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Newbie here. I was lucky enough to draw the Archery Goat tag and Archery Elk tag in 6a !!! Still blown away!! If anyone can toss out some pointers for a newbie Goat Hunter it would be much appreciated   

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Stay away from the gimmicks. Paint suits, decoys, costumes.( they use to work, but are now overplayed) Find the buck you want to hunt and before season, let it see you and watch its escape route. They have a safe space they run to.  Do it from varying distances.  If you are hunting a place with a lot of hunters, set up in that escape area that they go to.   If you don't have time for that go into the cedars and still hunt them. 

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Usually  find them in the same spot in 6 . We usually  are looking  for elk . They tend to be in a spot where they can see for a very long distance.  We have had them come thru our elk camp spot .  The picture  was from  last year's  turkey  hunt and just out side camp . There usual  spot didn't  have water so they were outa there normal  bowl and up a little  higher  . As for elk scout and find a water supply  and the elk will  usually  come to you  . Buddies  had the hunt last year and went 5 for 6 on elk . 

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On 6/21/2025 at 12:09 PM, idgaf said:

Stay away from the gimmicks. Paint suits, decoys, costumes.( they use to work, but are now overplayed) Find the buck you want to hunt and before season, let it see you and watch its escape route. They have a safe space they run to.  Do it from varying distances.  If you are hunting a place with a lot of hunters, set up in that escape area that they go to.   If you don't have time for that go into the cedars and still hunt them. 

Thank you 

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21 hours ago, Crazymonkey said:

Usually  find them in the same spot in 6 . We usually  are looking  for elk . They tend to be in a spot where they can see for a very long distance.  We have had them come thru our elk camp spot .  The picture  was from  last year's  turkey  hunt and just out side camp . There usual  spot didn't  have water so they were outa there normal  bowl and up a little  higher  . As for elk scout and find a water supply  and the elk will  usually  come to you  . Buddies  had the hunt last year and went 5 for 6 on elk . 

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Thank you. I have hunted elk in there so I know the area just never hunted Antelope before

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Been up a few times looking for my son who has the rifle tag in two weeks. The amount of SxS's is mind boggling they are everywhere. Did find a good buck and several smaller guys. Good luck on your hunt hope you stuck one today. 

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Also up here in 6a with an archery goat tag.  Glassed up a herd but too far away to make a play. Lots of people running around here

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Congrats, nice buck!

I hunted hard all 14 days of the archery hunt but didn’t get a shot.  Got to 100yds on several occasions and spent 7+ hrs one day crawling and jumping from juniper to juniper but they just kept working away from me.  Overall I had a blast, didn't go up there expecting to get one with a bow.  I’ve drawn the archery tag now 4 times in my lifetime and tagged out 20+ yrs ago the last time I drew.  To this day thats my toughest hunt, bowhunting goats spot and stalk in this state. Monsoon always dumps enough rain that they get their water anywhere and don’t have to hit water holes. 
 

I’m 62 now so I wonder if I’ll ever draw this tag again before I’m too old to crawl across the prairie pushing my bow in front of me….

 

Congrats again!

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2 hours ago, Tom196 said:

Congrats, nice buck!

I hunted hard all 14 days of the archery hunt but didn’t get a shot.  Got to 100yds on several occasions and spent 7+ hrs one day crawling and jumping from juniper to juniper but they just kept working away from me.  Overall I had a blast, didn't go up there expecting to get one with a bow.  I’ve drawn the archery tag now 4 times in my lifetime and tagged out 20+ yrs ago the last time I drew.  To this day thats my toughest hunt, bowhunting goats spot and stalk in this state. Monsoon always dumps enough rain that they get their water anywhere and don’t have to hit water holes. 
 

I’m 62 now so I wonder if I’ll ever draw this tag again before I’m too old to crawl across the prairie pushing my bow in front of me….

 

Congrats again!

You still got it . Don't throw the towel in 

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