Thread: when is a goats head worth keeping?

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

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Originally Posted by Neckshot

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.[/QUOT

New Zealand record must be well over 42.9'' this old stinker is 44'' and I have another in my shop that was 47'' and has shrunk to 45 after 8 years
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if you don't mind me asking, wat sorta price is it to get a mounting like that, I ain't a trophy hunter but if luck came my way and I got a decent stag, id prob want to get it mounted

no idea sory

Thought i would add to this old thread got this big boy yesterday 32" spread

Awesome goat heads over thirty inches are hard to get

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

I have boiled them and the horns have come off... the more curl they have the harder it is for them to come off tho... just got to be carefull not to boil the bases or else they will stay on for ever.

Both methods work and the end result is the same. If you do decide to leave it to rot in a tree or whatever make sure you dont hang it by the horns as when they do decide to give the skull will fall to the ground and most likely be eaten or buried by a dog. It happened to my mates 9 3/4 cham, he just had a couple of horns left hanging and skull no where to be seen.

Also should have mentioned that once you boil, if you have access to a water blaster use it to clean the skull up, by far the easiest and most effective method

Looks like I need to pop down to my first Billy goat hanging in the tree then.

I've left it hanging since November or so.

I will post a pic of it in a minute

Not a huge head but the best I'd seen at the doc land.

this 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.

Big black billy from East Cape - 37" from memory

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.
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...