I had the pleasure of hunting a private ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains over the weekend and managed to score this beautiful Goat with a 15 yard shot through both lungs resulting in a very quick kill. There were other hunters on the trip too...I will update later with more pics as I get them.

Very Nice Bjorn, Congrats on the trophy and the shot.  

Outstanding what bow were you using? Looks like a hybrid longbow.

That is a 49# ACS CX and a Doug Fir arrow from Raptor archery-sorry shoulda' included that in my post.

Thanks,
Bjorn

Did the arrow break?  I see a shorty in your quiver. Are they woodies?      

NICE!!!!                      

Ron, There was a foot or more of arrow sticking out on the far side of the ram; and when he toppled over the shaft broke. The arrow had sank comletely from view on my side of the animal; but I knew I hit him from the 'plop' sound and then came the spray as he cleared his lungs.

Bjorn very nice but the goat had a bad hair day.Kip

Wow......nice angora.....don't see many of those in hero pics, brings back great memories for me.

Thanks for sharing, and looking forward to the rest of the story.

What a neat animal to hunt!
I hope I'll get a few chances at such a creature some day!
Well done.  I'd love to hear more of the story if your of the mind.  

Very nice head gear

sweet  

Congrats Bjorn. Good to hear from you! Can you tell me about the ranch?  

Very nice!  Can't wait for the story!!

Well there were supposed to be pics from a couple of other hunters; but nothing yet. So in the meantime let me tell you the story of my Ram.
I had been chasing Goats and Sheep for the better part of two days and unable to get close to anything resembling hunting distance. These guys have eyesight like an Elk, and very good hearing too.
Several times the Goats passed near a tree stand in their comings and goings, so about 4 PM on the second day I climbed in for a wait. I am normally a ground hunter, and sitting there enjoying the quiet serenade; I promptly fell asleep. I awoke quite a time later and saw 3 beautiful Angoras milling about, so I pinched myself a couple of times, and then quietly nocked an arrow. It was simply a matter of waiting for the perfect broadside shot on my chosen animal-and of course that was the biggest Ram with the best rack. Less than 5 minutes from the time I woke up, I was at full draw on the Ram pointing at my imaginary spot. Whap! The arrow disappeared into the unsuspecting critter and he leisurely wandered away spraying bubbly blood down both sides, much of it soaking into the long fur and plenty lining his path as well. There was no point in nocking a second arrow. Everything had happened with so little fanfare the other two Goats just continued looking for weeds and branches to munch on; every now and then looking in the direction of their companion. Their companion by now had fallen into a small dry ditch-stone dead. All pretty simple really. The Ram will become a European mount, 100 lbs of sausage, a couple of roasts and many fond memories.

The ones you wake up for like that are the best!

Very well done.    

Tracy

Bjorn, very nice ram.  I had the pleasure of hunting them earlier this year.  Your goats must have been eating better than the ones we were hunting.  I don't think that I got 30 pounds of meat off my entire goat.  The skull mount should make a nice display.   Well done.

Nice looking goat...congrats  

Very nice! Bjorn, you're not too far away do you ever go to any of the bowshoots in the area?