A Mate has just taken out first and second place in DOC GOAT Hunt
Whangarei Area, Northland
Photo of 2nd place - will try get a pic of 1st
117 5/8 DS 39”
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A Mate has just taken out first and second place in DOC GOAT Hunt
Whangarei Area, Northland
Photo of 2nd place - will try get a pic of 1st
117 5/8 DS 39”
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That looks awesome, well done your mate
Impressive
$700 lowa voucher
$300 backcountry voucher……
A Plb n some socks for his efforts
Yesterdays winning news was ice to his freshly snipped nuts haha poor cunt
Bet it had the stink to match the horn size
I used to run the goat control out of Kaitaia - one of my hunters got a cracker 44 inch head North Eastern end of Ratea forest - I saw a picture many years ago of one shot at Waima I think thats Waipoa Forest way 47 7/8 inches looked very similar style to this head - I believe it was the NZDA record and if my memory is correct scored 135 - another good one was a 44 in mate shot as a young fella at Tokomaru bay - interesting thing with all those heads - same style - must be the breed - possible some angora blood in them- those real stonker heads are rare - I have shot hundreds for work and best I ever got was 35 1/2- Taranaki has in general very poor headsQuote:
Originally Posted by Say yer prayers varmint!
A rarer trophy than a 12 point red....
Kudos to the hunter
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Thats a real curla,well done.
700 hunters entered the competition, 10,000 goats were culled
Only 700? That's a poor showing considering the number of LFAO
Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.
Average of over 14 goats per hunter. Maybe not all shooters entered the comp.
How many tails did you enter @woods223?
Should have entered but never got around to it! I imagine that many more goats would have been destroyed by LFAO, and not counted during the same period.
Gave 30 to a young fella to enter, he wasn’t having much luck an getting dis-heartened. I entered115 tails , figured that would give me a crack at winning something LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
not every area has access to goats.....I have to travel 3hours to get to areas that have goats...and arrange access...not feasible for something I wont eat....we do our bit on bouncy ozzie overstayers in this district.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eat Meater
Awesome head, congrats to your mate!
Of the thousands I've shot in Golden Bay, the best only just brushed 30"
Most of the goats here are from stock brought in by gold miners in the late 1800's, big solid animals with thick dark horns but not much spread. My old trophy showed characteristics of mixed angora bloodlines.
Mineral content of the soils also has a strong influence; East Coast NI seems to produce good trophies.
What an awesome competition. Yet another great example of how if you’re smart, work together and get the support of other organisations you can archive great things.
A great start, 10,000 dead goats, imagine how much biodiversity that’ll enhance.
I was just thinking the same @craigc, for the amount of animals shot for the costs of the prizes this is a very cost effective pest control solution.
Did ya get a prize?Quote:
Originally Posted by woods223
I got $100 worth of backcountry goodies as a spot price at one of the local dropoff days. Pretty good for just popping along and having a yarn to some good buggers at the event.
Fella had a nice head there too, think it was 106 from memory.
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I reckon the real number of goats shot was way over 10k. I certainly didnt get the tails off every one I shot, sometimes its just too hard !
Awesome idea I hope it becomes an annual event. A wallaby one would be good too [emoji41]
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@kukuwai. No, didn’t win anything. No local events here. Had to enter tails over in Nelson or ring local DOC office to make an appointment to count/collect. No support from local H&F shop or Deerstalkers. Pretty piss poor really. I only took some of the tails off animals shot and couldn’t be arsed taking heads. Possibly should have. One in image was 700mm tip to tip, there were wider ones but who cares. Attachment 239590
Yeah. I can't believe someone in Blenheim (goat city) didn't get behind the comp. Real shame.
My tails are still in the freezer. Never made it to a drop off haha. Won't stop me shooting goats though. I suppose I should go throw the tails out...
Congrats!!!!
I thought the same thing about the number of entrants, it was less than 700Quote:
Originally Posted by Eat Meater
But that 10k + goats shot equates to around 10k rounds of ammo sold, bought or reloaded
I'd say there's plenty more than 10,000 shot. I shot 8 but only remembered to collect 3 tails and didn't get around to entering them and I'd say there's plenty of others.
A fun chew toy for the pup or catQuote:
Originally Posted by Makros
Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.
Most tails also went to a Northland Pest Controller.
Alright, here’s First Place ��
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Yeah, has a fair bit of Angora in that one. Back when they were worth good money before the black Friday stock market crash Northland was known for its feral Angora population.
Hunter is 6”3 100 odd kilo for perspective
Who is this mystery goat slayer?Quote:
Originally Posted by Say yer prayers varmint!
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Too tall and Too light to be meQuote:
Originally Posted by MSL
@kukuwai…interested what you were shooting with…calibre???
Mostly with a tikka bush hunter .308. Son got a few with some arrows.Quote:
Originally Posted by A330driver
Mate has been knocking them over with his 30-30 [emoji106]
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We had this one come through our club, scored 111 & 1/2 with a 39 & 1/2" spread
1st place picture - that goats body is fricken huge..
Thanks for posting picture
ha yeah I guess those stats would of put you off a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by MSL
Add another 20 odd kilos and it should remind you of someone you’ve met…
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I saw this big old boy a few months ago. He was by far the biggest I have seen. Any ideas what it could have scored roughly? I'm no goat expert.
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he would score VERY well as has lots of curl going on to add length,as a teen I shot quiet a few hovering around the 30" but didnt quiet get there. big farm in central king country so heaps to choose from...one trick we learnt when shooting goats was leave the white ones alone...makes finding mob easier next time ,and time after,and so on....
Looks nice and old to me, probably wont get much bigger.
Its a super cool photo @Rusky
Got to shoot them to score em unfortunately, but I'm with @Micky Duck. Think it would have gone ok [emoji3]
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