WA State Mountain Goat Down

[hunterednate]

Posted some scouting pics from this elsewhere on the forum, but wanted to link to the full story here:

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,243574.0.html

Thanks to all for your help! Mountain goats....is there any other type of hunting like this??

 

[DoubleDown]

How long you been applying for tag???

 

[hunterednate]

How long you been applying for tag???

This tag has only been available for two years, but I had seventeen years of mountain goat points accrued when I entered the draw.

 

[hikenhunt]

I highly recommend reading hunterednate's story in the link above. He is a gifted writer and describes the prep and hunt amazing well. You'll feel like you were there with him!

 

[Gnatboy911]

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Posted some scouting pics from this elsewhere on the forum, but wanted to link to the full story here:

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,243574.0.html

Thanks to all for your help! Mountain goats....is there any other type of hunting like this??

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holy cow, great goat and amazing write up. Everyone should read that. God blessed me with an amazing goat hunt this year as well here in CO. Not sure there's much else that can match it. Congrats.

 

[Wapiti1]

Thanks to all for your help! Mountain goats....is there any other type of hunting like this??

Oh, you have no idea how deep this rabbit hole goes. Alice's trip was nothing compared to sheep and goat hunting.

Great goat. Really enjoyed the ride you took us on.

Jeremy

 

[lilharcher]

Great read and congrats on a beautiful goat!

 

[AK Troutbum]

Very nice indeed, congratulations! He looks to have some pretty big bases and I'd guess pushing 10", any idea on what he scores?

 

[dukxdog]

Dang nice goat. Very cool country and photos.

 

[accumax]

Great Story. Congratulations on a nice Billy!

 

[USMC-40]

Great Billy! Congrats!

 

[oldschool]

Congrats

 

[hunterednate]

Very nice indeed, congratulations! He looks to have some pretty big bases and I'd guess pushing 10", any idea on what he scores?

Thanks! 10 1/4" left, 10 1/8" right, both with 5 6/8" bases. He scores unofficially at 51 4/8" net. Going to get him officially measured in a couple months. My field judging guess when I was looking at him was 9.25", so I was thrilled when we finally got up to him and we could see he was closer to 10". One of the very rare cases of "ground swellage" in my hunting experience.

 

[Dragonfish]

Fantastic write-up. thank you so much for sharing your experience. Made my day!

 

[MallardMaster]

Yep! That was an awesome write up that you did. My day is pretty full, and your really put things into perspective in my own life when I think about how Grace has impacted it. Thanks again for the article.

 

[Decker9]

Incredible!! Congratulations on a fine billy! Loved the story!

 

[Jimbob]

Awesome!

 

[Elkhunter777]

Great write up!
congrats on a beautiful goat!

 

[IdahoElk]

Awesome story and Goat!

 

[Maxhunter]

Congrats!