stalker.308
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I’ve been managing and stalking wild goats for a long time. I call it stalking, as although they are not overly wary of people in the same way deer are (because they see a lot of walkers) they take a fair bit of preparation and planning to get in to them safely and get them off safely. Getting good backstops takes some thinking and as simple as coming in from above may seem, it’s really not as simple as that given how steep the ground is and recently the gusting wind trying to push me over!
Outside the rut they make very pleasant eating and the smell out of the rut is not overpowering in the slightest. But there are many stalkers who turn their nose up at stalking them and usually because someone once told them their uncle’s father shot one and he said it smelled.
I’ve taken many people out for their final of the uk 8 - (they’ve done the six deer plus boar) and never had a bad outing. The scenery is so much more stunning than much of the fallow ground I have and the experience really enjoyable.
What surprises me more is the public reaction to goat culling. In the current Rifle Shooter magazine there’s a news piece on a butchers being criticised for selling wild goat meat. What is the alternative, to leave it to rot? I’ve never left one to rot on the hill.
What gets people’s goat about goats? Deer culling is generally an accepted thing and venison is the product, but goats apparently are not meant to be managed or eaten. Elsewhere in the world it’s one of the most consumed meats.
Outside the rut they make very pleasant eating and the smell out of the rut is not overpowering in the slightest. But there are many stalkers who turn their nose up at stalking them and usually because someone once told them their uncle’s father shot one and he said it smelled.
I’ve taken many people out for their final of the uk 8 - (they’ve done the six deer plus boar) and never had a bad outing. The scenery is so much more stunning than much of the fallow ground I have and the experience really enjoyable.
What surprises me more is the public reaction to goat culling. In the current Rifle Shooter magazine there’s a news piece on a butchers being criticised for selling wild goat meat. What is the alternative, to leave it to rot? I’ve never left one to rot on the hill.
What gets people’s goat about goats? Deer culling is generally an accepted thing and venison is the product, but goats apparently are not meant to be managed or eaten. Elsewhere in the world it’s one of the most consumed meats.
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