Our 2007 goat hunt went well. We left a day before season opened for SW ND to scout and set up camp. We found four nice bucks that were between about 13 1/2 and 14 1/2 inches. One in particular was very wide and had character. I snuck in to about 150 yards and looked him over through the spotting scope for around 10 minutes. The next morning I snuck in and found him again as the sun came up. He was with three other bucks and four does. They were not in a position for a shot so I waited two hours for them to feed and move into an area more conducive to a stalk. When I had moved in as close as I could, I ranged the buck at 417 yards. I missed him with my initial shot and put him down with the second. I also had a doe/kid tag and took a doe out of the same group with my third shot. My father-in-law filled both of his doe/kid tags later that evening. We had a great hunt!
He is just over 14 inches, but the neat part is he has a 17 1/2 inch spread!
He is just over 14 inches, but the neat part is he has a 17 1/2 inch spread!
