A while ago I posted about a billy goat hunt in very steep country. It was rifle season and I had to wear bright orange, but I got in close enough with my Stalker FXT to down a decent billy. That was about a year ago. The photo below is pretty poor (point and shoot camera in fading light on a timer) but you can see the elevation change and it gives you an idea of the goat. Notice the bright orange under my armpit? Like I said, rifle season.
(http://i.imgur.com/gTwhj4x.jpg)
That was about a year ago I believe.
Looks like a nice one to me .
Thanks for sharing .
So a last week while I was looking over these pictures talking about goat hunting with a bow and arrow with some of my students, I realized that I stashed the head of that goat in an ant infested stump way up in a steep valley and I figured the caveman euro mount ought to be about done.
So I grabbed my bow and a couple arrows, cuz what the hell, and headed back into the mountains to grab that skull, hopefully the rodents didn't eat the horns. As I grabbed my bow and quiver I realized that the quiver I am using is made from the hide of that same goat!
(http://i.imgur.com/qYokrzV.jpg)
Pretty cool I think.
I saw some goats but couldn't make it happen. Anyway, I looked for that stump for about an hour before I found it. It was ready, or close enough for me to get it into the house without upsetting my fiancee with the smell. So i put it on the Lanai to wait until I got some time to deal with it. Here it is after coming off the mountain.
(http://i.imgur.com/3I6ly2n.jpg)
Looking at it now its not a bad Spanish billy for this island. Won't hold a candle to the Kauai, Big Island, or Maui billies though.
This afternoon I had some spare time. I used a 5 gallon bucket full of water and sprayed 3 layers each of white, egg shell white, primer grey, and flat black Krylon into the water. I pulled the horns off and dipped the skull. Cleared the water with a cardboard chunk and pulled the skull out. It came out pretty nifty. So then I took a soft wire brush and cleaned up the horns, then used a toothbrush and dish soap. I set skull and horns in the sun to dry for a couple hours.
After everything was dry i superglued some teeth, fixed a nose bone (should have done this before dipping) and mounted the horns. I sprayed everything with a couple light coats of clear Krylon. It didn't come out too bad. I snapped a couple quick photos.
(http://i.imgur.com/WSmhYiW.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/afKOqGf.jpg)
Wall mount for the man cave. Thanks for reading along! Mahalo Nui,
Msturm
Still a trophy .
Cool dipping idea, looks good!
Mike, that first picture gives me the willies.. LOL
Congrats..
That's really cool!
QuoteOriginally posted by Roy from Pa:
Mike, that first picture gives me the willies.. LOL
Congrats..
Yep, My stomach did a flip flop. I do not like heights at all.
Looks good! Congrats again on your goat!
Bisch
Great job, that looks like some awesome country.
That turned out very cool! Well done. Nice knapping work on the flint too.
Best regards, Chase
Pretty cool....... :thumbsup:
Nice job sir! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Congrats on a hard earned Billy!
Those mountains are very steep!
Nice.
Say, my brother in law is Thomas Sturm from West Virginia. Any relation? Do not hear that last name much. Just wondering.
Mike
Great post.
BTW I thought I worked in some mountainous terrain in Alaska (Army), but also trained in Hawaii. Those mountains were butt kickers!!!
Deno
Great post and the caveman / mancave taxidermy came out really nice !
Very cool!!
Hang on to that rock!! Way-ta-go on that ram.
Very nice
Very cool!! Congratulations that looks like some tough hunting. :thumbsup:
Steve Jr
Thanks everyone. I will be back up next week. hopefully have a nice story to tell and a nice full freezer.
Unfortunately I can't take credit for the flint arrow heads.
Roy and others, yeah those mountains are steep. I like them a lot. The higher you go the less people you deal with. I try to get as high and steep as I can safely. I love hunting with a stickbow. Great fun!
Msturm
Cool in every regard, I know someone who needs one of those in his trophy room..lol
Oh man, I love it.
I hope it doesn't work out like the pig skulls I've done on my own [boiled, scraped, buried]
as mine eventually leach a yellowish oily substance and they start smelling.
Next time I'm sending my skulls off to a beetle box.
That is tight!!! Very cool!!
Cool stuff!