billy or nanny?

[warnniklz]

320 nanny, 400 billy, 418 nanny, 504 nanny, some mixed footage I'd say, but the end result looks like a nanny alright.
Last day kill, legal critter, hunter had a chance to make a choice IF the guide communicated that it was a nanny
Outfitter should be pissed but ...

I was thinking same thing in mixed footage

This looks like a billy. Look at the stirred up dirt bed.


Now there's a rock formation just above it


Horn profile looks different than the first image

[Bubbacanuck]

As a non-goat hunter, why do the regs allow for the harvesting of nannies? It seems with sheep, they have restrictions to rams. Is it because they are too hard to tell apart? Just curious as I want to be a hunter conscious of sustainability, yet I like to cut tags...

[eatram]

As a non-goat hunter, why do the regs allow for the harvesting of nannies? It seems with sheep, they have restrictions to rams. Is it because they are too hard to tell apart? Just curious as I want to be a hunter conscious of sustainability, yet I like to cut tags...

Look at post #8

[Bubbacanuck]

Look at post #8

LOL I read the post but somehow missed the line of losing the court battle. That is what I assumed. Makes sense but sure leaves it open to nannies being harvested.

[eatram]

LOL I read the post but somehow missed the line of losing the court battle. That is what I assumed. Makes sense but sure leaves it open to nannies being harvested.

Good thing that goats are in hard to reach places. Generally, hunters who are willing to go to these places are hard working people. Hard working people want to "earn it". This includes earning respect for themselves. This keeps nannies safer than over-regulation. MHO

[warnniklz]

I wouldn't be against BC adopting the Alaskan model of nanny harvest

[guest]

I agree CT, your thoughts on that animal?

Looks like different footage of different Goats.
Would be wrong of me to say for sure......but the harvested one based on only what i can see or more cant see and not be able to zoom in etc etc looks like a Nanny.....my 2 scents ar ar.

[whitlers]

Definitely different goats. That's interesting nice catch!

[decker9]

Agree with others, looks to be a couple different goats. 3 year old billy’s Often resemble a nanny, and vise versa. Regardless, that one shoulda been left on the mountain. It’s the guides job to insure the right animals get taken for future populations, regardless of what the hunter thinks, imo.

[boxhitch]

That would be nice, but the guide doesn't have much at stake.
Too many possible scenarios to guess what happened up to the kill shot
From a pure trophy aspect, there are numerous nanny goats ranked high in the record books
There can be pressure brought on the g/o if the gang takes too many nannies, but most areas have plenty with little hunting pressure

It is good to here that most BC hunters would hold out for a billy, hopefully one with age and body size and yellowed hair
imo the horns aren't the trophy