Thread: when is a goats head worth keeping?

Me and a mate went and did our part for the forestry and did a goat cull, now I shot a Billy with a rack measuring 30.5 inches from point to point with even twists and lengths, just wondering if it was worth keeping just as something for the shed

Originally Posted by Tristan

Me and a mate went and did our part for the forestry and did a goat cull, now I shot a Billy with a rack measuring 30.5 inches from point to point with even twists and lengths, just wondering if it was worth keeping just as something for the shed

If I remember correctly to qualify for the NZDA books a goat needs a 30 inch spread? Not sure about twists etc

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30.5 sounds pretty decent to me, I have one that looked huge to me when I shot it but IIRC only measured around 26" when I got home. Maybe it shrunk on the way.

If it has good memories of the hunt associated with it, and/or is better than any other ones you've shot then you may as well keep it, I'm not really a trophy hunter but to me they should be more about that than whether or not they impress other people.

bloody oats mate!!!!!....... if you like it then put it up in your shed and post a pic on here for us to see. In NZ the record is 42.9" and so 30" is a good start to your trophy goat head collection.

Trophy goats start at 30. But as stated above my trophies are more sentimental than anythjng.

this fulla didn't measure but he was a good looking bugger!!.I named him DJANGO!!

I'll upload a pic shortly, just sent it to my email, it was still attached to the front of the quad

I have a tiny goat head in my room only because it looks awesome. But as everyone has said 30+

here it is, i named it grizzly, only hoping that my iron goat would attract more, unfortunatly not

I have a tiny goat head too it is attached to Buddy and hopefully it stays attached.

Originally Posted by Neckshot

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this fulla didn't measure but he was a good looking bugger!!.I named him DJANGO!!

Reminds me of Duck Dynasty!

Duck dynasty had me in tears!!! The best programme ever!!!

Nice Head Tristan.

When is a Head Worth Keeping?

Whenever You consider it worthy.

I had a 32" Ginger and White Billy Shoulder mounted not because it was 32" but because it took a lot of effort to finally get him and I considered this a worthy head.

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by Dundee

I have a tiny goat head too it is attached to Buddy and hopefully it stays attached.Attachment 14137

Buddy looks like he's made himself right at home.

Now next question, how can I prep it so I can keep it, im new to all this