I’ve had some great Septembers over the years. I had hoped this September, my 50th on this earth would be the best one. Last December, for Alaska, as always I put in for the September Musk Ox hunt on Nunivak Island. Additionally I put in for a couple Mountain Goat units on Kodiak Island. I love Kodiak Island and thought it would be fitting, although much more costly than my typical drop off deer hunt, that I splurge and finally go goat hunting. Well, sadly when the draws came out in February I was very disappointed I did not draw my mountain goat hunt, and as usual did not draw my ox hunt.
I was in a bit of a funk from then on trying to figure out what I could do for a low cost adventure.
Well, in mid May, my mood changed. I saw Utah was hitting credit cards for their draw. I was not expecting anything as things were going to be busy this summer/fall at home so I only put in for the best of the best units on all my Utah species. I could not believe my eyes:
I will say, Utah can be cruel. I now knew I had drawn a Desert Bighorn tag, a Rocky Bighorn tag, or a Mountain Goat tag; all at well over 1000:1 odds. I had twice as many Desert sheep points as the others so my mind wandered. In the past it has taken quite a while for the actual results to come out. Thankfully this year it was only 3 days. I had drawn a Beaver Mountain Goat tag. I was finally going to get to go goat hunting and I was going to be able to do it on my own!
I was in a bit of a funk from then on trying to figure out what I could do for a low cost adventure.
Well, in mid May, my mood changed. I saw Utah was hitting credit cards for their draw. I was not expecting anything as things were going to be busy this summer/fall at home so I only put in for the best of the best units on all my Utah species. I could not believe my eyes:
I will say, Utah can be cruel. I now knew I had drawn a Desert Bighorn tag, a Rocky Bighorn tag, or a Mountain Goat tag; all at well over 1000:1 odds. I had twice as many Desert sheep points as the others so my mind wandered. In the past it has taken quite a while for the actual results to come out. Thankfully this year it was only 3 days. I had drawn a Beaver Mountain Goat tag. I was finally going to get to go goat hunting and I was going to be able to do it on my own!
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