Easy Goat Hunt

[Becca]

Haha now there is a motto I just dont see my wife embracing for our mountain shelters

Ha! Yes!

 

[Huntmaster]

Great story!! Congrats on a great animal!

 

[tstowater]

Freaking awesome hunt. That's what we call mental toughness. Congrats on a great goat.

 

[bizyrok]

Wow another 'easy' hunt. I have yet to read a goat hunt that seemed "reasonable". They make sheep hunting seem like a Sunday stroll. Congrats on gutting it out, you earned it and enjoy the memories.
By the way, what caliber on that Kimber Montana?

 

[TreeWalking]

Nicely done! Glad no rain during the night you were on the mountain. Never good being too cold to sleep.

 

[cwh]

Thanks guys.

280 AI shooting 162 Amax.

As to the cave... we spent 2 nights out of camp this year sheep hunting. The first was in a cave, and semi-planned. We saw the cave from spike camp and had planned on it as a backup plan to getting back to spike. We had sleeping bags and foam pads, and it wasn't that bad. The second was after failing to make our planned water crossing in the near dark and not wanting to cross uncharted water in the full dark. We slept under tarps in puffy's and space blankets for that one, and it sort of sucked. Having the sleeping bag with you is huge, and the tarp is just a no-brainer.

The goat cave was way better than tarp city.

Sheep "Advanced spike camp 2":

 

[Richard Manley]

Great story.

 

[Vance in AK]

Congrats on a fine adventure & a fine goat!

 

[gonhunting247]

Love the story, that makes my goat hunt sound easy, and I thought it was hard! Great work!

 

[Akdaniels]

Very nice. After spending a night in a snowstorm, spooning with my partner on a Kenai peninsula mountainside after we killed a goat and sliding off an 6 foot drop in the dark. A cave would be very nice to have. Nice job and nice goat!

 

[DirtyD]

Great story, congrats!

 

[mtnwrunner]

As others have said, great write up and as the saying goes, "you don't pick an epic, it picks you." Looks like you got picked.
Congrats on the goat and you are a great writer.

Randy

 

[Elkfitness]

Awesome story!

 

[Zackman]

Great goat. Congrats!

 

[charvey9]

Great stuff. Doesn't sound all that easy to me, but well worth it.

 

[Rackmastr]

Hell of a story and some great pics!!!

 

[Cramer]

Nice one!