Originally Posted by DakotaDeer
How long do you expect them to live a service life?


Their best years are supposed to be between 4 and 8. I’ve heard of people packing them in their teens. I doubt much past 10-12 would be useful.

Originally Posted by HandgunHTR
Thank you very much for sharing your hunt! I love that you used goats as your pack animals. I am not a fan of them as farm animals, but they can be extremely affectionate and fun to be around when they want to be.

Do you just picket them at night?


Yeah all are very sweet but pretty nosy. Didn’t bring squirt guns to weaponize their greatest fear in this trip and just dealt with their curiosity around the packs.. Yeah I tie them up at night but not sure I have to, I’ve left them out before and they don’t go anywhere without me, but don’t want to risk that or have a critter come through and blow things up.

"For some unfortunates, poisoned by city sidewalks ... the horn of the hunter never winds at all" Robert Ruark, The Horn of the Hunter