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Title: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: TURKEYFOOTGIRL on June 06, 2022, 02:41:55 PM
Finally drew my goat tag after 19 years of trying. Will be in unit 323 just north of Yellowstone park. My good buddy also drew the tag! Both only planning on hunting with the longbow.  Will keep y’all up to date as the hunt unfolds. First scouting trip in July.
Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: supernaut on June 06, 2022, 02:44:35 PM
Congratulations to you and your buddy, that is awesome!  :thumbsup:

Please give us a recap thread and best of luck to you both!  :campfire:
Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: Cory Mattson on June 06, 2022, 03:11:24 PM
Excellent
Congratulations
Good Luck <><
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Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: rastaman on June 06, 2022, 03:12:31 PM
That is awesome!  Good luck to you guys and can’t wait to see pics!

 :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on June 06, 2022, 03:37:48 PM
Congratulations !!!!!
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Post by: Brokearcher on June 06, 2022, 04:35:20 PM
Congratulations!
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Post by: Bowguy67 on June 06, 2022, 04:40:14 PM
That’s awesome buddy! I wish you both well
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Post by: woodchucker on June 06, 2022, 04:50:08 PM
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! :clapper: :clapper: :campfire: :clapper: :clapper:
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Post by: Wudstix on June 06, 2022, 05:55:44 PM
Awesome!!!  That's a hunt of dreams.
 :campfire: :coffee: :archer2:
Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: Bow Bender on June 06, 2022, 06:40:46 PM
Congratulations!  I've been applying for goat since 1979 and haven't drawn one yet. I've been applying for a sheep tag since 1978 and haven't drawn one of those either.
Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: GCook on June 06, 2022, 06:42:05 PM
Hunt of a lifetime there. Better hit the gym hard and often.
Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: DGW on June 06, 2022, 09:14:29 PM
Congratulation!!  I have been lucky  enough to hunt goats twice in Colorado.   
They are a great animal to hunt with a bow in some of the most awesome country, hunt of a lifetime for sure!!
Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: smokin feathers on June 06, 2022, 09:32:34 PM
Congrats n good luck to both of you!!
Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: Walt Francis on June 06, 2022, 09:44:56 PM
Best of luck, it can be a tough unit to fill a tag. Getting to where the goats are is a signifigant journey in itself.

The genetics are there, if you find the correct areas there will be a couple of good billy’s.  That said, you need to you get in far and high enough. I know of two goats that have been taken with bows a few taken with compounds from the unit.  Two of them were pushing the 10” mark

Being from Montana, you should know without being told, the unit is thick with grizzly’s.

If at all possible fly over the unit for a couple/three hours early summer then again just before the season, it could save you weeks of hiking, riding, and glassing. 

If you have horses great, if not get one, or get in good shape.  Get in really good shape regardless.  I have played Sherpa (nice way of saying pack mule) twice, placing different goat hunters on stalk-able Billy’s in unit 329, just north of 323.  Each time, immediately after the hike in, we had stalk-able goats and the hunter was too tired to make the stalk before the Billy’s meandered away a couple of hours later.  One of them was a solid 10” Billy in a perfect position to stalk.  That hunter spent the next week hunting and didn’t see another Billy.  He ended up taking a nanny with his longbow, still a great feat.  Had he of been in shape, he had a good, doable, stalk, to get longbow close to a remarkable goat.

Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: Sam McMichael on June 06, 2022, 10:02:54 PM
Congratulations to both you and your buddy!
Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: ESP on June 07, 2022, 09:03:22 AM
Congratulations a dream hunt for me.   TaKe pictures and post them.  Might want to start a goat prep thread.  I’m sure a lot of us will enjoy it.   also keep you motivated for getting in goat shApe.
Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: Jim Jackson on June 07, 2022, 11:06:55 AM
CONGRATS !!!

(How much it cost ya?)  :goldtooth:
Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: Bisch on June 07, 2022, 11:06:48 PM
Good luck!!!

Bisch
Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: TURKEYFOOTGIRL on June 08, 2022, 12:07:13 PM
Thanks everybody! Been packing bear bait all spring which sure helps . Being a electrician puts me up and down ladders 50 times a day.  I will start doing some long hikes to beat up the feet a little. The country is decent as far as goat country goes. Trying to decide on a bow arrow setup now.
Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: elkken on June 08, 2022, 12:59:32 PM
Congrats on the draw, Mt Goats are awesome. I've eaten a few tags many years ago and helped a buddy of mine scout and pack out a nice Billy in Washington near Crystal Mountain. Good luck and be safe !!
(https://i.imgur.com/kc7jUzB.jpg)
Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: Terry Green on June 08, 2022, 02:16:25 PM
 :jumper: :jumper: :jumper: :jumper:  :jumper:
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Post by: BillyJack1975 on June 08, 2022, 03:24:35 PM
Congrats on drawing the hunt! You’ll have a blast!
Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: RJonesRCRV on June 11, 2022, 06:10:55 PM
Thats a cool picture!

Congrats on the draw, Mt Goats are awesome. I've eaten a few tags many years ago and helped a buddy of mine scout and pack out a nice Billy in Washington near Crystal Mountain. Good luck and be safe !!
(https://i.imgur.com/kc7jUzB.jpg)
Title: Re: Montana Mountain Goat tag!
Post by: Wudstix on June 11, 2022, 07:29:26 PM
 :campfire: