Goat leh 3-33f/mule deer combo goldbridge

[Steelpulse]

Heading here for my leh goat sept 1-10 and sept 27-oct 1 giving me plenty of time to find a goat I think. Just looking for any intell on the area
grizzly bears are common or at least around the area I gather
whats the mule deer like? I imagine some big ones around
anyone have experience on truax fsr all the way around the mountain?
road from lilloet to carpenter lake how is it?
anyone else have this tag there are only 7 others out there?
anyone hunted this area before any advice appreciated?

thanks, will post up after the trip how it goes

[whitlers]

G Bears yes.

Road from Lillooet is fine.

Decent mulie pop.

Never hunted there for goats but there has to be some good billy's in the area. There is an or was an outfitter in there.

[markomoose]

If you don't mind a little driving Relay Creek area has some decent early season mulies if you get up high.

[Steelpulse]

The goal is a goat and to use the leh so only if I see a rather large buck I'll only shoot a billy. I have seen and read about the relay creek/range and spoke with some friends about it definitely looks like a good area.

As fas a a hunt plan for goats do people prefer to spot up until you find and make approach from camp in the valley or camp at 8000'+ and spot from the top down the valleys ?

[Ghengis Khandrey]

No sense walking up 8000' and seeing billies across the valley imo

[ajeatoo]

Griz in that whole area yes, sow and two cubs were in gun creek camp ground a few weeks back, and we saw one near camp at Marshall Lake as well. They didn't want much to do with us but they are definitely all through the area.
Carpenter lake road is good, they've been patching allot of pot holes in the pavement sections.
My husband drew a mountain goat tag for 3-32E.

[Steelpulse]

No sense walking up 8000' and seeing billies across the valley imo

My thinking is i can spot multiple drainages from one high spot and decide over a couple days whether ot not to make a move on a goat

[Rhyno]

The goal is a goat and to use the leh so only if I see a rather large buck I'll only shoot a billy. I have seen and read about the relay creek/range and spoke with some friends about it definitely looks like a good area.

As fas a a hunt plan for goats do people prefer to spot up until you find and make approach from camp in the valley or camp at 8000'+ and spot from the top down the valleys ?

Most often I am glassing from the road till I find a billy I want to make a play on, but I like the idea of picking a spot hiking in and then glassing from there. Been much more successful with the former than the latter. That said I have seen more game, by putting in the effort first than I have just glassing from down low. I guess it depends if you don't mind hiking your buttoff without knowing there are goats there.

[Steelpulse]

My plan will be spend the first 2 days glassing from below scouting the area and the next 5 camped more remote up high and aways back from any road

[Rhyno]

Didn't you have a sheep hunt planned? Not to side track but have you been yet?

[Steelpulse]

Haha yes unfortunatly sheep hunt is not happening. I drew the sheep tag before the goat but the goat has far worse odds of winning, so i chose the goat on basis that hunting partners couldnt all make it and the tag was only 2:1, for a small mountain range that i know two sets of guides are going in the 2 weeks before us.

So i have chosen the goat as its harder to draw also closer to home and can easily do solo.


Didn't you have a sheep hunt planned? Not to side track but have you been yet?

[Rhyno]

Haha yes unfortunatly sheep hunt is not happening. I drew the sheep tag before the goat but the goat has far worse odds of winning, so i chose the goat on basis that hunting partners couldnt all make it and the tag was only 2:1, for a small mountain range that i know two sets of guides are going in the 2 weeks before us.

So i have chosen the goat as its harder to draw also closer to home and can easily do solo.

Ah, makes sense.

[walks with deer]

if you go early find a glacier.. the goats I saw in that area where bedding on glacier edges.

don't try to cross the glacier solo. go around..

[Steelpulse]

Btt anymore intell folks?

[Livinlarge]

Check your inbox

[Steelpulse]

Heading out tomorrow morning reporting back mid sept thanks for the pm's. Feeling pretty good

[lovemywinchester]

Be careful up there. That's some RUGGED country. G bears are pretty common up there from my experience.

[Steelpulse]

Goat success. Post up later

[RackStar]

Congrats!!

[Wrj]

Nice! Let's here the story!:grin:

[wideopenthrottle]

congrats in advance of the story...