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04-08-2015, 08:58 AM
Welcome, and good luck with your upcoming packgoat adventures! You'll have a great time with your little guys this year as you train them to get used to traffic and water and other "spookums". Usually if you act like something is no big deal, they'll eventually follow your example, especially as they mature and come to see you as herd leader.
Bears will definitely spook goats, tethered or not! But in my opinion it's best to have them tethered. You don't want them bolting off into the blue, never to be seen again. As long as you are in camp with them, you'll be able to drive any curious bears away. Some people put bells on their goats or on the high line so that if the goats spook, the bells will make a ruckus to wake you.
Bears will definitely spook goats, tethered or not! But in my opinion it's best to have them tethered. You don't want them bolting off into the blue, never to be seen again. As long as you are in camp with them, you'll be able to drive any curious bears away. Some people put bells on their goats or on the high line so that if the goats spook, the bells will make a ruckus to wake you.