4 year wait for a 4 hour hunt

[Everett]

Well, after 4 years of nil, I drew a goat tag this year. So this friday, when my wife got home from work, we headed out. Arrived at the trail head at 4pm and by 6pm we were into our camping spot. Ran across a Grizzly-killed goat on the way up. A quick glass of the slope above camp showed us a Nanny with a kid and then seperate on the same slope what looked like a Billy. After we put the tarp up, I left the wife to set up the rest of camp while Bushmill the dog and I headed out to have a better look at the slope and the suspected Billy.
After 15 min of watching, I was pretty sure it was a Billy and was planning how to approach him in the morning. Just as I was getting ready to head back to camp, I notice a goat walking across the scree above me. I watch for about 5 min and was convinced he was not only a Billy, but bigger than the one I had been eying. I quickly decided that if i could get into position in time, I would attempt the shot.
Ten minutes of boulder hopping had me into a shooting position. I then realize my range finder is in camp but a quick estimation of the range has me thinking 400 yards (ranged at 390 after). I quickly strip off my vest to use as a rest and lay down across the boulder and wait for him to stop walking. Just like magic he stops for a bite of grass and I touch off the shot. Down he goes falling about 20 yards and lying still. I watch for 5 mins to make sure he will not get up and before heading back to camp for my pack. I meet my wife coming up to find out what the shot was for. We start to climb up and arrive at the downed goat at 8pm: 4 hours after we parked the truck. A quick caping and deboning has us back in camp at 10pm. Left the goat on the snow to cool. Up the next morning and at the truck by 9:30. C.I. aged the goat at 8.5 years and measured the horns at 9 and 3/4 inches.
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[d6dan]

Nice Billy Everett!. He has a good coat on him for sure. Good pics and story. Congrats to you and good to see the "Grinder" up on the hill with ya!!!:-D:-D.
Local goat??

[Everett]

Nice Billy Everett!. He has a good coat on him for sure. Good pics and story. Congrats to you and good to see the "Grinder" up on the hill with ya!!!:-D:-D.
Local goat??

1hr from Kimberley by truck so he is pretty local

[d6dan]

1hr from Kimberley by truck so he is pretty local

Good going!. "My avatar goat is from 4-23". Shoulder or half mount? He would look great either way..

[srupp]

congrads! you are having one heck of a great season...well done indeed..

steven

[Rackmastr]

Awesome stuff, congrats!! Sounds like it was worthwhile waiting for!!

[Islandeer]

Beauty goat!! Nice to have your wife with you.

[yugo111]

thats sweet nice billy

[Everett]

Good going!. "My avatar goat is from 4-23". Shoulder or half mount? He would look great either way..

Shoulder mount even thats a budget stretch this year.

[kayjayess]

Great looking goat. Nice job.

[landphil]

You gotta love when everything goes better than you hoped. Nice billy!

[BCHunterTV]

great Goat!

what caliber rifle were you shooting?

[pnbrock]

You are having too good of a season you need to stop making the rest of us look bad. Well done and nice billy

[325]

Love it!! Great billy and nice dogs too.

[Everett]

great Goat!

what caliber rifle were you shooting?

Ok for the gunnutz among us I was shooting a custom rem 700 in .280AI it has a ron smith barell, wildcat carbon fiber stock PTG three postion safety and bottom metal all work by Bill Leeper the bullets were 150gr TTSX doing 2950fps

[Marc]

Sweet looking Billy! To bad the hunt ended so fast but sometimes you just have to make those sacrifices.:mrgreen:

[ruger#1]

From one Bluenoser to another. Good job. Nice pictures.

[BCHunterTV]

thanks for the reply,



Ok for the gunnutz among us I was shooting a custom rem 700 in .280AI it has a ron smith barell, wildcat carbon fiber stock PTG three postion safety and bottom metal all work by Bill Leeper the bullets were 150gr TTSX doing 2950fps

[bosca]

beautiful country...nice goat...good job!

[StoneChaser]

Great goat....nice shooting too!

Always wanted a pack dog....how much weight do you have them pack?

[Pete]

Well done!!!

[Everett]

Great goat....nice shooting too!

Always wanted a pack dog....how much weight do you have them pack?

They can handle 20lb for short periods on flat land. In the mountains I usualy load them with 10 to 15lb of meat for the way out. The male only weighs 35lb so 20lb is alot of weight for him.

