Goat hunting in an Echo

[Flavius Maximus]

Hello, long time between drinks. Was in NZ last week, only for the yanks cut my holiday short at the border on my way to Idaho, so here i am, back home, & i still have the rest of the month off. I'm wanting to hunt goats, & since i sold my gun months ago, it'll be a bowhunt.
My new church thinks Cumbine state forest is a guaranteed winner, but as the title says, i have an Echo, so i don't want to get bogged. I can walk pretty far, but i don't want to run into trouble just a few metres into the forest.
There's also Sunny Corner & Pennsylvania state forests, which are a bit closer & also have a lot of goats, plus i'm talking to a lovely lady who loves to eat them, so there's that problem solved.
Anyone been to these forests? Would any of youse risk it in a 2wd? Which one is best for a 2wd? What should i do differently compared to deer? Because in march, i accidentally got within 14 metres of 2 massive does before spooking them at Vulcan, but i doubt i could do that with goats

[Flavius Maximus]

Also, i'm open to other suggestions about where to hunt goats. I hear they're quite active this time of year

[Fester]

The main forest roads are maintained for logging trucks to roar through at great speed; any car can traverse most of the forest if you stick to them, and walk.

Some forests have goats, including Sunny Corner, but it can be one of the less productive forests for those who don't know any good spots.
Gurnang has some goats. Pens, Hampton.

Further west, and places like the Pilliga are goat hunting hotspots.

I see more deer than goats or pigs, but hard enough with a rifle.
The fridge would be empty if I took the bow.

They love rocky steep high places, so head for those places and you may hear a bleat.
They can make good ground when they want to get somewhere.

[Fester]

Severn, up north, was a smaller forest goat hotspot, but YouTube made it so popular that you would now be lucky to book a spot.

Qld hunters come down to hunt those places so it would be popular.

Some blokes would see goats and try and shoot as many as possible for some reason.
The more that do that, the less for others.

[Flavius Maximus]

The main forest roads are maintained for logging trucks to roar through at great speed; any car can traverse most of the forest if you stick to them, and walk.

Some forests have goats, including Sunny Corner, but it can be one of the less productive forests for those who don't know any good spots.
Gurnang has some goats. Pens, Hampton.

Further west, and places like the Pilliga are goat hunting hotspots.

I see more deer than goats or pigs, but hard enough with a rifle.
The fridge would be empty if I took the bow.

They love rocky steep high places, so head for those places and you may hear a bleat.
They can make good ground when they want to get somewhere.

Forecast says rain for wednesday, meaning bulldust would sink that car fast, so Cumbine's out. Looks like i'll have to stay closer. Alas i stink with a rifle, with 5 inch groups at 20 metres as opposed to 2 with the bow, while at 40 it's 3 inches, but with the rifle i couldn't hit the side of a barn! So bow it is

[Flavius Maximus]

Ah, if only i still had my little vtr....

[Flavius Maximus]

Ok, so, i went to book, & decided upon Vulcan & Gurnang, focusing on Gurnang, as it apparently has as much goats as Vulcan does deer. Sunny Corner has been 1080'd, while Cumbine needs a 4x4

[Wapiti]

Mate cos you asked about whether they are different to deer, I would say that on foot, you have to be really conscious of spooking them with movement. Especially if they are under pressure from shooters who go out and numbers are important to their personality.
When they do move, they move fast. And can go far.
But when busted in the open and guns go off, they can really get a shock and will mill around, or run in circles. That's how the people with the short-circuited personalities get to "bomb them up" and kill a good many. Usually, wound more than kill.
I have good mobs of them up the back in the mountains on my joint and ask hunters that they take one meat and one trophy animal each visit. If they are the type to not listen, they don't come back.

Similar to deer, liable to quickly learn from the stress of previous encounters with the short-circuited personality, and have great eyesight.
If you do find a nice quiet spot where you can harvest a few young meat animals for your lady friend and perhaps a trophy, and be able to come back again to do it all over again another day, keep it quiet is my advice.
Obviously, a suitable rifle, 243 with non-varmint bullets and upwards.
On the car, you have what you have. On a nice dry weekend, drive to where you can carefully, and park and walk.

[bigrich]

Some blokes would see goats and try and shoot as many as possible for some reason.
The more that do that, the less for others.

how f@cken wasteful . they are a resource the way i see it , unless they're impacting negatively on someone try to make a living and they need to go. same with deer . i only take what i need for the freezer , but i do regret not taking a triple curl horned billy years ago