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 ...

The history of pack goating and how it started in the 1970s. Why pack goats are a growing alternative to horses and llamas for backcountry hiking and camping. What to look for in a goat for packing: ...

POWELL — Ice- and mud-covered roads certainly weren’t going to get between Desarae Starck and her limited quota tag for a bull elk deep in the Bighorn Mountains. She was set on hiking into the woods ...

WEST FORK -- Arkansas outfitter Casey Brewster of West Fork and his organization lead veterans and first responders on multiple-day hunting trips using pack goats to get supplies where they need to go ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. GALLATIN CANYON - Hiking along a ridge with five goats in tow, Dennis Johnson explains why he ...

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 ...

Travel through the desert with the inventor of goat packing, John Mionczynski. Natural historian and eccentric scientist John Mionczynski guides host David Yetman on a journey through the “heart” of ...

The number of people using goats to pack gear, game and food into the backcountry is rising rapidly, and national forests in at least 10 western states have proposed partial pack goat bans to prevent ...