Thread: Just a little meat hunt that turned into a goat hunt

Was fun though attempting head shots for the first time with my .270. I did notice though how much of a mess it made at close range. Those Hornady 130 grain SST's are just the best ever. They can shoot very accurately through my gun out to 550 metres and yet still make big holes at 50 metres!

Nothing fancy but I thought you might enjoy the clip my son made.

Goat Hunting in New Zealand - YouTube

Cheers

Love the 'ooh smells like goat' good shooting!

Good stuff:thumbup:

I find if you cut the throat and do the Arse first you can pull the Arse threw and guts out in one go cut round diaphragm reach forward and grab the wind pipe and pull heart lungs out then cut the last bit of diaphragm and its done.
Personal preference but i find that quick and tidy.
If messy shot and carried whole leave the Arse in, less blood in the undies

You are absolutely right there, I usually do those first. Cheers

Originally Posted by square1

Love the 'ooh smells like goat' good shooting!

I said after, of course it smells like goat what else would it smell like?

What I think he meant was he could still smell the stinking billy that was chasing the white nanny goat I shot first.

ill give you ten points for even thinking about gutting that goat with your binos and face mask on with your sleeves down. i have to get all that stuff off to get into it, i get hot.
but yeah, good video. always interesting to see what others get up to and how they do it.

Haha awsume video mate... silly goats

Originally Posted by big_foot

Haha awsume video mate... silly goats

I just couldn't believe the third one stood there for so long!

They're pretty dumb critters alright I remember the first time I took my pumpy 12g out I caught up to a mob of 6 billys on a bit of a goat track, opened up on them with the 00's and they turned an trotted toward me single file she was all over in a matter of seconds.

Another time I had a large mob in a small clearing across the gully shot a couple and they all took off into the scrub, I took my earmuffs off and could hear them coming around through the scrub only to pop out on the trail right infront of me, emptied the magazine then fucked around trying to reload while the were brushing past my legs!!! could of/should of biffed the gun (mini14), pulled out the bowie and plug them on the way past...blame that one on "billy fever"

Its surprising darwins theory hasn't caught up with that species, ah well I'm not complaining I'm just gutted Rotorua doesnt have any

Yeah, they do provide a bit of entertainment when no deer are around. I just need to find cheaper ammo that is reasonably accurate. Shooting them close is good for the freezer but really I enjoy longer shots for the challenge. At the moment the $3 per round ammo I have is the only stuff I trust.

Ever think of reloading?

It's a wonder that goats survive anywhere in the wild... Good thing there aren't any coyotoes in NZ or they'd have a real easy go of it!

Sweet video, Only thing is the vertical filming

Very educational thanks will show the young fellas when they get out of the bush.

Originally Posted by Toby

Sweet video, Only thing is the vertical filming

Yep that is a problem. Will correct that next time

Originally Posted by Dundee

Very educational thanks will show the young fellas when they get out of the bush.

Thanks mate, son likes making videos more than hunting and I think any excuse to get him away from the computer will do.