Wes
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This is the goat we killed Saturday morning. The hunter was 70 years old and decided to kill this goat the first morning after seeing the rough country.
One of the horns broke off during the fall but I found it on the climb out.
The goat was standing on top of the ledge to the left of the trees when he shot it. It fell a couple hundred yards down this face. When I got to it it was still alive and kicked over another ledge. Fortunatly it got it's head under itself and stopped. It was one kick away from going over another cliff that would have taken it all the way to the bottom. I jumped down and grabbed it's leg and pulled it back on the rock. It was kicking like crazy. I had to dispatch it by suffucating it. My horses are over the highest peak in the photo. I wasn't going to go back down so I quartered and caped it and hauled it out in one trip. My legs were burning when I finally got to the top. It was another great day on the mountain.
Wes
One of the horns broke off during the fall but I found it on the climb out.
The goat was standing on top of the ledge to the left of the trees when he shot it. It fell a couple hundred yards down this face. When I got to it it was still alive and kicked over another ledge. Fortunatly it got it's head under itself and stopped. It was one kick away from going over another cliff that would have taken it all the way to the bottom. I jumped down and grabbed it's leg and pulled it back on the rock. It was kicking like crazy. I had to dispatch it by suffucating it. My horses are over the highest peak in the photo. I wasn't going to go back down so I quartered and caped it and hauled it out in one trip. My legs were burning when I finally got to the top. It was another great day on the mountain.
Wes
