Bruiser Billy

[gerrygoat]

BCbillies gets credit for the title of this thread

This fall was a bit difficult to find a goat but on November 7 it all came together for me. A friend and myself went up a mountain that I had never hunted before. We saw several goats up in a basin just below the snow line so with the rut getting close and the boys definitely getting interested in the girls all ready up we went. It took us 2 1/2 hours to get up close, as we went from the timber into the slide we started to see fresh beds and tracks including some huge ones so we knew somewhere was a big bodied billy. As we walked up the slide I noticed an odd white shape in the slide alder it wasn't moving but I thought it has to be a goat. As I went farther all of a sudden there were nannies and kids running so I ran forward to see where they went and saw another goat looking at me at around 50 yards it was a mature billy I double checked to be sure it wasn't one of the nannies it was definitely a billy so I shot him (with my 264 Win Mag and a 130 gr Swift Scirocco for those who care about such things) and he went down but he got up and was trying to walk away on me so I hit him in the neck to drop him, he flipped a couple of times and was awfully close to tumbling into the canyon so I held him by the horns until he stopped kicking (which is not really recommended but I wanted to keep him out of the canyon).
On the way down I fell with 140 pounds in my pack and got at least 3 rotations and somehow didn't get hurt. My partner took some of what I had and I had 120-125 lbs after that. On the way down I was very grateful to God for his guidance and safety. The goat could have gone into the canyon and we would have had a much harder time and would have had to spend the night, I only got cuts, scrapes and bruises in my fall, no broken bones and he led us perfectly through the cliffs in the timber before dark.

BCbillies scored him at exactly 53 after deductions, he was a monster in body size, was 12 years old, and his horns are 10 3/8 inches long with 5 3/4 inch bases. I may never get a bigger one but I will sure keep trying :-D, BCbillies needs the next big boy.

Here are some pics
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/Nov_7_2009_Billy.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=16372&size=big&cat=500&ppuser=7298)

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/Nov_7_2009_Billy2.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=16373&size=big&cat=500&ppuser=7298)
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/Nov_7_2009_Billy3.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=16374&size=big&cat=500&ppuser=7298)

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/Nov_7_2009_Billy4.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=16375&size=big&cat=500&ppuser=7298)

["skma"]

nice billy!

[humble hunter]

Wow, very very nice!!

[Tenacious Billy]

A BRUISER indeed!! Nice work!

[KB90]

Nice goat!

I dream of doing that one day.

Congrats! Glad you aren't broken after your tumble :)

[Ruger4]

Wow congrats on a beauty goat !!

[leadpillproductions]

Lookin Like Its Going To Ba A Full Mount , Nice Job

[d6dan]

Nice Billy!.. Congrats gerrygoat. Snow line moved up big time?.

[kootenayelkslayer]

That is a fantastic billy! Gonna ge a great mount. Congratulations

[guest]

Very Nice Goat, congrats to you.

They are well worth the effort.

CT

[bayou]

Congrats on one heck of a goat.

[Blainer]

That was a Great story,Great pictures,Great billy!

[kennyj]

Thats a beautiful goat.One day I want a goat like that.
kenny

[Ambush]

Absolutely AWESOME billy!! You're right, it will be tough to top that one.
Definitely worthy of the full body mount.

Last year's goat pictures had the best back-drop ever. Everything about it suggested wild and rugged.
This one is all about the Billy!!

Congatulations.

[Rattler]

Wow, you guys are tipping over some monster goats. Congrats on a goat of a lifetime...

[Kitimat Killer]

for the second year in a row way to go what an awesome goat congrats on the old monster billy.
kk

[Alpine85]

Wicked Goat!!!! always look forward to the goat threads from that neck of the woods..
Terry

[yama49]

awesome goat, glad u didnt get hurt. Congrats on a trophy of a lifetime...

[Mik]

That looks like some nasty background "stuff" .Congrats on the Billy, it looks like a monster!

