44mAG said:
cupofjoe04 said:
Thanks. Was my first one- ended up being 79, with 1.5" of broken horn. I decided to wait and do a shoulder on one when I get one in the books.
79" goat is huge. Hopefully you don't regret not shoulder mounting it one day. Waiting for a book goat is the same as assuming you will kill a low fence 160" whitetail. Great goat!
No doubt, I'm with you 100%. Definitely aware of the odds. We were chasing a true monster for most of our hunt (he was easily 85+, substantially larger than the one I killed). Dang near got him too- stalked within 150 yards, and my Dad just couldn't get a clean shot before he ducked the fence. Was a pretty awesome couple stalks chasing that ole boy- cherished once in a lifetime memories to pursue an animal of that caliber.
I'm completely happy with this mount, even if I never kill another speed goat in my life. I killed my first (and likely only) fallow deer this year as well, and did a wall-pedestal shoulder mount on him (he was 1/2 chocolate looking, pretty cool). So, I just decided to do something different for this antelope to go at my office.
