Might just be going Mt Goat hunting

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

Our hunting draws are taking place and years back some smart person figured out they charge the credit cards days before the notifications are done.

This morning I checked the balance and noticed a $413 charge from the Utah DWR. That is precisely the amount of the moose tag I applied for and the same amount as my wifes Mt Goat tag she applied for.

I figure I'm still 10 years out from drawing, but she was sitting at +95% chance to draw so my bet is on that. They drastically cut Mt Goat tags this year, so I wasn't sure if she'd pull a tag or not. We'll get the final confirmation via email in a few days.

Should be fun to help her tag one of those things, they are very beautiful critters and as much as my pocket book would HATE it, they look amazing when done in a full mount. My brother is a fantastic award winning taxidermist so maybe I can cut a deal.

-DallanC

Pumpkinslinger

Fantastic! Keep us posted!

shrpshtrjoe

Sounds good Dallan Very Happy

.. Keep us in the loop Very Happy

and you can never have to much taxidermy .....

Ominivision1

Sounds great Dallan, keep us posted.

Vince

That is great Dallan. Fingers crossed the tags come through for both of you mate. A good size moose and your freezer will be full for quite some time, and goat meat is beautiful as well...makes an awesome meat pie (had one the other night).

Good luck to both you and SWMBO for your hunts mate, and I can't wait to see the mount when done.

slimjim

Dallan, you are a lucky man! I missed the draw for elk again this year and my hunting buddy is off his lease so I'm looking for a place to hunt.

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

Done deal. Wife drew Rocky Mountain Goat, hunt is in Sept. She didnt draw a general deer tag but is thrilled to get her goat tag. I drew smokepole deer and my boy drew a Rifle deer tag. As a youth, that means my boy gets to hunt all 3 seasons (archery, muzzleloader and rifle).

-DallanC

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

LOL, saw this on another site... I am hoping this does NOT happen:

www.dropbox.com/s/5spg...U00014.MPG

-DallanC

shrpshtrjoe

Congrats Dallan Very Happy

you and your family should do well this season and I hope her goat doesn't go for a ride like that one did Shocked

gelandangan

DallanC wrote:

LOL, saw this on another site... I am hoping this does NOT happen:

www.dropbox.com/s/5spg...U00014.MPG

-DallanC

Fully tenderized meat there.

Vince

BUGGER...I suppose he was obliged to recover the animal, not that it would be any good for the pot...as Gelan said, well tenderised.

Good luck with your hunts mate...your young fella is gonna have a big year this year, and you get to share it with him.

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

Vince wrote:

BUGGER...I suppose he was obliged to recover the animal, not that it would be any good for the pot...as Gelan said, well tenderised

Actually that particular goat got mounted and was on display at a big hunting expo recently. Guess up close it wasn't as bad as it looked from a distance. I wouldn't have expected that from the footage.

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Good luck with your hunts mate...your young fella is gonna have a big year this year, and you get to share it with him.

Yep! Going to be fun. Took him out shooting targets a couple weeks ago, he was ringing gongs from 100 to 200 yards every shot. We'll have to do a bit more practicing with the smokepole as well (he is pretty sure of himself after last years first deer hehe).

We put in for Wyoming pronghorn tags, find out those results in a few weeks.

-DallanC

Elvis

sounds all good. Ive seen Thar take a tumble like that and still be ok if animal is dead it wont bruise at all....in fact Ive seen a common ol billy goat go flying down a blufs some 70-80 meters then get up and carry on!!!! Shocked

best of luck with remaining draws.

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

Talked to the guides, we are going to hunt starting this Sunday morning (one of them is out of town until saturday evening). Going to be fun, hopefully the weather cooperates!

Helicopter transplant is going on today / tomorrow close by the area we will be hunting, but not trapping the billies we will be hunting... hopefully they dont get to spooked from it.

-DallanC

shrpshtrjoe

Best of luck Dallan and miss's Dalan Very Happy

Looking forward to details and pics