Goat hair

Wyo_Roadhunter · Feb 20, 2022

I was wondering if anyone on here has shot a goat on the Uinta's early in the season and if so how was the hair? I'd like to wait until later but I dont dare so im going to take off from Sept 10 - Oct 11. Also if you have a mount post pictures!

nfh · Feb 20, 2022

Shot a wyo goat sept. 1. I like the short hair.

Not uinta but to some people the long hair is the trophy

Wyo_Roadhunter · Feb 20, 2022

nfh said:
Shot a wyo goat sept. 1. I like the short hair.

Not uinta but to some people the long hair is the trophy

I guess I should say anywhere I'd imagine they all hair up about the same time haha. Did you get yours mounted?

SS! · Feb 20, 2022

Short hair goats look like lesbians. Best to wait till later. I suspect the only trophy on a goat is it’s hair. The meat isn’t that great, they are not that challenging to hunt, and their horns, well dang.

Goat hunting is like hog hunting at a bar. You have to do it once, but once is enough. We can shoot 4 a year up here OTC and I never plan on shooting another one in this lifetime, my next lifetime or the lifetime after that.

I’ll likely be reincarnated as a goat now. FML.

basinbowhunter · Feb 20, 2022

Uinta goat first weekend of hunt and another uitna goat shot the second weekend. One week.made a big difference in hair length.The longer you can wait the better. Longer Hair makes a better mount imo.

basinbowhunter · Feb 20, 2022

If you are looking for a guide in the Uintas call Rusty Farnwoth Outfitting in Mountain Home Utah. He is very successful on goats and knows thise units.

I will post pics of the lifesize mount when I can locate the pic.

Wyo_Roadhunter · Feb 20, 2022

SS! said:
Short hair goats look like lesbians. Best to wait till later. I suspect the only trophy on a goat is it’s hair. The meat isn’t that great, they are not that challenging to hunt, and their horns, well dang.

Goat hunting is like hog hunting at a bar. You have to do it once, but once is enough. We can shoot 4 a year up here OTC and I never plan on shooting another one in this lifetime, my next lifetime or the lifetime after that.

I’ll likely be reincarnated as a goat now. FML.

You can always donate me 3 of them dang spikes anyway ???

basinbowhunter said:
Uinta goat first weekend of hunt and another uitna goat shot the second weekend. One week.made a big difference in hair length.The longer you can wait the better. Longer Hair makes a better mount imo.View attachment 68807

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Thanks for the pictures! I definitely would like the longer hair I'm just nervous to wait 1 because of weather and 2 I said I was willing to give up my wyo deer tag this year (that's hard for me to say) but if I can shoot one early I still have a chance for early season deer.

nfh · Feb 20, 2022

Wyo_Roadhunter · Feb 20, 2022

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Awesome!

elkhunterUT · Feb 20, 2022

Never hunted goats, but congrats on the tag!! Should be fun.

twopointdn · Feb 20, 2022

Utah goat, September 8th with decent early hair, some were shabby still but most were fluffy short haired. Fun hunt, enjoy your experience.

Wyo_Roadhunter · Feb 20, 2022

twopointdn said:
Utah goat, September 8th with decent early hair, some were shabby still but most were fluffy short haired. Fun hunt, enjoy your experience.

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That looks way good!

Wyo_Roadhunter · Feb 20, 2022

elkhunterUT said:
Never hunted goats, but congrats on the tag!! Should be fun.

Thanks I'm still freaking out haha

pushin_30 · Feb 20, 2022

Shot mine the Last week of September crazy how fast they put on the hair growth from the first week in September to the 2-3rd. I’d wait for the longer hair it that’s my opinion

treedagain · Feb 20, 2022

November goat

appaloosa · Feb 21, 2022

The hair on a goat is what makes them a trophy. Early season goats don't even compare to late season. Wait as long as you can, at least October.

WHT_MTNMAN · Feb 21, 2022

This is my one and only so far November in AK
Can't wait to draw one in the lower 48. The hair was the important part for me.

SS! · Feb 21, 2022

WHT_MTNMAN said:
This is my one and only so far November in AK
Can't wait to draw one in the lower 48. The hair was the important part for me.
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Beautiful mount

LIK2HNT · Feb 21, 2022

Some great looking full body mounts. Wish I had that kind of room in my house. Personally I like the long hair, and the meat tastes great. Here’s mine from last year in Colorado. Second to the last week of September.

littlebighorn · Feb 21, 2022

Lifesize goat mounts can be stunning, especially when long. My taxi friend Paul tells me good goat hair takes a ton of time combing out and fluffing. WHT_MTMAN's taxi took the time to make it look perfect, but I suspect it's a tempting target for everyone's grubby mitts!

LIK2HNT · Feb 21, 2022

littlebighorn said:
Lifesize goat mounts can be stunning, especially when long. My taxi friend Paul tells me good goat hair takes a ton of time combing out and fluffing. WHT_MTMAN's taxi took the time to make it look perfect, but I suspect it's a tempting target for everyone's grubby mitts!

So true, and I bet they are a pain to keep clean/ dusted.

basinbowhunter · Feb 21, 2022

jims · Feb 21, 2022

Nice goats guys! I have to agree that nothing beats a gorgeous, long haired goat.

Here in Colo the nannies are the last to shed their coats in spring (more protection for kids when born). Nannies are generally the last to grow long hair in the fall/winter. Billies and in particular older age class billies are the first to shed coats in spring and first to grow long hair in fall.

