Thread: I Just want a bloody goat!

Giday All....
I’m new to hunting, but I’ve been keen to get a goat and eat it. I know there may be some of you that would say Why would you . That said, I just want to shoot one and try it. I’m after a good spot where I can get one around the Wellington area. Any recommendations on where I can find a solid hunt would be super.
Any sausage ideas would also be welcome as well hahaha


Cheers.

Just remember that Billys and Nanny's taste very different. A Nanny or young one can be cooked (and tastes) very much like mutton / lamb...but Billy goat tastes just like it smells and from what I understand , is best suited to curries (strong / hot ones) or dog tucker if you like the smell of got nasty dog farts.....Billy tends to be tougher and chewier too...

This thread might help, found it quite useful myself. Cheers
https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....e-goats-93822/

I was you once then I shot a billy, ended up feeding the meat to our chickens. Echo what's said above take a nanny or kid.

I once had a billy made into sausages, the whole house smelt like billy goat every time I cooked those snags up

as above, nanny or kid goats are the best for eating

I've had luck on public land just picking a river and walking up it but not on first/last light(keep in mind shooting is prohibited in the Orongorongo River).
Wanganui area is loaded with goats if you're willing to drive.

Also it's worth heading to the introductions thread and introduce yourself, you're more likely to get some better intel off people on here if they know a little about who you are.

Any and all of the Oronga side creeks have plenty of stinkies.Take plenty of ammo and lean forward til your barrel has got the heat haze mirage shimmering.Another handy Wgtn spot for them with easy 2wd access is a small DOC block out the back of Makara at Cape Terawiti.Good luck

Originally Posted by 20 Bore

I once had a billy made into sausages, the whole house smelt like billy goat every time I cooked those snags up

as above, nanny or kid goats are the best for eating

We had a bunch of Nanny legs meat made into sausages. One of the guys who knew everything, managed to clean and skin a billy leg and put it in the mix. Those sausages were like russian roulette...9 out of 10 mouthfuls were delicious, but every now and the you would bite into a piece of sausage and I swear you could see the bloody thing in front of you the flavour was so strong....

What is worse is that after 1 sausage, the guy who knew everything would not take any more sausages.......

I saw this thread and thought ahhh Durrka Durrka Durrka

The one about the random sausage! That was the funniest thing i read in a long time.. I had to read that more than once because i couldn't finish it without passing out from the laughing.

I don't know Wellington that well but I have seen dozens of goats in the hills when biking down the Pencarrow Coast Road. That isn't public land but the Remutaka Forest Park is close by. Surely there must be goats in there?

Try this thread for sausage ideas
https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....e-guide-73599/

It's funny, had a leg of goat the other day and just chucked it in the slow cooker for about 7 hours. Tender as, flavour was fine, nothing about it was anything other than perfectly edible. Mate who brought it up was a little sheepish, finally admitted that it was a billy with a 28" set of handle bars. Nothing extravagant but still I had no idea on eating it that it was anything other than prime eating goat.

Slow cookers are a way forward I think!

I recommend cover your goat legs in your favorite rub, smoke for about 3 hours @120°c uncovered.
Slam it in a roasting tray with a small amount of stock then cover in tinfoil and shift into the oven @150°c till it's falling off the bone.

Originally Posted by Alistair82

The one about the random sausage! That was the funniest thing i read in a long time.. I had to read that more than once because i couldn't finish it without passing out from the laughing.

@Alistair82 Its worse than a random sausage...it was a random single bite of any one of the 30kg of sausages......Like finding a single cherry amonst a bowl of fruit salad....There was no way of telling if the next bite would see you staring at him or not..