Mountain Goat & Sheep Hunting

A record-book billy taunts you from the heavens, but the snow's deep and daylight's fading fast. Decision time...

Walk uphill. Walk downhill. Shoot. Miss. Repeat. Every hunt has its ups and downs, but Jim Baichtal’s mountain goat hunt pushed his physical and mental limitations to extremes...

The author fulfilled a lifelong dream when he harvested this Dall’s sheep in the rugged mountains of Alaska.

Sheep Basics: from Bighorns to Dalls.

From habitat to size, Bob Robb give you the basic on Mountain Goats.

"We watched him run about 500 yards on the right side of the ridge, then stop and begin feeding. Later, the two other biggest rams joined him. We took a dead run down the right edge of the wide ridge. When we got near to where Charlie thought they might be, he peeked over a knob the size of a car, ducked down and whispered, 'On your bellies!'"

After more than a half-century pursuing big game, the author experienced 4 days of hunting heaven—Texas style.

"With a bullet loaded into the chamber I poked my head back up over the ridge. The goat was still there, and it hadn't sensed our presence. I watched that goat for what seemed like hours-I still couldn't tell how big its horns were, but I knew it was a shooter."

In reality, it doesn't take a lot to fool sheep...but it takes a lot to get near one.

The basics on the best gear for sheep.