WA Goat Hunting Thread

[Ridgerunner]

Great moose tag to have I had it in 08. Keep us updated and kill a big one

 

[Aron Snyder]

Just got this from James ....

I'm at the airport now and getting ready to fly out...

 

[Ridgerunner]

What in the world is that a cow moose? I thought they were after a bull.

 

[shanevg]

What in the world is that a cow moose? I thought they were after a bull.

He's with a bull tag holder but James only had a cow tag.

 

[Bearhunter]

Ya ridgerunner I had one of the 7 cow tags and took her at 255 yards with a head shot on film Now with any luck my buddy will fill his bull tag, he has passed up plenty of bulls looking for Mr big....

 

[nwwa hunter]

James, I thought you are the bull holder. Congrats! Pack, pack, pack....

 

[fillthefreezer]

i hear the moose hunting in that area is all about shot placement, shoot em on the road.

 

[luke moffat]

Congrats on the moose bearhunter!!! That'll fill a freezer in a hurry.

 

[Bearhunter]

On the goat trail, bad news my buddies chopper went down last night in the wilderness, but he made it out 20miles we were supposed to be with him....crazy good luck on our part!

 

[HellsCanyon]

On the goat trail, bad news my buddies chopper went down last night in the wilderness, but he made it out 20miles we were supposed to be with him....crazy good luck on our part!

He crashed???
Either way glad he's safe and you guys aren't delayed... good luck!

Mike

 

[shanevg]

Just got an update from James and Aron. They made it into the spot where they got the glimpse of the "monster billy" last week. The had the whole herd feed out in the open for quite a while and had a long time to study the goats. Turns out the "monster billy" was a 12+ inch nanny with large bases (thus mistaking it for a billy after seeing it for only 5 minutes in the trees.) They are now going to climb out of the hole they are in to a different drainage in the unit and see if they can find any billies up there where there were a couple monsters hanging out earlier this summer. Jame's air matress (I don't know what kind he had) popped and they don't have a repair kit along so sleeping has been really cold. If they don't find anything tonight they are planning on heading back to the truck, grabbing their backup air matress and checking out a different unit.

 

[Rick Seymour]

Multi - Unit tag ?

 

[shanevg]

Multi - Unit tag ?

Governor tag - any jnit with 2 or more goat tags is open to hunt September 1 to December 31.

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Another update from James:

Spotted one nanny and kid and a lone billy in the next drainage. Don't know where the big herd is. They are moving one more ridge over to see if they have dropped into that drainage. If not they are planning on heading out tonight to regroup, get a new sleeping pad, and probably move into one of the other units.