Goat hunt (now with pic)

kildare.17hmr

Just back from my first goat trip, thanks to German Pointer for bringin me out and nearly killin me on a serious hike to find them and for showin me the ropes and how to gut them ect! We left with a kid that i shot with the 223 in the neck and a kid and a huge nanny that fell to the 270

Great day huntin now lookin forward to skinnin and butchering mine tomorrow!



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It wasn't me!

Nice one! Have to say, would love a crack at one over the summer. Have heard lots of good things about the meat, but you can report back soon enough on that one! The venison in the freezer is looking a little thin, supplements are needed!

German pointer

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

Just back from my first goat trip, thanks to German Pointer for bringin me out and nearly killin me on a serious hike to find them and for showin me the ropes and how to gut them ect! We left with a kid that i shot with the 223 in the neck and a kid and a huge nanny that fell to the 270

Great day huntin now lookin forward to skinnin and butchering mine tomorrow!

A serious hike would have been if we went to the top of the hill:eek::eek::eek:

kildare.17hmr

Ya would have had to drag me back down too then!!

Spunk84

class looking goats lads!!! great shooting

German pointer

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Nice one! Have to say, would love a crack at one over the summer. Have heard lots of good things about the meat, but you can report back soon enough on that one! The venison in the freezer is looking a little thin, supplements are needed!

Give me a shout sometime and we might be able to arrange it:)

German pointer

We went for a nice little walk up the hill and saw about 20 of them about 500 or 600 yards away with good cover close to them so after going back down the hill and driving to a better access point we went up the hill again and located them a little bit away from where we first saw them got into position and let the fun start. Anyway as Kildare.17hmr said we got 3 of them 1from the first position and the other 2 after a chase of about 100 yards or so. So there we were standing around shooting the breeze after gutting the 3 of them when suddenly beside us were another 5 or 6 goats lookng for their mates all we could do was laugh:D:D




I don't hunt theese goats. I farm them. :D:D

kildare.17hmr

I couldnt bring myself to pick up the gun it was that funny!

Ill stick a pic up tomorrow

German pointer

Did you not put up the photo?

kildare.17hmr

Na im usin the phone so ill do it in work tomorrow when i get on the computer

It wasn't me!

German pointer wrote: »

Give me a shout sometime and we might be able to arrange it:)

Cheers! I'm in west Wicklow. Whereabouts are you based yourself?

German pointer

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Cheers! I'm in west Wicklow. Whereabouts are you based yourself?

I am in Limerick but the goats are in North Tipp

It wasn't me!

Not too bad at all so. Might give you a shout over the summer. Would love to get the .25 out and go do something with it anyway.

Longfellow

Good feeding in a kid. Anything older and they can't be ate.

xchrisshana

well done lads they look fab

richiedel123

I would be interested goin some time lad if its possible. Im in north tipp myself so maybe it mite not be too far from me.there used be a few around where I shoot but numbers are well down now

German pointer

richiedel123 wrote: »

I would be interested goin some time lad if its possible. Im in north tipp myself so maybe it mite not be too far from me.there used be a few around where I shoot but numbers are well down now

Think I could manage that and It Wasn't me is coming another time but that must be the limit on this herd as I don't want to over do it and wipe them out all together, Have to give them time to breed and recover their numbers.

However I have another permission with goats on it I will be meeting the farmer in the next week or so and will ask him if it is ok to bring another gun onto the land, this one is in East Clare

German pointer

Just had liver, kidney and onions for supper.:D:D:D

yum. yum. yum.

No heart as the .270 made soup of it.:eek::eek::eek:

German pointer

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

Just back from my first goat trip, thanks to German Pointer for bringin me out and nearly killin me on a serious hike to find them and for showin me the ropes and how to gut them ect! We left with a kid that i shot with the 223 in the neck and a kid and a huge nanny that fell to the 270

Great day huntin now lookin forward to skinnin and butchering mine tomorrow!



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Well did you taste it yet?

kildare.17hmr

Having a bbq this weekend so will be having a hind leg then!

German pointer

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

Having a bbq this weekend so will be having a hind leg then!

enjoy;)

transit260

heres what you have to look forward to,lol
saddle of kid with veg

The Big Fella

transit260 wrote: »

heres what you have to look forward to,lol
saddle of kid with veg

Jamie oliver eat your heart out.:D

patsat

Went out for a shot at a goat after work yesterday with German Pointer but no joy.

Even though we seen no goats and hunted in the strong wind and the rain on the side of a hill I really enjoyed the evenin and seein a nice fallow doe on the way down made the walk worthwhile!

Thanks

deeksofdoom

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

Just back from my first goat trip, thanks to German Pointer for bringin me out and nearly killin me on a serious hike to find them and for showin me the ropes and how to gut them ect! We left with a kid that i shot with the 223 in the neck and a kid and a huge nanny that fell to the 270

Great day huntin now lookin forward to skinnin and butchering mine tomorrow!



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Well done, I was trying to get a look at your rifle but the picture is the same size as a 32pence stamp.

kildare.17hmr

Mine is on the right, just a cz 527 with t8 mod is all

Jonty

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

Mine is on the right, just a cz 527 with t8 mod is all

no just about it buck, she's a mighty tool in the right hands;)

German pointer

patsat wrote: »

Went out for a shot at a goat after work yesterday with German Pointer but no joy.

Lots of joy just no goats:mad::mad:

I must be getting old, I was on the hill with some who was more able for it then me.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

patsat

Ha even in that weather I could hav stayed walking for the day up there, love walking hills!

True the best parts of hunting isn't the kill itself but the being out and about whether you are successful or not

Grizzly 45

Time for a thread revive.:)

Last evenings shooting up in my let.All within three minutes of each other.Have to say they are incredibly thick animals!! They were in a herd of four.I got to within 50 meters of them,somthing I have never managed with a deer.On the first shot and their pal being shot they run even closer to me,then stop and stare at me !!!By comparison a deer is a gifted intellectual.:rolleyes:
It doesnt take long for them to gas up after being shot either which made the stinky job even more fun with their natural goaty ouder
made the gutting a more fun job more than usual with midges,black flies and gassy goats.Still as they say Happiness is a large gut pile.:D
More than happy that my freezer is now full again till deer season with tasty goat striplions and haunches,and the dog food bill will be lower with the rest of them for awhile.

Now can anyone tell me how do you prep a goat head for cleaning??Am going to try it as suggested here,by just leaving it outside and let nature take its course.Whats the average rot time for them and what do you do with them afterwards?Power wash,and peroxide??

garv123

We tried leaving deer heads in the wood and it was a terrible waste of two good heads the season just gone. they fell to bits and broke up into pieces.
You are better off boiling the head and peeling the skin and other bits off.

If you decide to just leave them outside to rot clean keep them somewhere where grass and stuff wont destroy them.

nice shooting though

kildare.17hmr

Nice shootin grizz a few fine animals there! Iv just run out, had the last ribs last week! Will have to get some more goat shootin somewhere!

dodderangler

I had goat before and it was the last time il ever eat it thought it was disgusting in saying that it was in the Philippines