Tips on Hunting Goats

mitchell koster · June 10, 2010, 08:30 PM

Going goat hunting at the end of the month along with oigs and roos. Never been goat hunting though. Any Threads that give tips on it? Any hints, tip ect would be nice. Thanks

MK

Fat White Boy · June 10, 2010, 09:22 PM

The young ones eat better...

FrontSight · June 11, 2010, 05:29 PM

I don't have any advice, as I have not personally hunted them. But since you are also hunting roos, I take it you are hunting them in Australia? If so, then I don't recall Australia having mountains, and that's a good thing, because in North America, Goat country begins where sheep country ends, and that is a very LONG and an even STEEPER ways up!

Good luck, please post pics when you can!

phil mcwilliam · June 12, 2010, 06:17 PM

When hunting goats use your ears as well as your eyes & approach from downwind like most things. You will often hear goats calling long before you see them. If you intend to hunt this area often, try and leave any white goats alone in the herd. The white goats make locating the herd easier next time.
The small kids with horns about 1 to 2 inches long are the best eating. The big old billies stink & the meat is a bit rank.

butta9999 · June 17, 2010, 04:41 AM

Where you going mate NSW.

David_S · June 29, 2010, 06:41 PM

Thy are not really considered a game animal here in New Zealand - more of a pest and are culled by government shooters. Useful for dog tucker or practising your long shots though. They are curious animals and if you are careful you can often walk right up to them, as in the photos below, before they move off, which sort of spoils the hunting/stalking element.

Goats elsewhere might have more sense and be more of a challenge but the ones here are all descended from domestic animals and don't seem too bright!

They are thin-skinned so don't take much to knock them over. The .223 is the calibre favoured by government hunters.

June 10, 2010, 08:30 PM	#1
mitchell koster Senior Member Join Date: April 15, 2010 Location: Tasmania, Australia Posts: 211	Tips on Hunting Goats Going goat hunting at the end of the month along with oigs and roos. Never been goat hunting though. Any Threads that give tips on it? Any hints, tip ect would be nice. Thanks MK __________________ The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.

June 11, 2010, 05:29 PM	#3
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,712	I don't have any advice, as I have not personally hunted them. But since you are also hunting roos, I take it you are hunting them in Australia? If so, then I don't recall Australia having mountains, and that's a good thing, because in North America, Goat country begins where sheep country ends, and that is a very LONG and an even STEEPER ways up! Good luck, please post pics when you can! __________________ To kill something as great as a duck just to smell the gunpowder is a crime against nature. - Alan Liere Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. - George Bernard Shaw

June 17, 2010, 04:41 AM	#5
butta9999 Senior Member Join Date: June 29, 2008 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Posts: 692	Where you going mate NSW. __________________ Knowledge is Power!

June 10, 2010, 09:22 PM	#2
Fat White Boy Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2005 Posts: 1,276	The young ones eat better...

June 12, 2010, 06:17 PM	#4
phil mcwilliam Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2007 Posts: 573	When hunting goats use your ears as well as your eyes & approach from downwind like most things. You will often hear goats calling long before you see them. If you intend to hunt this area often, try and leave any white goats alone in the herd. The white goats make locating the herd easier next time. The small kids with horns about 1 to 2 inches long are the best eating. The big old billies stink & the meat is a bit rank.

June 29, 2010, 06:41 PM	#6
David_S Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 149	Thy are not really considered a game animal here in New Zealand - more of a pest and are culled by government shooters. Useful for dog tucker or practising your long shots though. They are curious animals and if you are careful you can often walk right up to them, as in the photos below, before they move off, which sort of spoils the hunting/stalking element. Goats elsewhere might have more sense and be more of a challenge but the ones here are all descended from domestic animals and don't seem too bright! They are thin-skinned so don't take much to knock them over. The .223 is the calibre favoured by government hunters.