My mountian goat gun

I tell ya, hunting with my kids is more exciting than hunting for myself. And I LOVE hunting!

Some good useable variations there. I carry a tripod when hunting with youngsters, a couple of new setups there. Thanks

Usually in Mountain goat country there are plenty of rocks and trees to use as a rest but if you feel more competent with a bipod by all means leave it on

Personally, if it were me I would ditch the bipod and go with a light weight rubber or nylon sling and shave quite a bit of weight off that rig. Good looking rifle though, i like the metal coating

For mountain goat hunting unlikely that u will need a bipod. Be aware of possible point of impact shift with some bipods - heavier the bipod, more likely sig. POI shift. Lightest bipod I have found is called Neopod made in ?Norway weighing in at less than 3 oz. -that is about the weight of 2 30-06 loaded cartridges!! The best cartridges I have seen to anchore a goat are potentially highly explosive clamberings such as 270, or 25-06. Goats are fairly slab sided and as a result many people will shoot thru them resulting in their deserved repratation of being tough to put down with one shot - hitting bone helps. Good luck

Leave the bipod home and carry a pack with an internal A frame. If you grab your sling backhanded and twist you fist up under your forestock then set your fist on top your pack it can be very stable. Try it at home and see.

Never hunted mountain goats but I do hunt 8,000 ft. to 10,000 ft.here in Nevada and every ounce saved really helps. Leave the bipod at home. Then when you get back home sell that wobbly Harris bipod and get a good Atlas bipod.

Eric B.

Awesome pics of the kiddos hunting, good for you for sharing the outdoors with them early!

For kids a bipod or tripod is good because they don't have the strength for normal holds. But you have to carry those shooting aids for them.

For high altitude hunting, say at 12,000 ft. where the O2 seem to be 1/2 what it is at sea level, light weight is a necessity. A bipod adds weight, period. Your pack is your shooting rest. Your hiking poles are your shooting sticks. Learn to use them.

BTW, for those who don't use hiking poles for mountain hunting I recommend a good pair of adjustable carbon fiber poles. They help you utilize your upper body for climbing and absolutely save your knees on descents. Proper use of the pole straps is essential. GOOGLE cross country ski pole strap use for illustrations. Pole straps are for pushing against, not just to keep the poles from dropping.
*If you hunt with hiking poles you need a way to carry your rifle securely to keep your hands free. I recommend the Kifaru Gun Bearer. But carrying your rifle on your pack is the other alternative, either strapped on or in a sleeve a la Eberlestock.

Eric B.

+1 on the poles hiked many a mile with ski poles

Keep the short bipod. Get a smaller, lighter sling. Weight matters....but, stability matters more. If you are spending $$$$$ on a goat hunt the minor weight of the bipod matters little.
B...breath
R...relax
A...aim
S...slack
S...squeeze

Then, follow through.
Enjoy the hunt, enjoy the pain, cherish the memories.

Well I did end up ditching the bipod and shooting off the pack

338savage said:

Well I did end up ditching the bipod and shooting off the pack

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Awesome goat! Congrats! Whats the details on the hunt?

Beautiful Goat!!