goat hunting

stoger · 18-02-2015 12:10PM #1

Heading out after goats soon and would like a few tips have permission got off all landowners in the area . Went up to have a look and counted over 70 goats in 3 groups one farmer thinks there are at least 120 .

noeleire · 18-02-2015 04:51PM

stoger wrote: »

Heading out after goats soon and would like a few tips have permission got off all landowners in the area . Went up to have a look and counted over 70 goats in 3 groups one farmer thinks there are at least 120 .

if you need a hand pm me i would love to help..

daithi55 · 18-02-2015 05:00PM

there hardy yokes yal need a bit of stopping power to get one of them to stay still

transit260 · 18-02-2015 05:01PM

just back myself from checking the population in my neck of the woods,counted 20 in one mob with 12 kids in tow.try remember they have young at foot right now so if ye shoot a nanny then you are more than likely depriving the youngster a chance to feed from its mother.If the land owner insists on a cull so be it.Stick a few photos up if ye can,be good to see the day.

stoger · 18-02-2015 05:14PM

transit260 wrote: »

just back myself from checking the population in my neck of the woods,counted 20 in one mob with 12 kids in tow.try remember they have young at foot right now so if ye shoot a nanny then you are more than likely depriving the youngster a chance to feed from its mother.If the land owner insists on a cull so be it.Stick a few photos up if ye can,be good to see the day.

Ya there's a good few kids around wont be knocking nanny for a while yet ill try and take a puck or two for now

stoger · 18-02-2015 05:17PM

daithi55 wrote: »

there hardy yokes yal need a bit of stopping power to get one of them to stay still

.223 is all I have hope it will do the job lad coming with me has a .243

dodderangler · 18-02-2015 07:11PM

transit260 wrote: »

just back myself from checking the population in my neck of the woods,counted 20 in one mob with 12 kids in tow.try remember they have young at foot right now so if ye shoot a nanny then you are more than likely depriving the youngster a chance to feed from its mother.If the land owner insists on a cull so be it.Stick a few photos up if ye can,be good to see the day.

What about taking a youngster?
I'm sure it'd taste nicer than a big smelly billy or nanny.
On a trip to Philippines i killed one and eat some and it was disgusting.

stoger · 18-02-2015 07:29PM

dodderangler wrote: »

What about taking a youngster?
I'm sure it'd taste nicer than a big smelly billy or nanny.
On a trip to Philippines i killed one and eat some and it was disgusting.

No intention if eating an old one the smell alone would put you off . it won't go to waste doe the dogs will have good eating. Your right kid goat is nice having had a wild one yet .

Grizzly 45 · 18-02-2015 07:29PM

.243 is good goat medicine. Yes indeed a kid is ideal eating right about now if they were born early Dec /Jan.Not much on them,but the meat is exellent .Somthing between beef and lamb and they dont taste very strong or smell like their elders. Once they get past four or five months they taste like they smell,and smell like they taste.

juice1304 · 18-02-2015 07:33PM

I ate alot of goat in uganda pretty tasty imo. lol

larrymiller · 18-02-2015 07:33PM

I never new people hunted goats.
What part of the country
?

German pointer · 18-02-2015 11:38PM

You can't beat a kid for taste and the .223 should do the job on them.

efb · 18-02-2015 11:40PM

I didn't know you could shoot goats - I presume it's legal?

German pointer · 18-02-2015 11:48PM

Feral goats have no protection in law and as long as you have the landowners permission you can hunt them

efb · 18-02-2015 11:51PM

German pointer wrote: »

Feral goats have no protection in law and as long as you have the landowners permission you can hunt them

Can ye shoot feral cats?

German pointer · 18-02-2015 11:54PM

I assume so but I stand to be corrected. I think any feral animal can be hunted

dodderangler · 19-02-2015 12:01AM

efb wrote: »

Can ye shoot feral cats?

It's a Very touchy subject on boards. Not entirely sure on the law regarding feral cats myself.

efb · 19-02-2015 12:18AM

Oooh just searched it there.. I am very protective of my cat and don't want her attacked by ferals. I don't have a gun so not fear of me shooting then

meathstevie · 19-02-2015 12:25AM

stoger wrote: »

.223 is all I have hope it will do the job lad coming with me has a .243

Use a good quality soft point and you should be grand. They're hardy but they're not clad in kevlar and ceramic tiles either.

Vegeta · 19-02-2015 11:41AM

efb wrote: »

Can ye shoot feral cats?

Yes. But let's not get into a huge debate as they turn into train wrecks, it's also off topic for a goat hunting thread.

Bogwoppit · 19-02-2015 01:10PM

Vegeta wrote: »

Yes. But let's not get into a huge debate as they turn into train wrecks, it's also off topic for a goat hunting thread.

And the don't taste great either.

transit260 · 19-02-2015 02:50PM

in my opinion way too early yet for kid shooting,I wait till around easter,they are a good size by then but still small enough for the table and oven.heres a few I watched yesterday,

Kevhog1988 · 20-02-2015 09:28PM

transit260 wrote: »

in my opinion way too early yet for kid shooting,I wait till around easter,they are a good size by then but still small enough for the table and oven.heres a few I watched yesterday,

Roughly what area are you in? Used to be loads in Kildare but all were shot

transit260 · 22-02-2015 10:57AM

down south,outside Bantry

stoger · 22-02-2015 01:25PM

Had a great day yesterday got a nice puck
We also got a young female for the freezer born last year don't no that it going to taste like might be tough. We spent the day up on the hill there are a lot of kids around but too small yet to cull it was one of the best day hunting iv had yet . There is a group of 10 12 pucks on there own away from the main herd so ill take a few of them lads out and leave the main herd alone for a while .

Jayzesake · 22-02-2015 01:49PM

Might sound like a stupid question, but is there any way to tell the females apart from the young males through a scope from a distance?

To reduce the numbers of a band of feral goats, taking out the females first obviously makes most sense, but apart from nursing nannies (which I suppose should be left alone unless you're taking the kids too) or the big billies, I have difficulty distinguishing them.

stoger · 22-02-2015 02:18PM

Yesterday was the first time I hunted goat so still a learning curve the lad that was with me could tell no problem he has goats all his life and we'll able to butcher them

4200fps · 23-02-2015 01:45PM

Its great to see them in such numbers. I seen herds liuke that wiped out in such a short period around me. Hunter never thought of the next man. There finished rutting, there rutt is very long. The females are pregnant now. In relation to horn size thats down to blood line. I colum for every year. They live to 12 years and are not really prone to disease. The bucks should be in batchelor herds at this time of year if im correct. I shot one last september, he was biggest of the herd. I left the rest alone as the other bucks have excellent potential due to the size of their horns. Im waiting for head to get measured but im pretty confident it could score 3rd largest on Irish record.

moreau118 · 05-03-2015 10:03AM

anyone hunting goats around clare

stoeger · 05-03-2015 10:16AM

moreau118 wrote: »

anyone hunting goats around clare

What part of clare you in p m me if you want

moreau118 · 05-03-2015 10:20AM

im in east clare was just wondering cos i never hear anybody on about shooting them or if there is much of a population of them around.

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