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 ...

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 ...

One bowhunter is walking briskly into his backcountry elk camp this week with a team of four-legged helpers that take a load off his back without adding work and worry. “Pack goats make my life easy,” ...

Nathan Putnam’s pack goats, seen here hiking in Boise, Idaho, can carry up to 60 pounds in panniers. The packs distribute the weight evenly on either side of the goat without putting pressure on the ...

BIG TIMBER — After outfitter Cameron Mayo had to shoot an injured mule to put it out of misery and it took four trips to carry the pack animal’s gear 350 feet back up to the trail, he knew he was in ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Dall sheep hunters planning to use domestic goats as pack animals in the hunting season that began Wednesday have been asked by state veterinarians to reconsider. Spokesmen ...

Llamas and goats are an increasingly popular means of packing into the backcountry, but one that a major conservation organization fears could threaten wildlife. The Wild Sheep Foundation’s 2020 ...

Hokitika hunter Alesha Tomasi has been training Gavin for two years to join her on hunts. Photo: RNZ / Tess Brunton A Hokitika hunter has set her sights on a goat as a hunting companion. Gavin the ...

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — 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 ...