My Hunting Buddy's 10.5 inch LEH Goat

[Rackem]

Well, I was supposed to go on this one, but had to work...and now I am kinda thankful...Nice goat, but the risk was too high for me...

He shot this big billy at about 2:30 PM, a 460 yard shot with his Remington 700 BDL Ultramag, 175 grain long range x, then a 5 1/2 hour climb to get him, took til dark to locate him, roped up and crampons, a foot of fresh snow, and extremely treacherous.
He got terrible "rug" burn on both knees crawling through some tight scrub pine. He ended up staying the night roped up dealing with skinning it out by headlamp til 4am....sounds unfun lol. Tired him out so much that he bailed on another hunt, which is saying something for him....


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[ryanb]

You can tell him that's a beauty trophy. Should be an amazing hide too once it gets cleaned up. The most memorable hunts are always the toughest hunts. Sounds like an adventure.

[257stew]

Nice goat ...what a hog...

[Rackem]

He is going to do a full mount...he will need to buy a museum for all his mounts lol. He is tired but very pleased...

[Blainer]

Sounds like a tough hunt!
Deserving

[Rackem]

He gave me some of the meat too, so I am looking forward to trying that....

[rifleman]

What a great billy. thats a heavy set of horns. well deserved trophy.

[one-shot-wonder]

Congrats on an adventurous hunt! AA never does things the simple way.......

[d6dan]

That's a record book billy!. Your friend is definitely a die hard hunter and by the looks of those pictures deserved that one.

[Rackem]

It may be a BC B&C book billy, we will see....He does deserve it, he worked extremely hard for it...an it seems AA doesn't do easy very often lol. Although I believe he is finally resting a bit...amazingly strong man!

[warnniklz]

With a beard that powerful and majestic, he was probably out hunting abominables and decided to bull dog the goat off the mountain instead.

[adriaticum]

Wow looks like a big goat!

[decker9]

DaaaammN!!! That's a stomper!! And will be a beautiful coat! I'd spend many sleepless nights on a snow swept mountain for a billy like that! Congrats to the man!!

[Rackem]

With a beard that powerful and majestic, he was probably out hunting abominables and decided to bull dog the goat off the mountain instead.

LOL! he IS an Abominable! or a Samsquanch, not sure which..I do love the beard.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Huge congrats to AA!!! I told him he had to leave a few billies for us in Feb!

SSS

[BCrams]

Hot damn that's a nice billy!

[Brambles]

Great billy and Awesome beard.

[coach]

Incredible billy! Great effort too. Congrats to the hunter on a well deserved trophy.

[bigneily]

I like when the big boys get that horse face look, Beauty goat.

[boxhitch]

Great old goat , so I hear , I've never met him.
Nice billy too.

[REMINGTON JIM]

Beauty Goat ! Congrats to AA - tuff hunt too ! Great story ! :-D RJ

[kennyj]

Awesome trophy billy! Sounds like one TOUGH hunt. Congratulations to your hunting partner.
kenny

[Buck]

Beauty goat any idea on age? and was that taken in the Dease area.

[Rackem]

Not Dease area lol. You know how secretive these fellas are... He is going to get it aged soon, but he was thinking relatively young, due to the abundant feed where it lived...

[REMINGTON JIM]

LOL not BR, AA. BR is the hunter I live with and cuddle up to. AA is a good friend. :)

My apologies there Rackem ! :oops::oops: I fixed the error from BR to AA ! too bad for BR its NOT his goat ! :cry: Cheers :) Jim

[Rackem]

Yeah LOL, BRV would LOVE to have a goat like that....:mrgreen:

[Buck]

Not Dease area lol. You know how secretive these fellas are... He is going to get it aged soon, but he was thinking relatively young, due to the abundant feed where it lived...

I took a goat out of Dease area it was 10 inches and only 4 years old thats why i get kinda curious about location and age Cheers

[dana]

Beauty Billy!!! Looks like a hunt for the memory record books. Congrats to him!

[MacMtnHunter]

Awesome looking Billy! Looks like it would be caped for full mount? Most memorable hunts for me are always the ones that ended with a horrific pack out...

["No Choke"Lord Walsingham]

I am amazed by the wonder of this unspeakably profound beast!

Truly one of the most gorgeous Goats I have ever even seen a picture of, let alone in person. By the sounds of things, the Hunt was surely a tough row to hoe!

I wish to congratulate your friend on what surely must've been a very intense Hunt. Indubitably, the Mount will be a true wonder to behold. Your firend is very lucky to be in a position to enjoy such a fine Mount. Simply getting the LEH win is fine luck indeed.... To say nothing of a hard earned and fabulous outcome to a great Hunt.

[nature girl]

Wow, Rackem you friend is sure into hunting and getting his animals. That is great he goes out and gets a billy in the snow. And now going to get a life size goat.

