Every other year, we are able to draw eastern Oregon spring bear tags and this year, we hunted five days in the mountains. Once we left the truck at the trail head, we never saw another human and that’s exactly the way I like it. I’ll cut to the chase and tell you that we …
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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 …
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 …
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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