08-09-2016, 11:25 PM
It depends on how hard the trail is. If your climbing 3000 vertical feet in a mile or two versus 500 vertical feet in 14 miles.
I used 4 goats to pack out elk. a boned out quarter per goat. On the bigger bulls that was a lot of weight. Several times some of my goats could carry 80 pounds each loaded with meat heading out.
Weight per animal is hard to give an amount. An energetic large goat might take 35 pounds all day. A fat lazy POS might lay down off the side of the trail and hide while your looking for him yelling his name. I wanted to kill that borrowed animal.
Goats that are worked from an early age are more willing to work hard. A older goat that has been a barn potato might not carry anything. My Lamanchas were the toughest goats I had. At 150 pounds I saw that pack 50 pounds or more and never give a problem. I had a 300 pounds Alpine that was not much good. Teaching them from an early age to work is the ticket. If I was going up steep hills with 80 pounds of gear I wold want two for sure and probably three to make sure that no one was getting over worked. For two guys I normally had three goats. I like to pack for 1.5 goats per person.
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I used 4 goats to pack out elk. a boned out quarter per goat. On the bigger bulls that was a lot of weight. Several times some of my goats could carry 80 pounds each loaded with meat heading out.
Weight per animal is hard to give an amount. An energetic large goat might take 35 pounds all day. A fat lazy POS might lay down off the side of the trail and hide while your looking for him yelling his name. I wanted to kill that borrowed animal.
Goats that are worked from an early age are more willing to work hard. A older goat that has been a barn potato might not carry anything. My Lamanchas were the toughest goats I had. At 150 pounds I saw that pack 50 pounds or more and never give a problem. I had a 300 pounds Alpine that was not much good. Teaching them from an early age to work is the ticket. If I was going up steep hills with 80 pounds of gear I wold want two for sure and probably three to make sure that no one was getting over worked. For two guys I normally had three goats. I like to pack for 1.5 goats per person.
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