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Damn....Again, very cool photos. That second one is amazing.
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MM, glad you like them!
Have had many blessed days in the mountains. This was definitely in the top 50!
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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For reasons I cant explain I have always preffered a goat,something about them is just cool. ![[Linked Image]](http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz195/irfubar/IMG_0548_zps18949d38.jpg)
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Here's a couple more shots from goat country... Where I took them: ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/brad300wsm/P1000227.jpg) Goat: ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/brad300wsm/lonegoat.jpg) Goat hair all around the lake: ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/brad300wsm/P1000230.jpg) A gaggle of goats: ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/brad300wsm/goats.jpg)
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If I could pick which tag I drew, it would be Mountain Goat.
No reason. I just think they're awesome.
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Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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I'd say sheep. Although this guy has been delicious. ![[Linked Image]](http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll201/cwh2/Goat/DSCN3484.jpg) By October, the other seasons have run their course, you are starting to recover from other hunts, you've burned all your vacation, and the weather is turning to crap. It can be tough to get people rallied for a goat trip.
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The toughest animal you will ever love... ![[Linked Image]](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/Hunting%20big%20game/scan0004.jpg)
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MM, I get around goats all the time. To me they're like white golden retrievers. They have disarmingly sweet dispositions... part of me feels like I'd be shooting one of God's pets.
The headgear does nothing for me. I have no desire for a mount. Don't care to have a white couch throw.
I love watching them in the wild, but just don't really care to shoot one.
Me too. I put in for the points and expect to take one some day but it does not seem to take much skill to approach them. ![[Linked Image]](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JMdNd6PU9iU/VPjf1GueN7I/AAAAAAAAG_A/05wBcfGurBI/w1276-h855-no/goat.jpg)
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Goat if I could handle the country.. Already have a couple rams.
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Bighorn. In Montana of course. mtmuley
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I really think the "tameness" of Mountain goats is dependent on where you find them. Some are very wary of people, and some act like dogs. Bighorns aren't exactly the most spooky critter out there, either.
The goats I was looking at in Colorado, including the Billy I posted above, didn't want anything to do with me.
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Ha! Great 1980's-ish photo... the colors and stash give it away. I can relate (grin).
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I really think the "tameness" of Mountain goats is dependent on where you find them. Some are very wary of people, and some act like dogs. Bighorns aren't exactly the most spooky critter out there, either.
The goats I was looking at in Colorado, including the Billy I posted above, didn't want anything to do with me.
Tanner Critters are definitely spookier during the rut, and I believe they posses some sort of innate sense of our intentions... critters are generally harder to kill when your intention is killing.
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I'd have to agree. Most of the sheep I've seen have been while I was fishing. Generally they don't seem to care about my presence.
In fact, I always seem to see more critters while fishing.
Maybe I should start hunting with a fly rod.......
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I've done both in Colorado. Bighorn sheep, no doubt in my mind. They just have the "look".
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Ha! Great 1980's-ish photo... the colors and stash give it away. I can relate (grin). lol. The big 80s, baby! Great shots, guys. If I had to pick, I'd say sheep.
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Ya. You nailed it. Still got that jacket and stash but the stash is grey. 
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Bighorn for sure, already lucked out and got a nice billy.Had a shoulder mt done and yeah the rest of the hide does make a nice couch thro next to the buffalo hide. Brad is right as usual when you exhibit predatory behavior like trying to sneak on a goat your done. They sense your behavior and react accordingly. Magnum Man
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Sheep.....I quit stacking goat points.
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Already shot a goat, so I say sheep.
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