I’m primarily an archery hunter, so an 8” high boot would suit me best. I prefer a non insulated boot for the early season that is waterproof. Additional features would be leather construction and a full rand.
Colorado mountain goat at 25yds, with no wind and around 50 degrees. PSE X-Force, 70lb. 506 grain arrow: Black Eagle Rampage shaft, with Firenock: A nock, stainless steel outsert, Aerovane III and Slick Trick 125gr broadhead.
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colomark, yeah that was me. A lot of "poor planning" remarks were uttered from most everyone I told! It was stressful, but good problems to have. I didn't put in for my long sought after elk tag, as I figured I needed to be home for the baby, and then I drew those two tags! It...
Where I shot from:
Where my arrow ended up:
Stick pointing to where the goat was bedded when I first saw him:
Stick pointing to where the goat was when I released my arrow:
We got another hotel, repacked our packs and got to the new trailhead the next morning at 11am. We loaded up anticipating to stay until Sunday. Another grueling all uphill hike into goat country was upon us this Monday. Three hours into the hike, we saw two billies off to our right above...
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On the first 6 mile hike in, we set up camp before dark and glassed for goats. 3 years ago on my buddy’s hunt; we found some nice billies in this area. However, this year we weren’t seeing them where we normally did – actually, we didn’t...