Mtn Goat Hunt in S12
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From: fishnride
02-Oct-18
So after 12 years of no luck drawing a mountain goat tag i got a call from the DOW yesterday that i never expected. "Are you interested in a special management hunt for Mountain Goat". Of course I am! I have always said that the year that I draw my Goat tag I would focus my entire year on scouting and planning and my fall on specifically Goat hunting. As it turns out the hunt starts tomorrow so instead of 5 months I have 24 hrs to prepare. I'm in good shape and work 2 on 4 off so I have some time to dedicate, but I cant wrap my head around the fact that I will be Goat hunting tomorrow!
From: yooper89
02-Oct-18
Good luck!
From: Vids
02-Oct-18
Good luck! Did you have to burn points for that?
From: Stoneman
02-Oct-18
The CPW should provide you with the general area they want the goats removed from. I believe last year they were as far south as Buffalo Peaks.
From: fishnride
02-Oct-18
I talked with the CPW guy about the general area that they have been seen in. I feel pretty good about being able to find them. I am more wondering about numbers and if people have seen any groups, or single animals and how many were in the groups. It’s an either sex tag so I’m hoping some Billy’s have made their way over there and I would expect that Billy’s would be solo or in small groups with no kids.
From: Vids
02-Oct-18
Typically you'll find billys in small groups or by themselves, but don't ignore large groups either. During my scouting in 2012 I saw several large groups of nannies and kids and there was a large billy in there too.
From: silenthunter
02-Oct-18
Hunted S12 this year first rifle beginning of September, there was some goats but all were single or 2 together no big groups. Congrats on getting the management tag, good luck getting one make sure you post pics if you get one! Pm me if you want
From: fishnride
03-Oct-18
Thanks for the reply’s everyone. Singles and small groups is definitely good news. Silenthunter, hope you had some luck in September. I’ll shoot you a pm.
From: Treeline
03-Oct-18
Dang! I keep hoping for that call! Put in for just that potential! There are plenty of goats in 12/49. Should be pretty easy to find them. Good luck!
From: ryanrc
03-Oct-18
Why don't they want them there?
From: Rusty
04-Oct-18
A friend saw some on Mt. Sherman last Sunday. I think that it is that unit.
From: Vids
04-Oct-18
ryanrc - My understanding is goats are much more aggressive than sheep and can push them out of an area. With the difficulties they have maintaining sheep populations they don't want goats to move into certain units.
From: ryanrc
04-Oct-18
Thanks.
From: Treeline
04-Oct-18
Why not open it up as a goat unit?
Would provide more opportunities and draw down more points.
The current scheme allows a person to get a goat tag and kill a goat without affecting their points. Possibly getting another tag the following year. Kinda sux for the rest of the applicants.
Same should apply for leftover tags - take the points from the guys getting those tags - at least to the minimum number of points that it would have taken in the draw.
From: fishnride
06-Oct-18
Well after a couple days of scouting and climbing up and down 13,000 ft peaks I was able to get a nice Billy with my bow. This has been a dream of mine and a long time coming. I hunted solo and hunted hard finally killing this billy at 13,825ft. He died in a terrible place and the pack out was interesting and dangerous to say the least. I’ve got some work to do but I’ll try to post the whole story soon.
From: Ski & Skin
06-Oct-18
Nice fricken job!!!
From: Cazador
06-Oct-18
Wow a bow kill on the colorado page! Way to go. Beauty!
From: Vids
06-Oct-18
Dang, that was quick! Nice work!!
From: Stoneman
06-Oct-18
Congratulations fishnride on a well earned Billy!
Nice to see a bow kill!
From: Treeline
06-Oct-18
Congratulations! Way to make the most of that tag!
Bomber billy, too!
From: Dirty D
07-Oct-18
Badass. Love it, congrats!
From: JDM
07-Oct-18
Congrats! Gotta love those long haired October goats.
From: goelk
07-Oct-18
Congrats! That was quick! Awesome Billy! Can not wait to hear your story.
From: Yellowjacket
07-Oct-18
Way to go! Congratulations!
From: Paul@thefort
07-Oct-18
Nicely done Keith. A late season goat with a great set of horns and good cape is surely a prize. Nose bleed altitude for sure. I see the Billy did some bleeding my best, Paul
From: fishnride
07-Oct-18
Thanks everyone. It is a true trophy for me that I’m super proud of. We very unofficially scored him at 47” so should make Pope and Young for sure which is a bonus. I do feel kinda guilty about getting that tag, but I was next on the list to draw and I guess I just got lucky. And who would say no to an opportunity like that? They actually want 4 more goats out of that area so when I killed this Billy I made someone else’s day cause they got the call that I got. There will be 2 others getting phone calls if they can get it done so keep your fingers crossed.
From: Treeline
08-Oct-18
For sure!
From: P&Y400
08-Oct-18
Awesome job. Great trophy and even better memories.
From: Huntmaster
09-Oct-18
Awesome! congrats!
From: Hoot
09-Oct-18
Nice billy and nice work!
In order to be eligible to you have to put in for the adjacent unit?
Do they take your points and since you were successful are you in the 5 year wait period before you can apply again?
From: fishnride
09-Oct-18
Apparently for all special game management hunts there is no wait and you keep your points. I don’t really agree with that, but that’s how it is. I did apply for an adjacent unit but I’m not sure if that’s a requirement. Very few goats, I only saw 2, but I’m not quite sure why they don’t just create a goat unit there with a “managed for low population” thing like unit 17 and others.
From: Hoot
09-Oct-18
That’s awesome! Congrats again!
From: sticksender
10-Oct-18
That's a beautiful Billy....congrats on your success in making the best of a golden opportunity.How long were the horns?
From: fishnride
10-Oct-18
Thanks sticksender. Horns were 8 6/8” and 8 4/8”. Base’s were 5 3/8” on both sides. Not bad for a Billy aged by the CPW at 3.5 yrs. best part is he only tumbled 6 times and didn’t break anything.
From: fishnride
06-Aug-19
Hey guys. I kinda left the story untold here in the CO forum. I posted the whole story with some other pics on the main Big Game forum. Good luck to everyone who gets to chase these magnificent animals in our great state this year!