[nature girl]

Everett nice goat. Was it a little nerving knowing a grizzly might be in the same area. Nice your wife likes to hunt to.
Now definately that was a fast hunt.

[LeverActionJunkie]

Nice work! Congratulations on a nice goat!

[Stone Sheep Steve]

...and your great season continues! Great looking billy!
Congrats!!

SSS

[ydouask]

Beautiful goat Everett. Congratulations to you and your wife,

[The Grinder Princess]

Well the Grinder Princess was hard a work this weekend. 8-year old goat = grind, grind, grind :) Ground up the whole thing and made lots of sausage! Everett's special recipe.

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[Allen50]

nice pic, and nice goat, good to see the wife right there with you, and some nice looking sausage,,, thanks..

[coach]

Great goat, Everett! What a tremendous season you and your wife have had. Congratulations and thanks for posting. Your stories and pics are a big inspiration for a lot of us here on HBC. I'm looking forward to my own goat hunt in October. Hopefully I'll have a need to PM you about the sausage making process. Looking forward to hearing how your deer season goes!

[FatBuck]

Good job, thanks for sharing the story and pictures.

[gerrygoat]

Very nice billy Everett, and those sausages look real good too :) hope you two enjoy them to the full.

[Red_Mist]

They can handle 20lb for short periods on flat land. In the mountains I usualy load them with 10 to 15lb of meat for the way out. The male only weighs 35lb so 20lb is alot of weight for him.

All this time I thought the dogs carried beer. Nice goat.

[Singleshotneeded]

Nice goat, congratulations!

[gbear]

Congrats on a nice goat!

[cavebear]

congrats still looking for my billy. great goat

[moose2]

Nice looking goat and great pictures it looks like a great spot you were in. Congratulations on taking a nice goat.
Mike

[ELK Seeker]

Your a lucky man ! no waiting and you got your four legged pals to help u out. Congrats on a great season so far :)

[Brambles]

good lookin goat, gotta get my fat heeler in the mountains too someday

[Everett]

All this time I thought the dogs carried beer. Nice goat.

They have been known to pack the odd can of lucky.

[canadianyoda]

nice goat. i have not got my wife to goat hunt with me. she's a great moose and deerslayer and has a late elk draw this year.

[MKD]

Good job and a very nice billy.

[The Hermit]

Awesome. Beauty spot too! Someday I'm going to get me a goat!

[Everett]

good lookin goat, gotta get my fat heeler in the mountains too someday

Brambles how could you let a heeler get fat thats heeler abuse:wink: if you had her/him with you you might not have got chewed up the best defense from bears I have ever seen is a bonded heeler. My male has twice protected my wife from black bears. Fead them bear meat when they are young and bears are just something to be chased and eaten.

[6616]

That's a very nice goat and a really good looking cape for September. I used to love hunting goats and I might have been slightly disappointed that the adventure didn't last a little longer, but I certainly would have been very satisfied with that nice billy. Good job,,,,, you're a lucky man Everett to have a gal that enjoys trekking those high country trails with you.

[sawmill]

Great goat man!I`d freeze the cape and save pennies for a half mount,you will be much happier.Congrats to you!

[shantz]

Congrats! That's a great goat.

[Raven]

That is a nice looking goat Everett. I spent a day ski touring in that basin last winter, some great runs up there.

[kennyj]

Got to love that. Thats a great goat.
kenny

[Getbent]

Nice work...what a beauty.
I love that shot of the little basin with the water....picture perfect.

Cheers,

Getbent

[BigfishCanada]

Wow, even just hiking in that area would be awesome. Love that lake!

[Everett]

Well got the mount back today so here is some pics.

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[Everett]

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[6616]

Boy that was a very quick turn around time, who did the job for you?

[Everett]

Boy that was a very quick turn around time, who did the job for you?

Charlie Farn in Creston did it for me. Last deer he did for me was similar timeframe. Half the price of cranbrook and four times as fast.

[hunter1947]

I missed this thread like many more that is a dam nice billy goat you got there your wait was well worth it all seeing pictures of this goat you are holding ,congrats to you and your Misses..

[hunter1947]

Wow you must know this taxidermy that was quick the goat mount looks great on your wall again congrats to you..

[Everett]

Wow you must know this taxidermy that was quick the goat mount looks great on your wall again congrats to you..

Nope only know him as a Taxadermist met him 4 times. Just a real good guy who gets his work done in a reasonable mount of time for a price a working stiff can afford.