Outdoor Life

The Goat Hunt That Almost Killed Me: Chasing Mountain Billies With a Bad Back and Feverish Cameraman

A five-hour horseback ride found us nearing timber’s edge. Through the claustrophobic conifers, granite peaks loomed in the wide open beyond. I’d hunted Dall sheep in various mountain ranges in Alaska ...
Scoop

Not Kidding: Goat Trained To Join Owner's Hunting Trips

Hokitika hunter Alesha Tomasi has been training Gavin for two years to join her on hunts. Photo: RNZ / Tess Brunton A Hokitika hunter has set her sights on a goat as a hunting companion. Gavin the ...
The New Zealand Herald

Hokitika goat Gavin trained to join owner’s West Coast hunting trips

Hokitika hunter Alesha Tomasi has been training Gavin for two years to join her on hunts. Photo / RNZ, Tess Brunton A Hokitika hunter has set her sights on a goat as a hunting companion. Gavin the ...
Outdoor Life

Making the Shot on a Once-in-a-Lifetime Mountain Goat Hunt

I’VE HAD FOUR shot opportunities on goats in my life, and none of them have gone especially well. First there was the aoudad in West Texas, where I missed a 450-yard shot before connecting on a closer ...