I killed a real nice billy "back in the day" in
Alaska on a DIY hunt. (Just before the guide rule was implemented)  Jim Davison also got one on that hunt.

Oh, forgot to add, got him with a Black Widow recurve.

I,ve taken two here in CO,

First 1991


Second  2000


they are a tough critter, first one I heart shot with a zwickey delta, ran a long ways then jumped off a cliff, second I shot square in the lungs with a magnus #1---twice-- and he lived 9 minutes then jumped off a cliff.

I believe all of these guys took one in Colorado.

Gary Renfro
Wayne Depperschmidt
Mike Hays

Also, Bill Grammer
Ron Rockwell
Jim Anderson
Jake Powell
Matt Archuleta
Troy Cunningham
All Co. bowhunters

224 so far, I would guess that some of these count in the total for pope and young traditional entries  (don't know what this number would be, but I'm sure some poeple have entered into P and Y.  this also only is hunters that have killed, actual goats that hunters have killed, since many are saying they have shot multiple goats.

Quite a few of my customers have taken goats with traditional bows,both in NT and AK.There may be more than you think.

I drew a once in a lifetime tag for the residents only mountain goat season in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 2003. Only 3 licenses where given out and about 2100 people applied. I had 17 years preference and was amazed to have been drawn. There haven't been any mountain goat tags given out for a few years now as the population is really low.

I shot a billy on about the 10th day of hunting with my Black Widow longbow. Back packed into the Black Elk wilderness area on Harney Peak. Only a 3 hour pack in, but some nice rugged terrain to hunt. This may be the best DIY hunt I will ever do and it was out my back door!

I took one in  94 and my hunting buddy Lenny Brown took one in 2005 (I think, it may have been 2006).  I know of several others locally who have taken one with trad gear.  If you don't mind the high places, and getting there, the hardest part in Montana is drawing the tag.

What a fun thread to read through... Congrats to all who have taken goats. There are bowhunters and then there are BOWHUNTERS.

I've hunted them twice in BC,but never got one.I remember Gene Wensels picture with hid Savage bow,back when Bowhunter magazine first came out,in 1971.

I beleive   Greg Munther took one as well with his trad gear if I read it right it was in tbm last year

I hunted them once in BC. Never got close enough to shoot. Rugged hunt for sure.... Ready to book another just making money to do it....

I killed one in '89 with a 72# take down Longbow, OOOoohh those were the days, it was a Nanny with 9"+ Horns, F&W aged her at 18yrs old, I think I did that old girl a favour, she had no teeth left and probably would not have made it through the winter.
I would post a picture but I don't know how, we used 35 mm film back in those days.
Regards.
Bert.
Just had a brain wave, here is a picture of what the old girl looks like today.

That's a great looking goat Bert!  What a cool trophy, and well deserving of a full body mount.

Talking with someone last summer they suggested that a nanny tag is much easier to draw in some places.  I haven't done any research to verify that, but reading through this thread has just sparked the interest again.

And what a GREAT story goes along with your goat, Bert!

I had the great pleasure of being with 2 of my best hunting partners when they each killed good billies in 1989 and 1991 in the Black Hills of South Dakota.  They were both killed with Dale Dye recurves and both are P&Y.

My "Uncle" Barry Smith has taken two in CO.

Congrats to all who have! I am still waiting for a Wyo tag. 20 years of applying, it may never happen.

I'll keep hunting them with my camera until I get drawn for a tag. Washington has a pretty good population but unfortunately bow hunters get thrown in with rifle hunters for the draw and your odds are not soooo good. Kinda like our moose tags    :(   I go up into the Cascades every year after early elk and look for goats and bugle elk for fun, great time of year to see critters before the rifle guys get after them.

I took an mature nanny in 1987 with a Bighorn recurve.  Was in the Weimenuche Wilderness of Colorado.  I was impressed at the country they could casually travel.  I recall two things particularly about that hunt.  1'st, the 1'st day I was hunkered down waiting out a storm on a steep hillside.  When it was over, I stood up, and the binoculars I had on my lap rolled down the mountain, picking up speed.  Eventually they hit a boulder and disenegrated. 2'nd, I had told myself if I were to get one, I would take two trips out.  Well, I was tired of roughing it, and went out in one trip.  My pack was around 100 pounds and it was 8 miles to the train.  My legs were hurting for many days afterward.  I would do this again in a heartbeat!

Fantastic pic Elkken!