They don't smell that bad!!

patsat

got these four today, have been see a good few times over the last few years! Myself and my friend got the four of em in the one field, he couldn't stand the smell and was nearly getting sick yet although i found em bad i dont think they were as bad as what some make out!



this was the biggest, we measured the width of his horns at 39.5 inches!



I must say they are hardy bastards! I hit that big one into the neck at 100 yards with a .270 using 140gr sst's, he just turned and ran at me!! The next one went into the left shoulder, but he still went another 30 yards towards me before dropping! only one out of the other three dropped on the spot, that was a headshot from the friends .243.

I don't know of any law regarding calibre on wild goats but i wouldn't be happy hitting them with any less than a .243!

DonnchaMc

I didnt realise you could hunt goats, do you need a special licence like you do for deer?

What do you do with the meat? Keep for yourself or is it sold?

clivej

Good on ya patsat.
A story without the photos leaves a lot out.
I saw a few last year in Kerry not 25y away from me.

ssl

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I don't know of any law regarding calibre on wild goats but i wouldn't be happy hitting them with any less than a .243![/QUOTE]

+1
Couldnt agree more. With a few rounds in the mag! Good hardy game.

steyrman2

nice bit of shooting lads i have shot a good few kid goats in the last few years with the 223 and thinned out the older ones with the 308 what will you do with the meat i love kid goat but the bigger billies are tough the same smell cooked as raw :D:D

Tackleberrywho

DonnchaMc wrote: »

I didnt realise you could hunt goats, do you need a special licence like you do for deer?

What do you do with the meat? Keep for yourself or is it sold?

Anyone in theory can shoot goats, I would only head shoot with .223 or preferably the .308 as they are hardy bucks !

I shoot a good few in my early years, the residual smell and the fact that nobody would eat the meat is why I stopped shooting them

Good for grey hounds, although the curry houses will take a kid or two off ya

kildare.17hmr

nice one lad the horns on that big lad will make a nice mount!

patsat

ssl wrote: »

+1
Couldnt agree more. With a few rounds in the mag! Good hardy game.

Ha the fella with me found it very funny, being left handed I'd to take down the rifle from my shoulder to reload...which I was doing fairly rushed as the big one was making a run for me!

The pic doesn't do The head justice, it's slot wider than it looks!

It wasn't me!

He'll look great mounted and tidied up. Very nice. From talking to lads who shot them in Scotland, you can't just run up the front leg or down the neck the way you can with a deer as all the shaggy mane hides the proportions of the body. That'd explain why the neck shot went awry. Still, great looking animals.

badshot

good photos
good hunting story

kermitpwee

Great shooting there, as another poster said the pics really add to the story. I got a springer for my uncle 2months ago and not long after he got him we went hunting in an area he hadn't shot for 20 years. I didn't bring a gun, so we were shooting a way in the woods along a river bank when we got the smell of goats. My uncle says we better get out of here in case them goats have a kid with it as they are dangerous ********. Next thing we see 3 billy goats coming thru the trees, my uncle gives me his 12 guage loaded with 2 36g, choked 1/2 and full and says They wont kill my dog the ****** and legs it with the dog and tells me to hold them! Scared ****** i was as goats had chased me when I was a child and I wasnt looking for a repeat. Lucky enough they stopped 15 yards from me and I edged back thru the woods to the jeep.

Gave the uncle a right biffing when I got back:D, he said that his wife had stopped him having a dog for 15 years and he wasnt going to give him up to frigging goats!
Looking back it was funny but I wouldnt have had a chance with a shottie!

garv123

where the feck do ye be living that ye've wild goats all over the place? never seen a wild goat in my life even when i'd be up on the mountains. just sheep

4gun

don't you know there be some quare breeds down in the south west

steyrman2

4gun wrote: »

don't you know there be some quare breeds down in the south west

yea and the dont all have 4 legs :D

patsat

4gun wrote: »

don't you know there be some quare breeds down in the south west

I'm mid-west so they must have wondered up here!:p

hey did anyone get the edition of shooters digest with the article by joe murphy on goats? I was talking to him today and would like to get my hands on it...

Is the edition still in the shops or is it an old edition???

DavyDee

DonnchaMc wrote: »

I didnt realise you could hunt goats, do you need a special licence like you do for deer?

What do you do with the meat? Keep for yourself or is it sold?

You dont need a special license, you need to be sure they are wild goats or have permission to shoot them. The law afaik is once you shoot them they are your property and you are responsible to dispose of the carcass!

Bananaman

Back when I was a sprog there used to be a good few goats in the Ox mountaisn - nowhere near the road though - so not only were they stink but you had a good bitt of walking/climbing to get to em

people generally left em alone as the meat off the big ones was rank and the numbers were not that big to be takin all the kids

(no 243 back then)

B'Man

emcor

they have bread well since then B man - hundreds of them up there and the billys are rank

DavyDee

Is that herd on the ox mountains not owned by someone though? If its the one on the Attymass side of it your talking about! I heard somewhere before some woman actually owns that herd, could be some do gooder making up stories to stop them been shot. You'd need some army to take on that herd now! I know boys who pick off an odd kid for eating, couldnt face goat meself though, the smell of the billys are enough for me!!