Load assistance question.

[mrlonewolf]

Hi guys.

As I'm approaching the 60 yds mark and I know it's just a matter of time when I wouldn't be able to carry on my back what always do while hunting .

Does any one have experience dealing with packing goats?

Any input will be highly appreciated!.





Lonewolf!)

[NapalmCheese]

Hi guys.

As I'm approaching the 60 yds mark and I know it's just a matter of time when I wouldn't be able to carry on my back what always do while hunting .

Does any one have experience dealing with packing goats?

Any input will be highly appreciated!.





Lonewolf!)

Dealing with pack goats? Never. Dealing with pack horses? My family has.

Hunting with several dudes in their late 70's and early 80's? I have plenty of experience. From what I've seen the thing to do is not worry about pack animals and instead find a younger person that wants to learn to hunt.

Also, continue exercising and at the very least walking. The 80+ year old in our group will put on miles in rolling terrain and STILL tries to drag his deer.

[Garand Hunter]

At 77 and now 78, the guys I hunt with think I am too old now and drag those over weight antelopes out and up the gully walls for me. This past year I couldn't get anyone to come to Douglas, WYO and I managed to get a doe and a buck into the truck and wrestle with gutting them by myself. I hunted a small ranch with mostly flat fields, 78 isn't so bad so far. Stay in shape bro, and get some younger bucks to go with you.

Psalm 1

[ChuckD]

This is the best move for you and future hunters.

I'd second this - Win/Win.

If you do need a pack animal, mules seem like the best choice. You could use them as a pack animal or ride - they can go anywhere and are safe. Mules even open up some distant mountain hunting grounds that you may not have previously considered due to the distance/terrain. My step-dad used a mule until he died & swore by it. He always kept a schedule - he'd hunt all day and aim to be back at the truck an hour before sunset, when he got there he'd give the mule some feed, so after a while the mule would just go on auto pilot & head back to the truck about that time. Once or twice he got lost, but he just gave the mule it's head and it found it's way back to the truck!

[stonefly-2]

I've had some limited contact with goats in my life and I would never opt
for any more,

certainly not on the scale that was able to carry much of a load.

If you have land to keep goats maybe consider the burros that get adopted
from the mustang/burro round ups.

It should be easy enough to gentle and train a couple of younger ones.

They are said to be pretty good stock protection animals as well and they just can't smell as bad as goats.

[Bainter1212]

I always thought donkeys/burros would be better than mules or goats as long as you don't need to ride.
No experience here though.....just spitballing.

[taperxz]

Get a pack Llama

[yoteassasin]

Llamas are savage

[mrlonewolf]

I've hired hard core pack horses while hunting Elk in CO just north of on Meeker during the season (10k
+ and what not)

Granted.

Pack horses are great ( to some extent) but unable to do what a Goat can do.



Lonewolf.

[taperxz]

https://wildernessridgetrailllamas.com/why-pack-llamas

[middleofnowhere]

The problem with goats is that they carry disease that can kill off bighorn sheep herds. Definitely don’t use them anywhere sheep could be present.