Category Archives: Packgoats
Backcountry Elk Hunt 2011
Question: what kind of whackos spend 15 days in the backcountry drinking muddy iodine-flavored water, eating the same food day after day, and chasing elk from dark until dark? You guessed it: the same two guys and eight goats who went to Hells Canyon for a spring bear hunt. Why? Because IT ROCKS! Archery elk …
The Gang of Six
It’s official: I completely lost my mind and purchased an additional six goats for my pack string. I already had four, now I have ten. The Gang of Six (G6) as I call them, are babies (“kids”) and will be full-grown in another three years. These will become my primary packgoats when my current four …
Mmmm…That Fresh Buck Goat Smell
If you’ve ever been around goats at a petting zoo or a maybe on a farm, chances are you have not been around a buck goat at those places. Just to clarify terminology, male goats with their testicles intact are called bucks (or “bucklings” when less than full grown) and goats with their breeding tackle …
Spring Bear Hunt – Part II
Bear hunting is all about figuring out what bears like to eat, finding their food source, and waiting for the bears to show up. Bears eat whatever is nutritious and abundant at the time, so the food sources keep changing month to month. We glassed and glassed the green hillsides and valleys, looking for bears. …
Spring Bear Hunt – Part I
Spring is a new beginning and with that comes another chance to chase brother bear around the countryside. Me and my buddy, Brandon, did just that over the Memorial Day weekend. We love the Hells Canyon country on the border between Oregon and Idaho and spring bear season gives us an excuse to hike in …
Training Hike
Packgoats get out of shape just like we do. Mine spend the winter in the barn being lazy while me and my dog, Banjo, are out chasing ducks and geese. It’s spring now and time for all of us to get back in shape, so I decided to check out the Elk Mountain trail, off …
Are You The Alpha In The Herd?
Before you get grandiose visions of man and goat happily wandering around the pasture or leisurely hiking down the trail in peaceful harmony, it’s important to understand that goats are competitive and ambitious. I know, when you drive by and see them lazily chewing their cud, goats seem docile and complacent, but like all herd …
Goat Myth #1: “They Can Eat Anything”
Let me start by saying that technically, goats can eat just about anything. Goats have almost no tastebuds, so they can eat things that many other animals won’t touch. However, goats really shouldn’t eat just anything and definitely shouldn’t be left to eat “whatever is around”. I know dogs that eat socks. Makes no sense …
GoatHunter (it’s not what you think…)
In my case, GoatHunter means “hunts with packgoats”. About five years ago, I got really tired of carrying my entire camp on my back, so I searched for a better way. I like to bowhunt elk in the backcountry, where there’s no roads and only those trails made by the animals themselves. I needed a …
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