRanger]

For this one yes. I watched her for about an hour, and saw her squat. She ended up having 7 in horns and I was very happy with her coat. This will be the last time I do a goat solo, I shot her at 360 yards on a high angle shot, and she dropped right there. Took me two hours to get to her, and four hours to get back out. Was almost a bit too much by myself, but made it happen


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If you knew it was a nanny, why did you shoot it?

 

[StopMakingSense]

10 7/8 on the passenger side at 8 years old, we didn't waste time when we saw him!

 

[StopMakingSense]

Cranker with Bob and Bobby Milligan. These boys know goats.

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Amazing billy and terrain, congrats

 

[npm352]

My 14-year-old daughter with her 8 7/8in Idaho goat. Great memories. 2025.

 

[Elkfitness]

If you knew it was a nanny, why did you shoot it?

I had a nanny tag. I’ll remove the post.


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[Cspraggins]

I had a nanny tag. I’ll remove the post.


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Well done filing your tag and aligning with conservation goals of your state. She has a beautiful cape on her.

Don’t remove the post.

 

[NealMustard]

I had a nanny tag. I’ll remove the post.


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Repost it.

You had a nanny tag. We’re hunters, not biologists. Do what the conservation organization of your area deems sustainable.

I’ve never heard of a nanny only tag. What rules pertain to that hunt?

The way tags work in my part of Alaska is that “encouraging of Billies is encouraged, taking of nanny’s with kids is prohibited.” In some areas if you shoot a nanny you go to “nanny jail” and you can’t hunt goats in that unit again for 5 years. In other areas nanny’s are discouraged but there’s no nanny jail.

 

[Andouille]

Repost it.

You had a nanny tag. We’re hunters, not biologists. Do what the conservation organization of your area deems sustainable.

I’ve never heard of a nanny only tag. What rules pertain to that hunt?

The way tags work in my part of Alaska is that “encouraging of Billies is encouraged, taking of nanny’s with kids is prohibited.” In some areas if you shoot a nanny you go to “nanny jail” and you can’t hunt goats in that unit again for 5 years. In other areas nanny’s are discouraged but there’s no nanny jail.

Interestingly, nannies are not discouraged in some areas of Kodiak for RG480 per the regs and my chat with the biologists. The regs allow taking of two goats and one MUST be a nanny. The population of non-native goats (both sexes) is high after a few mild winters, and the season has been extended as a result.

Here's my summer goat from Kodiak, a young billy that I was happy to take after an unsuccessful hunt in crap weather a couple summers prior.

 

[Graham82]

November 8th he came to 45 yards I couldn’t pass him up. First time hunting goats with a bow I was very lucky. Thank you to the guys that help carry him off the mountain.