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How much scouting can you possibly do!?  Holy cow… We have hit the peaks every weekend (with a slight reprieve to slay some gators), and Labor Day weekend was no exception!  For those who have never had the good fortune of drawing a mountain goat tag, the sheer magnitude of finding these wiley critters is jaw-dropping. 

We hit the high peaks (roughly 12,500 feet) at daybreak to glass the far reaches of the permit unit for goats.  To our astonishment, we immediately came into about a dozen  goats…glorious, glorious goats!  We perched ourselves to watch and learn.  The terrain is nothing short of treacherous and can lend itself as fuel for any family fight!  Ohhh, but that is a story for another time!   I must say, I was astonished to watch how quickly these animals can mobilize and disappear.  The vanishing act itself is not what is surprising…it is actually the routes they use to disappear that makes one slack-jawed.  These animals have fluid movements that lead them up impossible cliffs, ledges and scree fields.  They are incredible. 

We are looking forward to the pursuit…but there is no way this will be an easy hunt.  Hanna, our 16 year old daughter who is the poor goat hunter that has been subjected to my blogging, knows this will probably be the toughest hunt she can imagine.  That said, she is definitely encouraged to know that there are definitely some fine animals within her reach.   We’ll see if she is still speaking to us when the hunt is over! 

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