2020 WY Deer w/ Packgoats

[Sytes]

Th

4 days and a wake up! And I’ll be WYOMING bound,
Matt

A true hunter would select auto draft and make the Wyoming hunt #1.

Pretty awesome! look forward to your updates (If possible) and/or your adventure w/ pics when you're able.

 

[Duck-Slayer]

lol that’s why the draft is right before ha ha
Matt

 

[Duck-Slayer]

My goat trailer has seen better days. So before I pull it over to WY I decided to redo it. Luckily I had some great help from my daughter!
Matt

 

[publichunter1]

As I tell my kids, 2 more sleeps!

 

[Sytes]

How many fit in what size trailer? You toss hay bedding in and all's well or?

 

[Irrelevant]

What do you think about the peak meals as compared to the MH?

Way better IMO.

 

[Duck-Slayer]

How many fit in what size trailer? You toss hay bedding in and all's well or?

I can fit 5 200lb goats in there but it’s a tight fit. Fits 4 comfortably. No I do not put bedding in it.
Matt

 

[publichunter1]

Trimmed down to 59lbs without water.

 

[MistahMoon]

I can fit 5 200lb goats in there but it’s a tight fit. Fits 4 comfortably. No I do not put bedding in it.
Matt

200lb goats?!

 

[Duck-Slayer]

200lb goats?!

Yes sir,
The 4 I’m bringing are as follows
Buck - 208
Danner - 205
Spook - 211
Prince - 193
Matt

 

[Duck-Slayer]

Trimmed down to 59lbs without water.
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Outstanding!
Matt

 

[IdahoBugler]

Thats awesome. How many days for the 59lb pack? Does that include your bow and binos? How much do you carry?

 

[publichunter1]

Thats awesome. How many days for the 59lb pack? Does that include your bow and binos? How much do you carry?

No that does not count my bow, pack, Binos, or harness. 10 days. I would probably trim it more if it was just me but having the goats I probably squeezed in some extra food.

 

[Sawtooth]

Yes sir,
The 4 I’m bringing are as follows
Buck - 208
Danner - 205
Spook - 211
Prince - 193
Matt

How much does the one that is named Matt weigh? Best of luck on your hunt. Sounds like a great time.

 

[publichunter1]

How much does the one that is named Matt weight? Best of luck on your hunt. Sounds like a great time.

Sounds like I’m the heaviest person on the trip at 225.

 

[Duck-Slayer]

How much does the one that is named Matt weigh? Best of luck on your hunt. Sounds like a great time.

I’m the lightest at 181, I carry about 12lbs
Matt

 

[Benfromalbuquerque]

Not just to the OP, but anyone interested in alt pack animals here, what about BLM burros? Figure those are proportionally cheap as goats to maintain and a burro can carry 100+ lbs. I come with the experience of having raised goats and llamas when I was younger so I know about their capabilities, mannerisms. I do not, however, claim any knowledge of burros and I’d greatly appreciate the insight of anyone with feral (BLM auction) equine experience.
I reckon a string of 3,4 burros trained to pack behind either a hunter on foot or a trusted horse/mule could take us beyond anywhere we could walk or ATV to in a hunt. Also, consider this, the Spanish came up and laterally into the future US and Canadian West with various equine specimens for packing, right? My presumption is that those Churro sheep and Iberian-type goats were not intended to be pack animals, but wool/leather/milk/meat creatures. I know that NOTHING ELSE packs weight to scale much as a goat. They’re rugged bastards. But we are not interested in a versatile creature that we can also use to eat and make clothing. So there it is, with that logic, why not burros?

 

[IdahoBugler]

Nice. That still seems very light for 10 days. Great job and good luck boys.

 

[publichunter1]

Nice. That still seems very light for 10 days. Great job and good luck boys.

Hopefully we will be a lot heavier coming down.

 

[Duck-Slayer]

@Benfromalbuquerque i don’t know nothing about burros! I assume you need to shoe them??? Added expense! I assume they eat more, added expense??? I assume they do not browse and are grazers same as horses??? I assume they need lots of water being a equine animal??? I assume you can’t bully them around like a goat??? I assume they don’t follow you like a lost puppy??? I assume you can’t raise them in your backyard??? There are my assumptions why they are not used more. All those assumptions add more work and money into the overall equation.
Matt