Past Olympic Goats

[fuzznuts]

Lets see some Olympic goats taken in last couple years- fuzz

 

[Tim in Wa.]

I think part of what the hunters needed to agree to was no pictures

 

[Sherman]

 

[Justin Crossley]

This one was in 2018. My buddy Rob (in the middle) drew the tag. The only successful goat hunt that year as far as I know and we worked hard for it. Fires prevented access from most of the normal access points so we had to hike quite a ways to get around them.

 

[hoyt642]

That sure looks great. Thanks for sharing

 

[URE_G]

Lovely picture! Beautiful goat

 

[Jimss]

I'm not sure if you are talking about the slaughter of goats in the Ntl Park or elsewhere? It's really a sad day for goats and goat hunters across the country. The same exact slaughter has been happening in Teton Park. It makes my stomach churn!

 

[fuzznuts]

That's a beautiful picture, definitely a high point for a hunter!, congrats! Sorry guys I didn't clarify, a few years back WA gave out a few tags on the peninsula but it sounded like it was damn near impossible to get there. I have no doubt these guys worked their butts off!

 

[slick]

Had a friend kill a billy this year on the Peninsula but outside of ONP.

 

[Smokeslider]

I'm not sure if you are talking about the slaughter of goats in the Ntl Park or elsewhere? It's really a sad day for goats and goat hunters across the country. The same exact slaughter has been happening in Teton Park. It makes my stomach churn!

How does the eradication of Goats in Olympic National Park affect goat hunters across the country?

 

[Jimss]

For one, Goats could be hunted with public tags. Loss of a great opportunity to public hunters.

There are a gob of non-native brook, rainbow and other trout in various national parks that are left to thrive at the expense of other native fish. I don’t see the national parks doing anything about non native trout in my neck of the woods.

 

[alecvg]

For one, Goats could be hunted with public tags. Loss of a great opportunity to public hunters.

There are a gob of non-native brook, rainbow and other trout in various national parks that are left to thrive at the expense of other native fish. I don’t see the national parks doing anything about non native trout in my neck of the woods.

I bet you will- Not uncommon to see kill-offs of lakes here in Montana to re-introduce cutthroats

 

[Smokeslider]

For one, Goats could be hunted with public tags. Loss of a great opportunity to public hunters.

There are a gob of non-native brook, rainbow and other trout in various national parks that are left to thrive at the expense of other native fish. I don’t see the national parks doing anything about non native trout in my neck of the woods.

Goats can't be hunted in the Park. There are no "public tags" for goats in the park. There never has been an opportunity to hunt Goats in the Olympic National Park in recent history to my knowledge.

I agree to an extent about the fish analogy except we aren't comparing apples to apples.

 

[Jimss]

Another invasive species is wild horses. I heard on the news this morning that there are currently 3 x more horses on federal land than the land can support. It also said that horse numbers may potentially double in the next 5 years.

Horses can be tolerated but mtn goats not? Why not eliminate non-native horses. From what I understand there still is question regarding whether mtn goats are truly native in some of the regions? I wonder which of those 2 species has the highest impact on the ecology of the plants, land, and native wildlife?

 

[ianpadron]

Goats can't be hunted in the Park. There are no "public tags" for goats in the park. There never has been an opportunity to hunt Goats in the Olympic National Park in recent history to my knowledge.

I agree to an extent about the fish analogy except we aren't comparing apples to apples.

Sure there was.

Fall of 2020 NPS selected a handful of teams made up of WA state hunters, through an application and try-out process to conduct goat eradication efforts throughout the Park.

I believe over 30 we're killed that fall, hell a buddy's team killed 4 of 'em!

 

[slick]

Yeah, that just went to show how ineffective hunters are.

It wasn’t only WA hunters. It was a federal deal open to anyone from any state and it wasn’t a fairly allocated hunt. It was an eradication attempt that placated a bunch of people who wanted a chance to shoot a goat before they brought in the heli’s.

 

[Smokeslider]

Sure there was.

Fall of 2020 NPS selected a handful of teams made up of WA state hunters, through an application and try-out process to conduct goat eradication efforts throughout the Park.

I believe over 30 we're killed that fall, hell a buddy's team killed 4 of 'em!

I'm well aware of that event. It wasn't a hunt. No tags were purchased, hunting license not required. It wasn't made of up "Washington Hunters". It was open to anyone. They were volunteers.

My point is this: Hunting isn't allowed within Parks by rule.

The eradication program on the Oly Park didn't have some profound effect on hunting elsewhere, at least in a negative way.

 

[ianpadron]

I'm well aware of that event. It wasn't a hunt. No tags were purchased, hunting license not required. It wasn't made of up "Washington Hunters". It was open to anyone. They were volunteers.

My point is this: Hunting isn't allowed within Parks by rule.

The eradication program on the Oly Park didn't have some profound effect on hunting elsewhere, at least in a negative way.

"Volunteers" killing mountain goats with rifles. That's hunting imho, but I'm not going to go back and forth on semantics.

 

[gunblink54]

That's some a Goat right there. Nice picture.

 

[KNOPHISH]

325 were transplanted but tag numbers in those areas are still woefully low or non existent. Shooters got 152. Still over 200 left.

Mountain Goat Capture and Translocation - Olympic National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov