Bail
New member
I just got back Saturday from a 7 day hunt in east central Idaho. I swear those things are mountain goats with teeth. It took us 4 days to find a fresh track. We started at 8am and tracked them up and over a mountain until 4pm. Elevation started around 4,000 and we ended at around 9,000. After reaching the top and seeing that they had gone down into the next valley, we decided there was no way we were going to be able to find them before dark. We started glassing for about 10 mins and a pair of them started howling across the valley on the opposite mountain. I found them eventually and tried to range them. My 1,000 yard range finder gave me no reading. I made an educated guess that they were around 1,300 and doped the scope and took a shot. They both ran down the mountain unharmed. Even though I missed, I considered the trip successful that we heard, seen, and got a shot at one of those elusive suckers!!! We'll be back again next year.