Goat

zlezlius

Came across this fella early in the morning.


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iTom

What is that Ziezlius?,is it a goat.

zlezlius

iTom wrote: »

What is that Ziezlius?,is it a goat.

It is. (So is the title of post mate:))

podge.243

Good going there Zlezlius wot cal are ye using?

zlezlius

podge.243 wrote: »

Good going there Zlezlius wot cal are ye using?

It was 223, therefore head shot was taken.

bazza888

will you eat him?goat curry is meant to be nice!

zlezlius

bazza888 wrote: »

will you eat him?goat curry is meant to be nice!

I wasn't sure, but when I felt the smell I new I couldn't. Some people do eat them but it wouldn't be my cup of tea.

garv123

zlezlius wrote: »

I wasn't sure, but when I felt the smell I new I couldn't. Some people do eat them but it wouldn't be my cup of tea.

Never seem them in the wild, but heard you could nearly hunt the old lads by following the smell off them. Heard the young lads are as good if not better than lamb.

Good shot.

Spunk84

There's a wild one on a piece of commonage here, the smell of him once u enter the field is unreal

323

garv123 wrote: »

Never seem them in the wild, but heard you could nearly hunt the old lads by following the smell off them. Heard the young lads are as good if not better than lamb.

Good shot.

Well done.

Hard to describe just how really bad they can smell.

Though that the young ones actually are "very" good to eat, would agree they are better than lamb.

johnreck

goat meat is very very tasty.

transit260

have had a few over a time,loads down this way,heres a few of mine.



and yes they smell like hell.

Gonzor

You know I was actually planning on starting a thread on this in the next few days. Long story short, I might be getting a chance of a goat this summer. So whats the story with shot placement? I guess its safe to say 223 to the head will work.

What range was that at zlezlius? Whats bullets did you use aswell..??

mister gullible

Hi Zlezlius, did you kill him for pest control or food?

TriggerPL

goat tend to smell in the breeding season because they role around in there own crap and spray there piss onto them selves to atract females . pub up over way had a head stuffed and when the hot weather came the smell put the pub out , eventually thery got rid if the head .

noice buck there im hoping to knock a few this year . if you hunting goat for food try to bag a young female or young male , and there yummy!

Glensman

Gonzor wrote: »

You know I was actually planning on starting a thread on this in the next few days. Long story short, I might be getting a chance of a goat this summer. So whats the story with shot placement? I guess its safe to say 223 to the head will work.

What range was that at zlezlius? Whats bullets did you use aswell..??

I use a .270 to shoot goats. They are a hardy animal and the bucks heads are made for ramming one another so even within the head shot, placement is critical.

I shot one behind the ear with my .270 at the end of the summer. The bullet did not exit through the thickest part of the skull on the way out.

I have a.223, it's a capable round, but that's not what it was designed for. I would go .243 and up.

Gonzor

Glensman wrote: »

I use a .270 to shoot goats. They are a hardy animal and the bucks heads are made for ramming one another so even within the head shot, placement is critical.

I shot one behind the ear with my .270 at the end of the summer. The bullet did not exit through the thickest part of the skull on the way out.

I have a.223, it's a capable round, but that's not what it was designed for. I would go .243 and up.

So I take it when your shooting goats its head shots all the way..??

Glensman

Gonzor wrote: »

So I take it when your shooting goats its head shots all the way..??

Generally no.
It would mostly be neck shots.

If a goat was facing away from me and I was off the bi-pod then I would possibly go for a head-shot.

You want to act like you are shooting a deer. They a a similar sized animal and deserve the same respect. For that reason I would say the .223 isn't the best calibre for the task.

An animal this size takes a bit of knocking:



I'm 6"3" by the way.

Glensman

and this was the one behind the ear.
As I say the 130gr didn't exit:

zlezlius

Gonzor wrote: »

You know I was actually planning on starting a thread on this in the next few days. Long story short, I might be getting a chance of a goat this summer. So whats the story with shot placement? I guess its safe to say 223 to the head will work.

What range was that at zlezlius? Whats bullets did you use aswell..??

It was roughly 80 yards. I used Hornady v-max 55gr. Took the head shot with 223 , just to make sure, couse some lads saying that you should be using deer caliber on them and I'm not going to argue about it. Havn't said that 80 yard head/neck shot with 223 will knock them down without a doubt.

zlezlius

mister gullible wrote: »

Hi Zlezlius, did you kill him for pest control or food?

My shooting buddy said he was eating goat couple times before (he was with me that morning), so I decided to try aswell. Smell made me change my mind straight away:(...

landkeeper

i'd say using the right bullet would have as much bearing on the job as calibre i certainly wouldn't be trying to knock them over with 55grns of v-max a good soft point would be a better job imho

4200fps

We've about 30 wild goat not too far from us.There used to be about 60ish but they were culled. They are impossible to catch, a friend told me he found 1 in his barn and he went in to catch him, the goat done the MATRIX lol. He charged for him,he was ready to catch it by the horns but the goat ran and rebounded itself of the wall and straight by him. Supposed to be very unlucky to shoot a goat

Glensman

Found this on suitable calibres:
For Feral Goats DARDNI advises use of a minimum calibre of .236 with a bullet weight of 100grains to be used.

Grizzly 45

BTW,if you want one of their skulls for trophies.Be prepared to leave it outside for at least four plus months.Goats horns unlike deer antlers are living and have a blood supply in them.Ergo there are veins,and whatnot in there that needs to rot out,so its better just to let nature take her course with these fellahs.Otherwise your house is going to smell like a badly run slaughter house.:eek:

Glensman

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

BTW,if you want one of their skulls for trophies.Be prepared to leave it outside for at least four plus months.Goats horns unlike deer antlers are living and have a blood supply in them.Ergo there are veins,and whatnot in there that needs to rot out,so its better just to let nature take her course with these fellahs.Otherwise your house is going to smell like a badly run slaughter house.:eek:

My mate left a huge one lying out, unfortunately it was beside a burn and the water ruined the horns...

TriggerPL

4200fps wrote: »

We've about 30 wild goat not too far from us.There used to be about 60ish but they were culled. They are impossible to catch, a friend told me he found 1 in his barn and he went in to catch him, the goat done the MATRIX lol. He charged for him,he was ready to catch it by the horns but the goat ran and rebounded itself of the wall and straight by him. Supposed to be very unlucky to shoot a goat

unlucky for the goat !

pheasntstalker

nice looking goats lads, never had the pleasure of stalking them or deer maybe some day, but by gad they do stink!!! wouldnt mind tasting one tho;);)