Pack horses are tried and true, and mules are proven hunting-gear haulers. Hunting elk with a trio of domestic goats, though, is an acquired taste. John and Nancy Clough of Dalton Gardens have joined ...

Chris explains what goat packing is, how it works, and why goats make excellent trail companions. He also shares the history of NAPgA and its advocacy efforts to keep public lands open to pack goat ...

Efforts are underway to restrict pack goats in some public lands because of concerns for transferring disease that can kill bighorn sheep. “While that’s been connected to domestic sheep, recent ...

On a beautiful morning in early June, I swallowed a hard truth. My family had hit a wall when it came to outdoor adventure. It happened like this. I asked my kids — 7-year-old Jake and 3-year-old ...

Each weekend, Nathan Putnam loads up the kids and hits the trails. The kids, a handful of young goats, follow behind Putnam in a single-file line made up of adult female goats, called does, and ...

My Wyoming goat-packing trip sounded great -- except for the goat part. Horse-packing, donkey-packing, even llama-packing -- no problem. But who'd want to spend time with billy goats? I've been around ...

Being your own pack animal sometimes takes the fun out of an otherwise excellent hunt. “About 10 years ago I had to pack a bull elk out by myself in the (Missouri River) Breaks,” said Aaron Turner of ...