Sizing a Goat

[johnnycake]

I thought that would be a given but thanks for pointing that out.

My point I was making about the early season hunting is that it deceptively made horns look longer than what they were since the before this year I've only hunted goats end of September to mid November. Not sure if it was due to length of hair or less swelling of the glands. Was definitely not because of looking at immature animals.

Gotcha. Chasing goats with folks the last 15 years I've come to just never assume anything is a given when talking about field judging. And even people with lots of experience, way more than me, tend to get tripped up trying to judge goats. Usually when it's a solo goat. Without others right next to it to provide contrast, they are just so damn proportionate.

 

[MD97756]

How does this guy stack up?

 

[StopMakingSense]

Gut reaction is definitely under 9”

The goat isn’t a baby as the nose is not concave but it also isn’t a super pronounced roman nose. I would like to see a side profile to see his build but from these pictures he’s a pass for me.

How do you think this one stacks up?

 

[MD97756]

This might be the best picture I have of side view

 

[StopMakingSense]

The front shoulders look proportional to the rear legs. The coat looks to be in very good condition as well, not dreaded. Both of these point me to a 4-6 year old billy. This is only an educated guess and I've been wrong plenty of times. Angles on this shot etc could be playing tricks and the locale where this goat is might produce smaller bodied goats or other external variables that I'm not aware of.

It's really important to watch them to get the full picture. I love hunting them during the rut because I can usually compare body sizes.

Thank you for sharing.

Here are two billies we were able to compare during the rut, this is through the spotter at about 800 yards.

 

[MD97756]

Thanks for educating me. We were about 40-50 yards from him in the cold, windy fog. My first number in my head was 10”. After reading posts and looking at pictures I’d say 9” or under. Was cool to see him, was a second one leaving another way.

 

[Stew]

The front shoulders look proportional to the rear legs. The coat looks to be in very good condition as well, not dreaded. Both of these point me to a 4-6 year old billy. This is only an educated guess and I've been wrong plenty of times. Angles on this shot etc could be playing tricks and the locale where this goat is might produce smaller bodied goats or other external variables that I'm not aware of.

It's really important to watch them to get the full picture. I love hunting them during the rut because I can usually compare body sizes.

Thank you for sharing.

Here are two billies we were able to compare during the rut, this is through the spotter at about 800 yards.

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Which one did you take.

 

[naneumranch]

The front shoulders look proportional to the rear legs. The coat looks to be in very good condition as well, not dreaded. Both of these point me to a 4-6 year old billy. This is only an educated guess and I've been wrong plenty of times. Angles on this shot etc could be playing tricks and the locale where this goat is might produce smaller bodied goats or other external variables that I'm not aware of.

It's really important to watch them to get the full picture. I love hunting them during the rut because I can usually compare body sizes.

Thank you for sharing.

Here are two billies we were able to compare during the rut, this is through the spotter at about 800 yards.

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That Billy on the left looks to be a stud


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