Let's see your mountain goat pics!

[craitchky]

Those are some awesome pics, that is one of my bucket list hunts!

 

[Aron Snyder]

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[Jordan]

Here are a few more goats from Wa.

 

[Aron Snyder]

Cool photos!

 

[shanevg]

Awesome!!!!

 

[75johndeere]

hey shane what kind of camera/ lens are you using?

 

[shanevg]

hey shane what kind of camera/ lens are you using?

Most of my pictures were actually taken with my my Panasonic Lumix point and shoot. Recently I purchased a used Canon 30D from my buddy and I have a 100-300mm lens with no IS that I have been shooting with. My newest and favorite lens is a 50mm fixed F2.8. Obviously no zoom for wildlife but a great lens for the type of shots I like to take.

 

[75johndeere]

thats pretty sweet i have been using a higher end sony cybershot but it just isnt enough to get the pictures im looking for i have been trying to talk my mom into letting me borrow her new cannon T3 because i bought the attachment for my vortex razor hd and would really like to try that before i decide to buy a 10 pound camera to take into the high country around here. how much does you canon with 100-300mm weigh?

 

[shanevg]

It's certainly not light. I don't now the actual weight as I don't have a scale, but definitely a few pounds.

 

[75johndeere]

well at least i could haul it around in the summer time (simulated rifle weight) lol

 

[Rick Seymour]

Awesome pictures! Perhaps the best I have seen. I just last night finished reading "Beasts the color of winter". Made one scouting trip before the deep snows came to CO.. Hope to draw as anyone would (6pts)

 

[shanevg]

Awesome pictures! Perhaps the best I have seen. I just last night finished reading "Beasts the color of winter". Made one scouting trip before the deep snows came to CO.. Hope to draw as anyone would (6pts)

One of my favorite books. I've read it half a dozen times at least!

 

[Rick Seymour]

shanevg any other goat book recommendations. The above Goat book is mandatory IMHO its so good

 

[shanevg]

As far as hunting books an oldy but goody is "Hunting the Rocky Mountain Goat" by Duncan Gilchrist. It is hard to come by these days but if you ever find it I would definitely recommend picking it up.

It's a bit dense, but probably the best book you can read on mountain goats is "Mountain Goats: Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation of an Alpine Ungulate" by Marco Festa-Bianchet and Steeve D. Cote. This is the leading mountain goat research that pretty much every Fish and Game agency in North America is using for their mountain goat conservation strategy. Festa-Bianchet is the scientist who quantified the fact that transplanted goats (e.g. Utah, Nevada, Colorado) can be managed with higher harvest rates than native herds. It's a very interesting read.

As a Washington guy, "White Goats White Lies" by R. Lee Lyman is an interesting read as it talks about the transplanted goats in the Olympic National Park.

I always enjoy reading some of the older books written in past as well. Even though their science isn't the most up to date (obviously) they do make very interesting reads.
"Summer of the White Goat" - Paige Dixon
"The Rocky Mountain Goat" - Madison Grant
"Cruising the Cascades" - George Shields

Another hunting one which I've never actually read:
"The Mountain Goat Challenge, Adventures on Alaska's Coast Line" - Ace Sommerfield

Some more research papers regarding the Washington state mountain goats that you can download online if you are interested:
http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/00007/
http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/00008/
http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/00787/
http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/00005/
http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/00004/
http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/00003/
http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/00006/wdfw00006.pdf
http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/research/projects/mtn_goat/papers/shirk_thesis.pdf
http://faculty.wwu.edu/wallin/gradstudents/beus_t/Beus_Tana_Thesis.pdf
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1107/
http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/research/projects/mtn_goat/papers/wells_thesis.pdf

May be a little dense for what you are looking for but these are the books/articles/papers that I have read.

 

[actionshooter]

Here is one from 2009

I need to transfer some of my "scouting pics" from my external hard drive to my computer.

 

[Rent Outdoor Gear]

Great photos man - Love it!

 

[orionthehunter1]

Here is my dads boone and crockett goat from colorado

 

[muleman]

Busted

 

[orionthehunter1]

what are you talking about?

 

[Rick Seymour]

Sweet pic Orion....Colorado?