Just don't go too close to the nose tip, cartilage will disappear quick!
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Just don't go too close to the nose tip, cartilage will disappear quick!
Cheers for the info guys, so far its in the freezer untill I get time to do it, also decide on if I only want the top part of the skull, I dunno, father in law has an idea in his head so ill see wat he plans as he has a full taxidermied fawn at his place
no idea sory
Thought i would add to this old thread got this big boy yesterday 32" spreadAttachment 106270
Awesome goat heads over thirty inches are hard to get:cool:
Not a huge head but the best I'd seen at the doc land. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...cb4e7f887e.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a632ef1b17.jpgthis is the best billy I have shot so far 34 inches most stinking f^*k he smelt and I have shot a few goats over the years
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Some very nice looking goat heads guys, I have been a bit of a collector of goat heads over the years. In the past we shot thousands of goats and you didn't really get a lot of decent ones for the numbers you shot but I have been lucky and got a few good ones. The smallest one is about 29 inch but has nice tight curls and was a neat stalk way back in the early 70's that's why I kept it, there are several form Tokomaru Bay when we were scrub cutting back in 1977 these ranged from 33 inch to 37 inch, I also got another out of a local forestry block that went 37 inch. I think a nice goat head is a worthy trophy for the wall.Attachment 106372Attachment 106373Attachment 106374Attachment 106375Attachment 106376
Big black billy from East Cape - 37" from memory
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Yes those east cape goats were a good breed. On the property we shot on back in the late 70's we saw a real good one but didn't manage to get him that trip and some other hunters got him, he measured 44 inches. Would have been a nice one to get.
Not sure what it's like up there now as when the area was being developed into a lot of forestry the goats were given a hiding, I suppose there a few still lurking about.
I think these days a trophy billy (to me 35” plus) I reckon is harder to get than a 12 point red... Have a 32 9/16(self measured) tip to tip I shot in the Waiarapa. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...bb45c90c46.jpg
Have some others I’ll have a remeasure and take a photo of the others tomorrow sometime.
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Here is my 29 it will always be special, it was the first animal I shot and one hell of a story to go with it, sometimes it's not just the size that dictates a trophy...
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