why not one more goat story to get us through COVID... from the past

[LBM]

it’s funny... age annuli stand out better in picture than they do just looking at them. Also easier to see annuli now than when I had it CI’d.

the hair is a little in the way. I took good pics of the horns before they were mounted but I can’t seem to find them so I just snapped a few new ones.

If you damping the horn it may help them stand out, or hold your thump on the curve of the horn with the nail down as you come down the horn it will stop in the annuli
you can then follow around the horn to make sure there true does get harder on goats as you get closer to the base for as you mentioned they get so close. Have seen
them with rot around the whole base as well so makes it pretty much imposable so then must rely on the tooth, but in saying that have had different ages come back
on teeth before as well

[jimzuk]

Epic adventure. Goat hunting is very tough

[RJHunter]

That’s an awesome Billy! Thanks for sharing

[Springer]

That truly was a Great read !! Thanks for taking the time out to share the adventure and the pics. I have an infatuation with Mountain Goats. Very Cool Animals. Good job on anchoring that Billy where he was. If i was pulling the trigger again on a Goat it would be the shoulders and not behind the shoulder. They seem to want to do that Launch over the Cliff if you don't.

[3than]

Awesome story and a beauty billy!

[Kopper]

Wicked old goat. Congrats again.

I’m with LBM and comfortably count to 12 with what’s visible. Not sure where the 8 even came from.

[bang flop]

Thanks for the comments guys.

I'll be honest... I am no seasoned goat hunter, and lay this on luck! I guess its like landing a 50 lb spring salmon on your first trip to the ocean. I had no clue the significance of that goat, and likely many others much more deserving that I to harvest it.

[bang flop]

Wicked old goat. Congrats again.

I’m with LBM and comfortably count to 12 with what’s visible. Not sure where the 8 even came from.

Thanks.

I know it looks easy to see the annuli from the first picture, but it sure is harder in person, maybe it's the light in the picture. It was also more difficult to age at time of CI. The person who conducted the CI knows goats, studied goats, and likely one of the most knowledgeable on coastal goats around.

He didn't age it at 8, he did say 8+ because he just couldn't verify.

[northof49]

Thats a dandy. Congrats!!

[brn2ryd]

Come one guys! Keep these goat hunting stories coming! They are all fantastic reads.
Thanks for sharing Bang Flop. What a nice Billy.