need to learn to identify goats

[husky30-06]

Here is a picture of a goat....... is it male or female and how can you tell on this animal...?:???:
thanks!!!!!!

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp87/swiftwatertech/028.jpg

[hunterofthedeer]

its says something in the synopsis about goats its at the begining of the region 1 part other than that i couldnt tell you

[hunterofthedeer]

a billy's horns are thicker and curve backwards along a constant arc. And a nannys horns are narrower and tend to rise straight from the skull and bend sharply from the rear at the end
just something i read

[husky30-06]

that is true and i have read them.... but i am the type of person that needs the practical leason to apply it to the regs.....:-?

[hunterofthedeer]

i found morefemales have wider spaces between the horns so im guessing this is a female

[hunterofthedeer]

oh well i got this from the core manual and from a mamals book

[ultramagbob]

Female no question

[husky30-06]

oh well i got this from the core manual and from a mamals book

aaaahhhhh... well there you have it..... i will go out to the wildlife park again and take a longer look at both of them and compare then, thanks

[hunterofthedeer]

aaaahhhhh... well there you have it..... i will go out to the wildlife park again and take a longer look at both of them and compare then, thanks
no problem i have never hunted them just read about it.
Have fun going to look!

[husky30-06]

oh ya i will.... i will take a lawn chair and a drink or two and sit till i know for sure. :)

[RiverBoatFantasy]

Nanny. Looks to be 5 years old.

A billy would not be posing for you. He be gone like the wind or hidden upon high in some ugly, steep terrain.

[husky30-06]

Nanny.

A billy would not be posing for you. He be gone like the wind or hidden upon high in some ugly, steep terrain.

funny you should say that.... this one will hang by the fence and visit. the otherone is usually on the rocks above or right in the middle of the pen laying down......:-D

[yukon john]

nnnnnnaaaaannyy........ no question

[kennyj]

I'm no goat expert,but I see a lot of shaggy hair between the horns.If the hair was shorter the bases would be a lot closer together.Hard to tell the curve from head on.I'd say probably nannie but a side view would be nice.
kenny

[whitetailsheds]

Here ya go Husky. Note the posture's for urinating...another way of identifying. If there is time to watch 'em.

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/hunting/docs/goat_orientation_08Utah.pdf

[Conrad74]

The female is likely reading Chatelaine and nagging the male goat about all his unfinished chores around the mountain ! :wink:

[showtimebc]

nanny.......

[Mik]

Nanny for sure.