Each year I await your Mountain Goat pictures, Greg. I am shaking my head on how you are able to get these. The ones leaping off the cliffs are my picks. voted for sure.
kdacharya wrote:
Each year I await your Mountain Goat pictures, Greg. I am shaking my head on how you are able to get these. The ones leaping off the cliffs are my picks. voted for sure.
Thanks KD, I appreciate it very much. Goats are so much fun to watch and shoot, they are amazing. Seeing them leap over some pretty deep ravines was incredible. Thanks again !
Excellent pictures. Funny, I have been living out west for 8 years now and although I have seen them several times from a distance, I have never got one close enough for a pic. Lots of bighorn sheep, but still looking for some great mountain goat shots. Great job on these.
juankgigo wrote:
Top notch series, thanks for sharing!
Thanks Juan - I appreciate it.
Greg
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gcooke0522 wrote:
Excellent pictures. Funny, I have been living out west for 8 years now and although I have seen them several times from a distance, I have never got one close enough for a pic. Lots of bighorn sheep, but still looking for some great mountain goat shots. Great job on these.
Gordon
Gordon - Thank you. These guys are 12 miles from my home, so basically my neighbors. Hopefully you will have some luck shooting them one day. Thanks again.
Excellent and enjoyable images, Greg! Do you have to hike far to take those images? How approachable are they, meaning it can work both ways, right? If they are aggressive, you don’t want to get too close to them anyway.
AGeoJO wrote:
Excellent and enjoyable images, Greg! Do you have to hike far to take those images? How approachable are they, meaning it can work both ways, right? If they are aggressive, you don’t want to get too close to them anyway.
Joshua
Joshua - First of all thank you. I have three primary locations for mountain goats. The goats in this set had come down off of the mountain/cliffs and were at a trail head. The leaping goats required a hike up to get a better angle. I would say a 1-2 mile hike is not uncommon especially when looking for the new born kids, which I have had no luck with yet this year. As far as approachability, they are fairly relaxed and used to people, but they are still wild and unpredictable. I'm using a 100-400mm and/or a 600mm to keep a safe distance. I also stay low so I'm not viewed as a threat. In 30+ years of shooting goats the only aggressive behavior I've seen is goat to goat. There was a female the other day that was very aggressive so I stayed away and left her alone.
