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Hard enough to draw tags, now some idiot does this. Hopefully somebody saw something and turns the poacher in.
Hope they catch the prick!
Jeeze what a shame. Hard to understand the logic that would lead someone to do this. Those Goats are easy targets with little fear of humans. Sure hope they get to the bottom of it.
Shot at close range with a handgun...
Obviously “pet” goats used to getting handouts of candy bars and/or residual salt from off the sides of the trails up Quandary.
Most likely a twisted kid that thought it would be “cool” to shoot a goat up there because they knew about them being next to the trail. Most likely not someone who has any hunting experience or background.
As many people as there are up on the 14’s every day, someone saw something and it will come out. Especially with the offered up reward.
As crowded as the 14’ers are, there should be a permit system. I can not understand how anyone can enjoy hiking up a mountain with it being so crowded and full of people. Heck, they might as well stay in Denver and climb the stairwells...
There's good visibility of most of the The trail in the area of the crime. Can't believe nobody saw this and didn't report it immediately!
Could have happened at night?
Whoops, didn't read the whole article. They have it happening in the afternoon. Would be surprising if somebody didn't see something that time of day on a popular trail.
Yes, at the crime scene you can see pretty much to the top one way and to timberline on down. There's some undulations but two dead goats along the trail should be obvious.