I started hiking in early to get to get a few miles back in away from the masses. Right off I had seen one nanny with a couple of billys way up on a ridge. The long ascent began to the top with a good two between us. After making in to a pass right under where the nanny was feeding I had two billys walk out over a pass maybe 40 yards away and had my partner and I pinned flat to the ground. Looking back behind my partner I notice another 12 billys 60 yards behind him. We had to let them all feed around the ridge before we could continue the stalk. I crawled up a ridge along a rim hoping to use small contours in the terrain to find the nanny. As I reach the rim I could see the tips of billys antlers just over the rim. I crawled on my belly as far up as I could before dared look up. When I rose up I was looking at the nanny 30 yards away on her bed. She was facing straight on and with high winds there was no shot to be had. They rose up and moved up the ridge. I didn’t think that they were to spooked so I gave it a half hour and went along the top of the peak looking for them. After a few I found the same bunch bedded just over a small knoll. It was real open terrain but I gave it another chance. I inched my way a foot at a time for a good 100 yards until I was peeking over the small knoll. Once again I could see a billy 20 yards in front of me but I could not see any other goats. I could tell I had not been seen yet so I inched it up another few feet. Then I could see the nanny to the left of the billy. I rose and drew my bow as she rose from her bed. As I hit my anchor on of the billys stepped in front of her blocking my shot. She made a half circle and gave me a good angle but she was now out of my range. I watched them go over the rim right off into some nasty cliffs. I decided to head to a new drainage and let these ones rest a day before I would try to return.
Topic: My Mt. Goat hunt (Read 690 times)
