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<blockquote data-quote="Slicktricktj" data-source="post: 1281090" data-attributes="member: 11943"><p>This was on the controlled hunt in Cimarron County. I was able to get pretty close, and take a 140 yard shot. I spent over 4 hours stalking this goat over about 1 square mile area. He had two does and if one of them started getting to far from him, he would round her up just like a cow dog cutting cattle. I watched him breed her twice. I was on my second to last stalk, and she took off so he chased her about 3/4 to a mile away from me. I let them get over a ridge and took my time going to look for them as they had left the other doe closer to me. When I went back around the big hill, I found them standing at the bottom of a huge draw. I couldn't get close enough so I had to go back down and around the windmill ridge. When I came up the back side of it, I could only see his head. The doe saw me and she knew I was on the ridge so I just sat down hoping he would walk to her and give me a shot. While waiting, about 40 head of cow/calves came to me to see what I was doing. </p><p></p><p>Now when I deer hunt, I hate having cows come in, and felt like my hunt was ruined and I would have to start all over. I could not shoo the cows away and then just circled me. I remembered the old Indian trick of using the buffalo as cover to stalk, so I just stood up in the middle of all these cows and started walking straight at my goat, keeping a cow between me and him. He watched the whole time. When the cow started moving away to where I was out in the open, I just sat down with gun ready. He was still staring in my direction and wouldn't turn broadside. The cows followed me down the hill and circled me again, so I got back up and continued using them as cover, getting even closer to my goat. The cow moved, and I sat down. I could see all of him at 140 yards. I waited just a couple minutes before he finally turned broadside. I let the 120 grain ballistic tip 7mm-08 fly and he took 3 or 4 steps before falling over. Temp was about 90 degrees so I field dressed him, went and got my truck and loaded him up, putting ice in the cavity, and wrapping him in a tarp with another bag of ice on the outside. Went and tagged him and then caped him out and quarted him up in about 2 hours. Meat was cool and smelled very nice. Can't wait to get it back from the processor to try it for the first time. </p><p></p><p>You guys going to shoot a doe will not have any trouble getting one. Just be patient and be confident in being able to shoot 200-300 yards. The ranch I hunted had a lot of big hills and ridges, but a lot of the area out there is really flat and these things have great eye sight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slicktricktj, post: 1281090, member: 11943"] This was on the controlled hunt in Cimarron County. I was able to get pretty close, and take a 140 yard shot. I spent over 4 hours stalking this goat over about 1 square mile area. He had two does and if one of them started getting to far from him, he would round her up just like a cow dog cutting cattle. I watched him breed her twice. I was on my second to last stalk, and she took off so he chased her about 3/4 to a mile away from me. I let them get over a ridge and took my time going to look for them as they had left the other doe closer to me. When I went back around the big hill, I found them standing at the bottom of a huge draw. I couldn't get close enough so I had to go back down and around the windmill ridge. When I came up the back side of it, I could only see his head. The doe saw me and she knew I was on the ridge so I just sat down hoping he would walk to her and give me a shot. While waiting, about 40 head of cow/calves came to me to see what I was doing. Now when I deer hunt, I hate having cows come in, and felt like my hunt was ruined and I would have to start all over. I could not shoo the cows away and then just circled me. I remembered the old Indian trick of using the buffalo as cover to stalk, so I just stood up in the middle of all these cows and started walking straight at my goat, keeping a cow between me and him. He watched the whole time. When the cow started moving away to where I was out in the open, I just sat down with gun ready. He was still staring in my direction and wouldn't turn broadside. The cows followed me down the hill and circled me again, so I got back up and continued using them as cover, getting even closer to my goat. The cow moved, and I sat down. I could see all of him at 140 yards. I waited just a couple minutes before he finally turned broadside. I let the 120 grain ballistic tip 7mm-08 fly and he took 3 or 4 steps before falling over. Temp was about 90 degrees so I field dressed him, went and got my truck and loaded him up, putting ice in the cavity, and wrapping him in a tarp with another bag of ice on the outside. Went and tagged him and then caped him out and quarted him up in about 2 hours. Meat was cool and smelled very nice. Can't wait to get it back from the processor to try it for the first time. You guys going to shoot a doe will not have any trouble getting one. Just be patient and be confident in being able to shoot 200-300 yards. The ranch I hunted had a lot of big hills and ridges, but a lot of the area out there is really flat and these things have great eye sight. [/QUOTE]
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