LIFESIZE MAMMALS
 

EVERY INTRODUCTORY ARTICLE ABOUT mountain goats seems to start with, “A mountain goat is not really a goat at all, but may be related to the chamois of Europe.” Early explorers saw the white animal with a “goatee” hanging off its chin and reported it as a white goat in the mountains. Whatever it is, everyone around here in Colorado knows it as a mountain goat. In Colorado there are about 600 mountain goats and about 60 mountain goat licenses issued every year to hunters. About 3,000 people apply every year under a complex drawing system, so for all practical purposes, it is a once-in-a-lifetime hunt. The good news is that if you are drawn, the license only costs $150, and many of the goats are in the mountains 40 miles west of Denver.

My wife, Barb, drew a license in 1996 and shot a great 5-year old male with 9-inch horns. I drew a license in 2002, and got another very ...

...Continued in the Winter 2005 Issue of Breakthrough.

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