Question bout stalking a goat.

CB, Yes! They have 8 power vision. They are very curious though and you can use that to your advantage. If they haven't been hunted with decoys before, they can be a great help(Archery Season). I personally like to hunt "broken country" and use draws to my advantage to get closer and out of sight.

thanks hiker. i thought they might be hard but the closest i,ve seen a antolope was from a half a mile from the car on I-25

DO NOT use a decoy during rifle season,unless you wanna get shot at of course. :222

would hate to have that happen!

"NONYA" wrote:DO NOT use a decoy during rifle season,unless you wanna get shot at of course. :222

Good call, especially on public land. We hunters should know the difference between a decoy and the real thing but I agree with Nonya, Decoys for archery.

i sure would hate it be shot at my another hunter who cant tell the differense between a antolope and a decoy!!!

I'll make the dissenting post. I don't think it is all that hard to stalk your average antelope. They'll investigate most anything that doesn't look human and shows up suddenly in their territory. Notice I said "average goat". Old, trophy class bucks, they can be really tough to stalk. In the rut it is easier to get within rifle range but still kind of tough.

it happens more than you could imagine there are some
(@@) :dumb DUMB PEOPLE OUT THERE
who should not be allowed to own a firearm


Here is a prime example this happened in 2003 and is from the Violatios report of the Colorado DOW WEBSITE

I added some emotions because I am bored though this funny that some is that dumb it is not funny that it happend



Suspect Shoots Wrong Species: Tracks Not Enough to Identify Target

Wildlife Officers Michael Blanck and Kirk Oldham were on patrol during

the 2003 third regular rifle season early in November. As they entered a

hunting area regularly occupied by a variety of hunters called

Church Park, in Middle Park, they noticed two individuals carrying rifles

creeping through a meadow. The wildlife officers stopped on the road and

watched to see what the two men were stalking.

The wildlife officers watched one of the men drop to a knee, look through

his scope, and shoot. The other man was watching through his rifle scope

as well. The shooter then stood up and began to walk towards

the edge of the meadow. dwr:: Blanck and Oldham could not see what the men

had been shooting at.

The shooter stood at the edge of the meadow, turned around, and held

his rifle above his head. He was shaking it up and down as if to indicate

that he had killed what he was shooting at. :tz

The second man 34, walked up to the shooter.

They both stared at the animal they had killed. (???)

Then one of them finally looked in the direction of the wildlife officers.

The shooter's partner slowly began to walk towards them.

When Oldham contacted him, he stated that he :-k 'thought' they

had killed a moose. (???)

Since there was no moose season on, dwr:: Blanck

and Oldham knew that there was a problem. :nono:

The wildlife officers dwr:: approached the hunter who was standing

approximately 5 yards away from a large bull moose. The shooter :333

asked them if the animal was a moose. :-k He wasn't entirely sure

(???) that the animal lying in front of them with large palmate antlers, a

dark brown/black coat, a distinctive bulbous nosepad, and a

distinctive "bell" around the throat was a moose. :dumb

Oldham advised the soon-to-be defendant that

it was in fact a moose. :dumb (@@)

Both hunters had bull elk licenses. They stated that

they had followed a set of large two-toed tracks that

must have been those of an elk. The shooter said that he had seen

movement in the trees at the edge of the meadow. The hunter said that

he had seen an animal with antlers and a brow tine. As he continued to

use the scope of his rifle to identify the (@) animal, he had lost sight of it

As soon as he saw the antlers again, he :333 shot once and the animal

went down. He had hit it once at the base of the antler with a .300 caliber

Winchester Magnum.:222

dwr:: Oldham asked the hunters to field dress the moose.

Neither of them had ever field dressed an animal before, (???)

so dwr:: Blanck helped them out.

dwr:: Oldham brought the pickup next to the moose so that it could be

loaded. The wildlife officers had a ‘spike’ bull elk head seized from a

previous violation :nono: in the pickup bed. The :333 shooter looked in

the pickup, saw the elk head, and then asked where Oldham had picked

up the ‘antelope’? :dumb (@@)

dwr:: Blanck calmly explained that it was an elk. (X) ](*,) ](*,) (???)

The shooter was charged with hunting without a valid/proper license,

unlawful possession, and the additional Samson (trophy poaching)

surcharge. All totaled, the violations equaled $15,795 and 30 points

against their hunting and fishing privileges. :tz [-o< -#-

Working with the District Attorney, the shooter pled guilty to hunting

without a valid/proper license and a deferred judgment on the surcharge.

He paid $4,425 in fines and agreed to pay an additional $5,000 to the

local sheriff's department per the stipulation of the deferred judgment.

Both hunters were from the Denver area.

good lord. if you cant tell the difference between a moose a elk and antelope i dont even see how you can pass a hunters ed class!

I know. It is absolutly true word for word from the webiste crazy huh what a couple of idiots.

I agree, it's not incredibly difficult to stalk within rifle range, but stalking that extra couple hundred yards to get within bow range is a whole 'nother animal.

Thats a fact,decoy or not bow range is completly different. :arrow

Stalking can be difficult with a rifle, although I wouldn't say it's incredibly hard. I can only imagine how tough it would be with a bow. Once, my hunting partner and I put a big camo mesh cloth over us and walked towards a group of antelope. They were so confused, they let us get to within about a hundred yards. I've also heard of tying a piece of toilet paper to a bush or tree and the antelope will come right up to it to figure out what it is. Never seen it done, but sounds like it might work, given how curious those critters are.

I know where I was at I could have been wearing a pink jump suit and I could get with in a 100 yds because of the great terrain we had. That is one cool thing about hunting goats is you really have to study the terrain you want to stalk in and you will be surprised how much cover you can come up with.