150fighter
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LAST EDITED ON Dec-11-04 AT 04:05PM (MST)[p]Hey everybody,
This year I got a draw in the St. Marys area in the East Kootenays for mountain goat. We did a few scouting trips in the summer but barely saw anything. But, we did get some backcountry maps (that nobody else can get) and we went on a 3 night long backpacking trip. To make that story short, we didnt get one. But on October 22 we went out for a day trip after seeing two goats across the river. We had to shimmy across a log over a raging creek and then hike 3 hrs. up a mountain before we saw them again. It took my dad and I about 20 minutes to line up and pick the biggest goat. I shot the goat at 250 yrds away with my new 300 WSM and hit the goat right in the heart. 4 hours later we were across the river and it was pretty dark by then. One problem, our guns were across the river and we were to tired to get them. So the next morning we went out and it had snowed 4 inches so our guns were all rusty and my dads leupold scope fogged up.
Sorry for the long post, but it was a long hunt for my dad and I and was very rewarding
This year I got a draw in the St. Marys area in the East Kootenays for mountain goat. We did a few scouting trips in the summer but barely saw anything. But, we did get some backcountry maps (that nobody else can get) and we went on a 3 night long backpacking trip. To make that story short, we didnt get one. But on October 22 we went out for a day trip after seeing two goats across the river. We had to shimmy across a log over a raging creek and then hike 3 hrs. up a mountain before we saw them again. It took my dad and I about 20 minutes to line up and pick the biggest goat. I shot the goat at 250 yrds away with my new 300 WSM and hit the goat right in the heart. 4 hours later we were across the river and it was pretty dark by then. One problem, our guns were across the river and we were to tired to get them. So the next morning we went out and it had snowed 4 inches so our guns were all rusty and my dads leupold scope fogged up.
Sorry for the long post, but it was a long hunt for my dad and I and was very rewarding