[180grainer]

That's an awesome goat.

[Rattler]

Looks like a B&C goat to me.

Congrats to the hunter, sounds like he earned that Billy big time....

[vanillagator]

now this is what it is all about. guys like this, with their dedication and perseverance to go all out in any conditions to gather their quarry. a lot of guys with less in em would have bailed on following the plan out. right on my man! my beer is raised to you in praise!

[bodine]

How old was it ?...nice billy... I'd say it will score a bit over 51 B&C

[bodine]

Great winter coat for sure but the hide is tucked under from the far side appearing to make the beard look that long...I could be wrong thou....

[GoatGuy]

The old goat humper does it again.

Tell him he's gonna have to clean one of those grizz hides out of the deep freeze or one of those wolf hides out of the attic to make room for that thing.

[yama49]

Awesome goat. Congrats to your friend.Very impressive, looks like one tough *******, with no quit in him....

[Rackem]

Great winter coat for sure but the hide is tucked under from the far side appearing to make the beard look that long...I could be wrong thou....

Who's beard? The goat's or AA's? :) Most people are pretty impressed by AA's beard, it is pretty damn majestic lol.

[willydog]

Beauty Goat AA!!! It was sure cool running into you guys out there!!

[Rackem]

So he got the goat green scored and aged, it is a 10 year old and green scored at 54", which would make it #26 from the top if it didn't shrink at all, but even if it shrinks a half inch, he would still rank #39....he lost a bit of tip on a tumble..or it would have scored higher.

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[BigfishCanada]

Wow awesome goat and amazing story, well deserved!!!!, You know those pictures of people where their pets look like them...the goat and your buddy look related!!! :)

[Rackem]

LOL they both have "majestic" beards..

[BCbillies]

This is more than just a decent billy and your buddy is more than just a decent hunter. Would like to meet him one day . . . he's somewhat of a rare breed!

[kennyj]

Awesome, huge goat! Fantastic trophy! Congrats again.
kenny

[Rackem]

Yes he is a rare human being, I am thankful my van broke down and he offered to help, (even though I figured out the problem myself) as I got to meet him!

I feel blessed to know him.

[Rackem]

So he dropped by my work today on his way to Prince George to get the dry score for Boone and Crockett...brought me lovely Christmas gifts, a thankful happy tear inducing card, some Moose, Bison, Stone Sheep, and half this goat...I feel so blessed!!!!

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[sherpa-Al]

What a beauty of a goat, definitely in the way above average league! Solid bases, good heft, respectable length and an old timer to boot, awesome!

Al

[Rackem]

So the final Boone and Crockett score on this big ol goat is 53 6/8 which makes it rank 32 in Boone and Crockett...but actually tied for 11th with a whole bunch of other goats that also measure 53 6/8...

It seems weird to me the way it gets ranked...if you have 21 goats that measure 53 6/8...which is the eleventh size on the ranking...it becomes first come first served in the rankings? Is this correct?

[kennyj]

Sounds like its one of the 11th biggest goats ever shot. Amazing trophy! Thanks for posting the great photos and score.
kenny

[pescado]

Awesome. Inspirational. Great trophy.

[B-rad]

Awesome,nice trophy

[BiG Boar]

Its tied for 32nd place score. However there are 31 goats measure that are bigger then it. There are 7 goats in B&C that measure the same size. All of those goats measure 53 6/8. Those ones do not place in front of behind that score. They are all tied for 32nd place. What you're not seeing is that there are 6 goats measuring 54 inches. And 8 at 54 2/8's. So on and so forth right up to the record at 56 6/8. Which was tied for first but may have been beaten if I remember correctly in the last year. So its not 11th at all its 32nd. And with a bigger goat being shot since this print, it will now be 33rd.

Still is one remarkable beast though!

[Rackem]

Yes I said it was 32nd, but I was asking, if there were 21 goats the same size, how do they determine the ranking?

[BiG Boar]

Yes I said it was 32nd, but I was asking, if there were 21 goats the same size, how do they determine the ranking?

There are 2 goats in the current record book at #1, they tied at 56 6/8. There is no ranking difference, even though one had a gross score of almost an inch more!

So ahead of his goat are 31 goats with better scores.

2 goats tied at #1 spot
2 at the #3 spot
1 at the #5 spot
1 at the #6 spot
1 at the #7 spot
3 at the #8 spot
6 at the #11 spot
1 at the #17 spot
8 at the #18 spot

and so on and so on

So for example, take that last 8 goats tied at the #18 spot. If you count the number of goats ahead of it, you come up with the 18th biggest goat. They are all the same size exactly, so they are tied for that spot. In the record book, if there is a tie, like in his case, they are sorted by the year they were shot. If there were two of equal size shot in one year, then they are sorted alphabetically by last name of the owner

[Rackem]

Ok I see, thanks for explaining...