My BC Mtn. Goat & In Defense of Hunting Articles

[hoshour]

The story on my BC mountain goat is in this new issue of Eastmans' Hunting Journal, pg. 82. I had posted a mention of my goat hunt in an earlier post and said the story would be coming shortly, so there it is.

I also wrote an article for the last 6 pages of the issue called In Defense of Hunting. This first part deals with correcting the common misperceptions of hunters and why we hunt. Part 2 will be in the next EBJ and will cover the good that hunters do. I hope you find it useful when you talk to people that think we're a little off.

Here are some pics from my trip that didn't make it into the goat article.

 

[hoshour]

Here are some more pics, some of which will give you an idea of the degree of difficulty.

 

[Hilltop]

Great pics! Thanks for sharing.

 

[buckbull]

Is that dog trained to retrieve the goats from the top of the mountain after you shoot them from the bottom

 

[Bonecollector]

Congratulations again. Looking forward to reading page 82.

 

[hoshour]

Is that dog trained to retrieve the goats from the top of the mountain after you shoot them from the bottom

No, his nose is good for sniffing out moose but my guide wanted to bring him along on this hunt. He was very well trained and would stay put when he needed to, like when game was near.

 

[Ikeepitcold]

Isn't it sad how photos just don't show how hard these hunts really are?

Congrats on a awesome Goat!

 

[Bonecollector]

Ain't that the truth! It's tough to explain to family and friends after a trip. If there is a "hell's canyon", I'm usually in it!

Isn't it sad how photos just don't show how hard these hunts really are?

Congrats on a awesome Goat!

 

[6mm Remington]

That is fantastic!

 

[sneakypete]

Great trophy, I can't wait to read the article!

 

[hoshour]

I got my digital EHJ today so anyone that has that can read it now. I'm not sure what the lag is for the print version, probably a week.

 

[marcusvdk]

Cant wait to read it, congrats again

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[ivorytip]

hot dang hoshour you are an animal! nice work. great pic of the lights/ that's on my to do list

 

[sneakypete]

What outfitter did you use?

 

[hoshour]

NW Big Game Outfitters in Atlin, BC run by Jack and Lance who took it over from their dad. They've been in the area for 40+ years. Lance was a good guide and an enjoyable guy to share the outdoors with.

It's a great area for moose and grizzly, decent for goats, iffy for Dall's sheep. They have big moose and that is their calling card. We saw grizzlies most days, didn't see a legal ram, though. Moose were holed up after after shedding their velvet. Should have gone the second half of September or in October instead of the first half of September but they had a cancellation hunt I filled.

 

[sneakypete]

Thanks for the info,again congrats on your goat!

 

[hoshour]

hot dang hoshour you are an animal! nice work. great pic of the lights/ that's on my to do list

What most people don't realize is that there is no color to the northern lights with the naked eye, or only a hint of color, at least where we were. The vivid colors you see in pictures are captured by the camera, not the naked eye. They look sort of like rapidly shifting whitish cloud shapes. They're also hard to capture well, even with a camera on a tripod or on the ground, it just takes such a long exposure and they move.