Speed Goats!

[bowman]

skipmaster1 said:

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I have heard that these critters are actually tough to take down. More will to live than a deer and the bones are much harder to penetrate. Not sure though.

You hit them in the sweet spot and they will go down, Glad to hear your hooking up with Nathan your going to have a great hunt. I hope to hunt Goats with him in the next couple of years. Everyone say's he blast to hang out with. Tracey and I will be Hunting Turkeys with him in April can't wait.

[mtshooter]

vonottoexperience said:

I read that you have to shoot @ them from fairly short ranges{not like you would expect being out west}..there just to fast jumping the string.

You will be set up on water holes and hunt from a DB unless it rains, then it will be spot and stalk. Goats will drink from water setting in hoof prints. Most shots are in the 25 to 35 yard range at the water holes. Nathan sets up so you can see them coming from 300 to 500 yards out, so you will have lots of time to get great footage and prepare for the shot

AKDD, where in MT do you hunt? You will have to give me a shout when you get to MT

[akdd]

I was hunting near Augusta. I have a friend there who I was staying with. I was raised in Ronan but have not lived there since the early 70's. Still have family that lives there.

[Greg Krause]

vonottoexperience said:

I read that you have to shoot @ them from fairly short ranges{not like you would expect being out west}..there just to fast jumping the string.

when talking to him, he said I may get shots 20-35yds, but I should be proficient and ready for 60yd shots

[BT]

skipmaster1 said:

vonottoexperience said:

I read that you have to shoot @ them from fairly short ranges{not like you would expect being out west}..there just to fast jumping the string.

when talking to him, he said I may get shots 20-35yds, but I should be proficient and ready for 60yd shots

The way they move , 20 yards on the alert will equal a aiming point of 4" below the chest.
You ready for that!?!

[Greg Krause]

admin said:

skipmaster1 said:

when talking to him, he said I may get shots 20-35yds, but I should be proficient and ready for 60yd shots

The way they move , 20 yards on the alert will equal a aiming point of 4" below the chest.
You ready for that!?!

I really don't think I'll have a problem. Gonna just aim off the bottom of the chest/ The thing is they seem to always turn as they drop. You really have no idea what angle you will hit them at. Thats why I'm shooting 80#'s with spitfires. Even a shot that goes bad will run through the length of them

[BT]

That might be the most important question to confirm.....do they generally take off in the path that they came in from or likewise observations from past hunts.

[Greg Krause]

from what I watch it seems the twist back away from the shooter, but I'm sure nothing is 100%.
It's like asking which way a deer runs after you shoot it, sometimes straight ahead......unless they turn back the way they came......or go another direction all togther

[mtshooter]

All that I have seen have spun away from the shooter also. With your setup and ability I have no doubts that you will stick it to one.

[BT]

mtshooter said:

All that I have seen have spun away from the shooter also. With your setup and ability I have no doubts that you will stick it to one.

Oh....he is deadly this guy is
The goat's had better pray for rain