I headed out to eastern MT this past weekend for my first rifle speedgoat hunt. I held an archery tag last year, but was never able to connect. Some good friends of mine have a ranch out that way, and gave me exclusive permission on their place while I was hunting out there, a very nice situation that I'm sure I won't always enjoy. I didn't make it out before the season to scout like I wanted to, but with no other hunters on the property, I dedicated the first day to looking over what the place held.
Glassing up goats the first day.
Lope I passed.
Lope I passed in driving snow.
I checked out around 30 bucks on Sunday. The best I saw was from the first group of 19 goats. He wasn't a monster, but had some length and curl, and better prongs than any of the rest. Monday morning, I found the herd the prong-y buck was in. Closed on the herd to here (~500 yards out) from a mile. Dropped my gear for the last leg of the stalk. I was headed for the red chute in the background.
A few goats from the herd the prong-y buck was in, in front of my makeshift blind. This is as far as the camera went as I was crawling the rest of the way and didn't have a spare hand to carry it.
Glassing up goats the first day.
Lope I passed.
Lope I passed in driving snow.
I checked out around 30 bucks on Sunday. The best I saw was from the first group of 19 goats. He wasn't a monster, but had some length and curl, and better prongs than any of the rest. Monday morning, I found the herd the prong-y buck was in. Closed on the herd to here (~500 yards out) from a mile. Dropped my gear for the last leg of the stalk. I was headed for the red chute in the background.
A few goats from the herd the prong-y buck was in, in front of my makeshift blind. This is as far as the camera went as I was crawling the rest of the way and didn't have a spare hand to carry it.