[nano]

Congrats!!

[Gus]

Great Billy! Congratulations! Hard to top him for sure!

[JoshCampbell]

Nice Goat, can't wait to get a crack at one of them

[BCbillies]

Lookin Like Its Going To Ba A Full Mount , Nice Job

Although it makes for a heavy pack it's best to keep all the options open until one has a chance to rest up and think more clearly! :wink: I look forward in taking photos of this goat beside the two other hawgs (ThinAir's and Dustin's) . . . all of similar class.

An old goat but with all teeth in tact and plenty of fat under the hide it looks like he may have survived a couple more years. A great trophy in all regards and well earned after gerrygoats many years of chasing these creatures in the high country and helping many friends and foreigners in their successful persuits. Wish I could have been there but I can't make them all!

[SKYLINE]

Gerry I was wondering how long you were going to hold out on us! Congrats on another great goat. That is going to make one awsome mount. I'm surprised you didn't use the new 375!

[BCbillies]

SKYLINE - that 264 has been a real show stopper for him! He's leaving it up to me to take down the first billy with the 375. :-D Perhaps this coming weekend . . . not necessarily looking for the monster but would like to give the 260 Accubonds a test . . . and maybe we can bring home the stinkiest billy this fall! :wink: To date I am rather fond of maneuvering the 20" barrel though the slide alder both both on and off the pack. I've got a real itch happening!

gerrygoat - I really like the photo of the lifesize cape with the backstraps chilling on the alders! The photos don't really do justice to the size of this billy but he is big bodied.

[BlacktailStalker]

Helluva goat, nice !!!

[SKYLINE]

SKYLINE - that 264 has been a real show stopper for him! He's leaving it up to me to take down the first billy with the 375. :-D Perhaps this coming weekend . . . not necessarily looking for the monster but would like to give the 260 Accubonds a test . . . and maybe we can bring home the stinkiest billy this fall! :wink: To date I am rather fond of maneuving the 20" barrel though the slide alder both both on and off the pack. I've got a real itch happening!

If your not looking for the monster then I'd say you have a chance of getting one. Seems to be the way it goes.:wink: Good luck.

[hntcrazy]

Great Billy congrats

[porcupine]

Terrific goat. Congratulations and I'm green with envy.
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[hunter1947]

Very nice billy you got there will look good after you get it back from the taxidermy ,looks like your getting a full mount done ??? ,congrats http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif.

[ydouask]

Excellent Goat. As you clearly pointed out , the Goat hunt isn't over till you are back at the truck...or at least valley bottom. Not an undertaking for the faint of heart !

[1/2 slam]

That is a hell of a nice goat. Congratulations.

[Moose72]

Very nice billy, i took a tumble with a sheep in my pack this year as well. Other than a cactus in my a$$ and a couple scrapes it turned out ok.

[bobboa]

Very nice Billy! I have nevr been goat hunting and have to ask how the meat is?

[ThinAir]

Gerry.... great billy!!

Somehow I missed this post till now.. a well deserved MONSTER for ya!:-D

[rocksteady]

Great bIlly, good on you....

When I looked at the pictures, my body started to ache all over again, remembering how tough of a hunt it was for our goats this year...:mrgreen:

[Bearen 09]

Again simply awesome..:wink:

[TSW]

Another thing that is lost in the pictures is the size of that goats head. When Gerrygoat stopped by my house with this hawg in the back of his truck I almost fell over! The horns are great on this goat (obviously a goat scoring 53 is amazing), the hide is as good as it gets, and the face on it was like a horse!! It reminded me of the goat that BCBillies passed on last year, but with much better horns!
Can't wait to see how this billy looks on the wall. This is definitely a goat worthy of a wall mount!
Well done Gerry on a booner goat!
TSW
PS Is it just me or is it the one year I have house reno's to do during goat hunting season and everyone shoots a booner goat? Just the way it goes I guess!

