3 Days on White Pass

[Mike]

I'd like to go up the mountain and do a fall-leaves hike.  We've got our first cold snap coming in and it may be very nice next week.  I do worry about goats in the woods with all the hunters around though.  Its a conundrum!

Looks like a great camping trip.  I'm surprised that the alpine-ober didn't work out that great.  Generally that'd be a decent pack goat.  It seems like some are just not cut out for it, but it could also be some issue with the saddle or an ache somewhere.  Even my females will pack if I feel like adjusting-down the saddles for them.

Charlie Horse,
I was a little worried about hunters also.  I am a hunter and I support hunting but every group has the 10% that are Knuckle Heads.  So to protect then from the 10% I bought some blaze orange vet wrap and blaze orange duct tape.  I wrapped each goats horns with about 8" of the orange wrap then put some tape on for extra staying power.  Also if we left camp my guys had there saddles on, which almost cover the sweet spot to shoot them in.  So in my mind if your hunting and you see one of my goats you will see the tape on there horns if you where trying s head shot,  and if all you can see is there body and wanted to try for a double lung or heart there is a saddle almost over there vitals.  I felt very confident in my guys safety!!!