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Pack out distance for goat harvest (Montana)

How long was the pack out of your mountain goat in Montana?

  • 0-1 miles

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • 1-2 miles

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • 3-4 miles

    Votes: 5 29.4%
  • 5-6 miles

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • 7-8 miles

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • 8-9 miles

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • 10 or more miles

    Votes: 3 17.6%

  • Total voters
    17
  • Poll closed .

RobG

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Hello - I am gathering info on the typical distances required to pack out a mountain goat for a project I'm working on. I am interested in Montana hunts only, and especially those in the Crazy Mountains. If you got a goat or know someone who got a goat, how long was the pack out?

It would be helpful to add a comment or PM me the distance and a general location (e.g 6 miles, Crazy Mountains) in addition to answering the poll. But don't feel obligated to give up your secret spot.
 
Mountain goats I have personally packed on my back.
1. Four miles AB Wilderness.
2. Five miles AB Wilderness
3. Four miles. Cabinet Mtn Wilderness.
4. Two miles Cabinet Mtn Wilderness.
5 Two miles Gallatin/Custer NF
6. 3 3/4 miles Bridgers
 
Mountain goats I have personally packed on my back.
1. Four miles AB Wilderness.
2. Five miles AB Wilderness
3. Four miles. Cabinet Mtn Wilderness.
4. Two miles Cabinet Mtn Wilderness.
5 Two miles Gallatin/Custer NF
6. 3 3/4 miles Bridgers
Thanks. Silly me forgot some of you are awesome enough to be involved in more than one hunt. I guess in that case just leave a comment since the poll won't handle that.
 
Thanks. Silly me forgot some of you are awesome enough to be involved in more than one hunt. I guess in that case just leave a comment since the poll won't handle that.
Having a goat fetish is akin to narcotic addiction. Some get hooked after the first experience.
 
The 4 I've been on, all backpack trips in the Lee Metcalf Wilderness, Madison Range.

1. 7.5 Taylor Peaks Tunnel Ridge 1998
2. 3.5 Spanish Peaks Beehive Basin 2012
3. 9 Spanish Peaks Beacon Point 2012
4. 8 Spanish Peaks Gallatin Peak 2019
 
3 miles off elephant head south if livingston
2.5 miles off of the high woods out of geyser
And two more off of Kodiak about 2 miles
 
When I got my goat in the Great Bear Wilderness, I thought we were about 7 miles in, based on counting squares on the Forest Service map. I just plotted our route on GoogleEarth and it looks like it was actually someplace between 8 and 9.
 
7 or 8 mostly downhill but bushwhacking miles. From The Pyramid Mountain to the truck in Mill Cr.
Unit 323, A-B Wilderness.
(Not my goat).
 
I've never touched a Mt. goat, but by the looks of the above posts, there are some bad ass goat hunters in Montana.
 
Here's Mine:
1. 4-miles AB Wilderness 2011
2. 6-miles AB Wilderness 2013
3. 8-miles AB Wilderness 2014
4. Too dang far 10+ miles AB Wilderness 2016
5. 3-miles Gallatin/Custer NF 2017
6. 8-miles Spanish Peaks 2019
 
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