Since the area we got a draw for was a 16 hour drive, including a 2 hour ferry, We scouted via google earth. I had some inside tracks from some local elk hunters on where the goats should be. We spent all summer preparing, pouring over maps, talking to friends and locals, and making a plan.
Day 1
We were in unfamiliar territory and setting up camp. Both never being in the area before, and both never hunting goats, we had an idea what to expect but the sheer volume of the slopes and the vastness of the area was a bit over whelming. A nice 9 7/8 inch billy taken the day we arrived in the drainage we had planned to hunt for the last 3 months .... So we had to resort to plan B. Which we didnt have, but we would make due. there had to be more then just this guy in all these mountains. We found goats. Finding accessible ones was the real task. We spent the day mostly on the quad crusing the logging roads scoping out drainages.
Base Camp
Shot from the camp
Drainage we planned to hunt
There is goats here in the bottom right in the snow, tough to see in the pic. anyway I have no clue how they even got there. what do they eat? rocks? lol
Saw about 5 of these critters eveyday. Unfortunetly this zone hasa spike fork restriction, which basically means you need to shoot a unicorn