[BCbillies]

Is it just me or is it the one year I have house reno's to do during goat hunting season and everyone shoots a booner goat? Just the way it goes I guess!

If you've ever watched "Numbers" . . . there appears to be a pattern forming over the last 5 hunting seasons on who is never present when the big ones are dropped! :wink:

You can do reno's when you're 60 . . . don't bank on goat hunting then! Unfortunately not everyone has shot a booner yet . . . but the LEH's are good till Feb 28th so keep the faith. :)

[gerrygoat]

Nice Billy!.. Congrats gerrygoat. Snow line moved up big time?.
There wasn't too much snow on the 7th, but now there is a lot.

[gerrygoat]

Gerry I was wondering how long you were going to hold out on us! Congrats on another great goat. That is going to make one awsome mount. I'm surprised you didn't use the new 375!
I love my 264 it seems to be a lucky gun :-D and handles real nicely as well.

[gerrygoat]

Very nice Billy! I have nevr been goat hunting and have to ask how the meat is?
On an older goat the meat is tough but has very good flavor we ground up this guy into hamburger.

By the way after giving it some thought, I'm just going to get a head mount done.

[Krico]

What a smasher!!!

Congrats on a beauty.

[eastkoothunter]

Seen a lot of nice billys this year, none like that. What a cranker. Congrats!

[Hidehanger]

Nice goat...got any larger close-up photos of just the horns?

[BCbillies]

For those that are interested in numbers this billy was officially scored today at 53 2/8 . . . no shrinkage from when the horns were green scored. Gerry is still smiling about this bruiser. :-D

[bayou]

For those that are interested in numbers this billy was officially scored today at 53 2/8 . . . no shrinkage from when the horns were green scored. Gerry is still smiling about this bruiser. :-D
Congrats to your buddy thats one heck of a goat, any chance you can post his length and circumferences to see how he held his weight.

[brad ferris]

thats definatly a cranker goat.nice job. their are not to many guys that will carry an extra 20 pounds off a mountain and then not use it.but i guess you have your reasons.are you going to trade your life size cape for a shoulder cape and credit on the mount.if you are not particular about using your cape most taxidermist will work a deal with you.
once again heck of a goat, congrats

[BCbillies]

Congrats to your buddy thats one heck of a goat, any chance you can post his length and circumferences to see how he held his weight.

No deductions on this one:

Length - 10 3/8
Base - 5 5/8
1st quarter - 4 7/8
2nd quarter - 3 5/8
3rd quarter - 2 1/8

[stones]

nice pics! good story

[bayou]

No deductions on this one:

Length - 10 3/8
Base - 5 5/8
1st quarter - 4 7/8
2nd quarter - 3 5/8
3rd quarter - 2 1/8

Thanks holding that weight sure helps things add up.

[Kitimat Killer]

53 2/8 wow what a cranker i new it was big from the pic but wow way to go just awesome

kk

[BCbillies]

Anyone else up this way needing anything measured for Boone and Crockett, Pope and young, BC Book etc.... give me a call in Smithers. Don't PM me as I don't check this site too often.
CLINT
847-2284
clint.duenorthhelicopters@xplornet.com

Thanks Clint . . . great to have you in the area. We will be back! :wink:

[Mr. Dean]

WA WA WOW!!!!

Saaaweet!!

[gerrygoat]

Thanks everyone, he was sure a nice billy.
Clint was a fun guy to talk to while he measured my goat btw.

[ThinAir]

Way to go Gerry! Good thing your getting it mounted....or we'd have to hurt you:mrgreen:

[TSW]

Way to go Gerry! Good thing your getting it mounted....or we'd have to hurt you:mrgreen:

X2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[6 K]

Glad to see you come to your senses and are not going to sell that.
I would have had to have helped Thinair and TSW with the hurting.:-D
Now be reasonable cosider the 3\4 mount will ya.:neutral:

[pitbell]

I don't know how I missed this post. Great Billy.