Thread: just Varminting - how far was your longest shot on your last walk

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Serious question... does a goat really qualify as a varmint?

The wife sitting next to me says not really eh, I mean some of our goats are bigger than roe deer! So she says.

(She was pretty unimpressed with the roe deer she came across in England and Scotland recently. We're in the woods and its Pah! They're like duikers! What's all the fuss about?! This didn't particularly impress my rabid mad roe deer stalking mate.)

It's an American word of course, varmint, and to the best of my knowledge the largest official varmint is a coyote. Not sure where the line is drawn between varminting and predator hunting, I guess its wolves and mountain lions and the like.

Any Americans care to clarify?

Rabbits & Hares are small enough to be a real challenge at LR . . . Goats not so much.

while a Goat at 500 takes skills etc ( well done @NewbieZAR ) its not going to get a Varminter excited, a 500 yard hit on a Rabbit will get your attention