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    Successful 2013 LEH Goat Hunt Part 2




    Once we were all geared up, we decided to go where the big billies live and not the easy route! Of Course! We then hiked straight up the mountainside for 2 or so hours. Wow that was a a lot of work and I'm very happy I'd been training for this. We get to the ridge at around 6pm and there is still lots of light. So we do a little recon glassing and initially find nothing , so we carry on and put our packs in a place that looks like a good base camp area.







    After poking around on the ridge area, for a few minutes we find goat tracks! Yay, they are here. We use the Vortex binos and look way across a valley and see a family of goats (Billy,Nanny & kid) on a cliffside. They are way to far away to even consider but hey, we've seen goats already!

    At this point, we say "Hey lets go find some water and then set up camp". Good idea, let's just walk over that ridge first and see where we need to go, no need for the packs and gun yet. First "Note to Self", always have gun,binos and rangefinder with you! haha

    So, what happens next...A big gorgeous white billy goat jumps out of the underbrush 200+ yards away and saunters across the bowl! Well, having the rifles with us would have been far less problematic! He walks across the bowl and just above us on the same ridge system. He just stands there and stares at us, while we decide what to do. Well, I suppose we caught a bit of the goat fever and well we were there to get one, so let's get at it. We looked at the range and it looked like 200 yards to me but not accounting for the angle of the shot. Christopher snuck out of sight and down to the gear and guns. He thankfully used my newly acquired Vortex rangefinder and ranged this billy at 400 yards! Well we have only been practising shots at 200 yards...hmmm no prob right?

    My son is using his Tikka T3 Stainless in 300WM with a Vortex Diamondback scope with the BDC reticle. I had my Remington 700 SPS in 30-06 with the same scope.

    Well, he takes the first shot and misses by a small margin. Second shot is a prime lung shot...booom and billy jumps straight up and staggers over the ridge. I then moved up to see what happened. It was a great shot and he was down but not quite there, so Chris got up and took a finishing shot. The area was fine if the goat had just stayed there. Well of course, that would be way too easy for us rookies!

    We watched in horror as the goat rolled over and started to slide down a rock chute. Ok, not just a little way but a 1000-1500 yards!

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    Re: Successful 2013 LEH Goat Hunt Part 2

    Great story so far......................................and...... ............... Great pics btw!

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    Re: Successful 2013 LEH Goat Hunt Part 2

    Great story and some really nice pictures. Congrats on the Billy.

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    Re: Successful 2013 LEH Goat Hunt Part 2

    LOL those damn goats! You can post multiple times in a thread, just four photos per post...good story so far!
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