Thread: when is a goats head worth keeping?

Originally Posted by Flyblown

I've posted these two on here before, but... for the record... again. The first one is on the wall in the shed at the hunting block, the second one is here in the shed at home. I forget how wide they are, and if I gave a figure it would probably be different to what I said before and one of you buggers would point that out! (I think the first one was 33" and the second one I've just gone and measured again... 29").

I totally agree with some of the comments about how hard to find these bigger billy heads are. If you're up for a challenge, a great area for big billies is the margins of the Wanganui National Park, all sides. If you can get access to some of those farms, and spend some time out in the field, you'll eventually spot some big old boys on the bush edges, usually alone... they are hard to get at (which is why they are so big of course).

There's an enormous pure white billy I've seen twice in my primary hunting grounds that has alluded me due to a finely developed sense of danger. He's the only white one I've seen in that area, and I've seen thousands and shot many hundreds of them, his colouring is very unusual compared to the dominant genetics. I am determined to get him, I've had a second opinion on his head (also only through long range glassing) and we both agree he'll be in the mid-40s minimum, potentially pushing high-40s. And thick. I'd be stoked to post that head on here, gonna have to work for it though.

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Did u end up getting that big billy..?


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