Hunting Goats

[user 48702]

While hunting on the farm, I've had a goat alert me to a deer as well as an old mule. Never saw the deer until they alerted me. They were looking directly at the deer (about 100 yds away) in the brush which was hard to see. So I guess I had both a hunting goat and hunting mule, definitely worth some extra sweet feed. I used to get a little aggravated when they would show up at my hunting spot, but not any more.

 

[Bigpete]

This is the round ball after it fell out of the billy's head when I skun it out. Was slightly surprised it was still there under the skin,but I guess there's a lot of bone to pass through and at point blank it hit with plenty of velocity to upset the projectile

 

[Bigpete]

Goats liver,onion,bacon,and gravy on a bed of potato,cabbage,and Russian garlic mash....

 

[Loyalist Dave]

South Australia, they're feral goats that seem to have a touch of boer in them

Where I am in The States, we had a goat get away from a "petting zoo", and started to hang out with the deer on public and private land.
I remember the first time I saw her ...I was wondering what the heck I was looking at, at a distance. She was very light in color, so several of us made sure not to kill her, as she would give away the location of the deer she was with LOOONG before the deer with their natural color blending in with the woods were close enough to see. All one had to do is keep an eye on her as she was almost bright white, and easy to see at a distance in the woods, and simply wait for her to get close and then just look hard and you could spot her deer friends.
Then some yahoo thought it a good idea to harvest her since she wasn't considered a "game animal" there were no regs stopping him, and he was a crap-tastic "hunter" (imho) and couldn't get a deer...

Lately there have been five Zebra... yep Zebra..., running around in Maryland. Another Zoo escape. Folks killed some of them too...

LD

 

[Rifleman1776]

You are having some great times. However, I believe a round ball would be effective on goats, even big ones.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Goats liver,onion,bacon,and gravy on a bed of potato,cabbage,and Russian garlic mash....

Good on ya Pete but Russia is hell of a long way to get mash!

 

[Idaho Ron]

I had hunting goats. Back in the 1990's I used to use them for pack animals. We would pack in 5 to 8 miles and camp and hunt.

I was hunting with my dad and a friend. I sat down to rest a bit and my goat in the first pic started to scrub his horns on a tree. A spike bull came out of the trees and stood there at 50 yards. I was actually deer hunting at the time but had an elk tag. The bull stood there and watched the goat for several minutes. I shot the bull boned him and packed him out. That was the first of 6 bulls I packed out on those goats.

 

[Bigpete]

You are having some great times. However, I believe a round ball would be effective on goats, even big ones.

Um....yes,out of the 50 cal its fine. No way I'd use one in the 36,even if they shot straight. That billy in the photo would be 70 or 80kg.

 

[Bigpete]

Good on ya Pete but Russia is hell of a long way to get mash!

Ha ha,good on ya ! The Russian garlic is stuff we grow in the garden,not sure if you know of it,but its easily twice as big as regular garlic with a milder flavour.

 

[Loja man]

I had hunting goats. Back in the 1990's I used to use them for pack animals. We would pack in 5 to 8 miles and camp and hunt.

I was hunting with my dad and a friend. I sat down to rest a bit and my goat in the first pic started to scrub his horns on a tree. A spike bull came out of the trees and stood there at 50 yards. I was actually deer hunting at the time but had an elk tag. The bull stood there and watched the goat for several minutes. I shot the bull boned him and packed him out. That was the first of 6 bulls I packed out on those goats.

Well that’s cool! How did they do in camp?

 

[Idaho Ron]

Well that’s cool! How did they do in camp?

Most of the time I left them lose to browse. When I left camp to hunt without them I had to high line them.
They were great pack animals I never lead them. They just followed along.

 

[Idaho Ron]

I helped to write this book. Many of the pictures are mine in the book and this cover picture is my goat Rex

 

[Bigpete]

Well,I guess you can always eat them if you don't get anything

 

[Jeffro67]

Goat is darn good Eating too

 

[bushytail]

Congratulations! That’s an interesting hunt.

 

[sturmkatze]

Where I am in The States, we had a goat get away from a "petting zoo", and started to hang out with the deer on public and private land.
I remember the first time I saw her ...I was wondering what the heck I was looking at, at a distance. She was very light in color, so several of us made sure not to kill her, as she would give away the location of the deer she was with LOOONG before the deer with their natural color blending in with the woods were close enough to see. All one had to do is keep an eye on her as she was almost bright white, and easy to see at a distance in the woods, and simply wait for her to get close and then just look hard and you could spot her deer friends.
Then some yahoo thought it a good idea to harvest her since she wasn't considered a "game animal" there were no regs stopping him, and he was a crap-tastic "hunter" (imho) and couldn't get a deer...

Lately there have been five Zebra... yep Zebra..., running around in Maryland. Another Zoo escape. Folks killed some of them too...

LD

People are scum.

 

[Daveboone]

It sounds like you skinned out the billy? What do you do with the hides...the billies hide was quite pretty. It is difficult to find goat meat here in upstate NY, though I know several farms do raise them for meat. A specialty meat store up near Oswego sells small packages of goat meat,, which I curried. Very tasty.

 

[Bigpete]

It sounds like you skinned out the billy? What do you do with the hides...the billies hide was quite pretty. It is difficult to find goat meat here in upstate NY, though I know several farms do raise them for meat. A specialty meat store up near Oswego sells small packages of goat meat,, which I curried. Very tasty.

Heck no. I didn't even want to touch him he stank so much,but I did have to to move him,and his hair was sticky from all the urine he'd squirted all over himself. No way I was going to skin him

 

[Rudyard]

Ferol Goats abound in NZ and are culled by Govt cullers ,I don't rate them as hard to chase but if spooked they do get wary . Can't blame them , The meat is called Chevron in shops or restaurants and unless old rank Billie's they are good to eat usually .Ive hunted them with Matchlocks & Wheel locks & snaphances of 45 cal & 54 .I don't approuve of the BB gun antics that's unnecessary harm . A curious use of 'Husband' Ide call them' Cockies ' But good on you for culling them I was allway happy in SA have friends in Black Forest .
Regards Rudyard

 

[Bigpete]

BB gun antics?
Whats hard to understand about the term husband to describe the man married to the woman who granted me access ?
And its chevon, not chevron.