Went for a hike in the hills yesterday (Cocoparra Nat. Pk. east of Griffith) and saw some ferral goats. Is this a "big billy"? Or a "desirable trophy"? Nice colors on some of these critters but I cannot judge horn length on them as these are the first I've actually seen. Just wondering in case I get a chance to do some goat hunting later on.



Have a good one!
Robin

The one thats top right looks good to me. Nice cape and good horns. Not huge but I'd put him on my wall.

I'd plug it but usually a 40 inch spread or larger constitutes a "big goat" .There was a 50 incher on the cover of Sporting Shooter a couple of months back .

It is fairly average in horn length. The skin would make a nice floor rug.

A quick trick to measure a goat's horns. Measure the length of your barrel and barrel and action (etc). When shooting a billy, they often look big and it is quick to measure then against your rifle to see if the horns are worth bothering with.

Of course a trophy is not "measured" by a tape measure, inches and points, but by the hunter's own value in it. If you like it, take it anyway.

Nice photo too.

I don't think any of those heads would go 30 inchs maybe 28in.Nice skin the one in the middle with the white patches.The only problem with billy skins is the smell

Tough to judge the heads in this view of another mob we saw.

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With a hand grenade you could take out the whole bunch and measure them later.
Robin

Duffy, smaller or average heads are most common these days.
Either that centre goat or the top right goat is pretty standard in my shop anyways, (27 - 30"), but yeah , 'trophy' hunters require 40" minimum.

Beautiful capes on them - the central guy with the white girth patches would make a fantastic pedestal mount - if you ever see him again bag him and sell the cape.