I've seen nannies here in Colo that still have scrag on their coats the first of October. In fact, that's often a quick and easy way to determine nanny/billies early in fall. Most mature billies have pretty long hair here in Colo by the 2nd week in October. I would expect the same in Utah.

Iddogguy · Feb 21, 2022

I've been lucky & have drawn 2 goat tags. The first was a September hunt in Colorado. Second was in Idaho & harvested latter part of October. There's no comparison in the hair. I believe the hair does make the mount. Maybe play it by ear, you might get more trips to the mountain that way! They're fun to hunt, Enjoy!
Mark

DJ1 · Feb 23, 2022

WHT_MTNMAN said:
This is my one and only so far November in AK
Can't wait to draw one in the lower 48. The hair was the important part for me.
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I’m going to copy that mount, looks great!

Wyo_Roadhunter · Feb 23, 2022

Another big question I have is how do you keep them nice and white when they are mounted?

WHT_MTNMAN · Feb 24, 2022

Wyo_Roadhunter said:
Another big question I have is how do you keep them nice and white when they are mounted?

Mine is about 14' up a wall and so I don't get to clean it very often but a dry vac and air compressor makes it pretty nice.

WHT_MTNMAN · Feb 24, 2022

But the taxidermist usually bleaches them so they are whiter than when you kill them. I was debating if I should bleach or not but since I live out in the middle of nowhere and have a lot of dust and I still use a wood stove for heat, I figured I would start with mine as white as possible.

WHT_MTNMAN · Feb 24, 2022

DJ1 said:
I’m going to copy that mount, looks great!

Thanks. I looked at thousands of mounts and this was similar to one I found online. I had him alter a few things but most goat mounts I thought were just so so. I really like the way this one turned out.

Buzzy · Feb 24, 2022

Lot of taxidermy pics here.

Mountain Goat Taxidermy

Just booked my first goat hunt in BC for 2020. I know it's a ways out, but I'd like to get an idea of what kind of mount I'd like if I do end up getting one, both as a way to get jacked up, and to plan finances. So, for any of you folks that have had the pleasure of taking a goat lets see what...

www.rokslide.com

I just got back from my 2nd goat hunt and this one was in BC. Absolutely amazing looking animals.

JPickett · Feb 25, 2022

SS! said:
Short hair goats look like lesbians. Best to wait till later. I suspect the only trophy on a goat is it’s hair. The meat isn’t that great, they are not that challenging to hunt, and their horns, well dang.

Goat hunting is like hog hunting at a bar. You have to do it once, but once is enough. We can shoot 4 a year up here OTC and I never plan on shooting another one in this lifetime, my next lifetime or the lifetime after that.

I’ll likely be reincarnated as a goat now. FML.

but would you take me out for one?

SS! · Feb 25, 2022

JPickett said:
but would you take me out for one?

Sure, the outfitter I use charges 15,000. There’s one opening for 2023

JPickett · Feb 25, 2022

you coming with? we could insult each other on the mountain the whole time. do a "live hunt troll addition" for MM! maybe even get founder to sponsor it

Wyo_Roadhunter · Feb 25, 2022

Thanks everybody for the pictures!

SS! · Feb 25, 2022

JPickett said:
you coming with? we could insult each other on the mountain the whole time. do a "live hunt troll addition" for MM! maybe even get founder to sponsor it

Yeah no problem. I have my guide license. It would be a lot of fun. We can call in the mountain goats. I’m serious, they come in to calls.

boise · Mar 2, 2022

I canned all meat comes out fantastic. Ground my wife’s a couple years ago into gourmet burgers with beef fat and blue cheese. Canned raw pack with salt pepper and garlic works best for me. Goat I shot last week 2/20, putting cape on Billy I shot 8/30/2011 couldn’t stand looking at short hair and crappy job taxidermist did, especially when it was next to my wife’s nanny (mid October)

Broomer · Mar 5, 2022

All these goats are October goats.

The hair is the trophy period!

Snow or weather just adds to the experience so don’t let that scare you.

DoubleDropMuley · Mar 5, 2022

If you guys could kindly email Wyo G&F and tell them to draw me this year so I can give an educated opinion on the hair that would greatly appreciated!!

PleaseDear · Mar 6, 2022

This is my Late September/Colorado Unit 7 Billie.

I got him off the Mountain/Grizzly Peak with my camp and Llama Pack string a day before it dumped 2 ft of snow, basically shutting down any more hunts for about 2 weeks.

Robb

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nfh · Mar 6, 2022

DoubleDropMuley said:
If you guys could kindly email Wyo G&F and tell them to draw me this year so I can give an educated opinion on the hair that would greatly appreciated!!

The answer is on the unit we discussed is you hunt early. Come october with the big snows if you get them the goats vanish. From july to september they stay in particular areas. I would rather fill the tag than worry about some hair

LIK2HNT · Mar 6, 2022

I don’t know, but I think it would be REALLY hard to pick out a goat in a foot or two of snow.

johnnycake · Mar 6, 2022

LIK2HNT said:
I don’t know, but I think it would be REALLY hard to pick out a goat in a foot or two of snow.

It is. But then you figure out that they look more cream colored than white, and you can spot their trails from a long ways off. Winter goats are a riot!

SS! · Mar 6, 2022

Mt goats just don’t do it for me. Sadly I’ve agreed to guide 4 mt goat hunts this fall. At least I have a phone full of sheep pics for the spank bank.

appaloosa · Mar 7, 2022

LIK2HNT said:
I don’t know, but I think it would be REALLY hard to pick out a goat in a foot or two of snow.

It's actually pretty easy. Just look for their tracks and you can follow them back to the animal. Like others have said, they actually don't look much like snow at all.