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I went down on the road or
near side of the river to look
for a large goat I shot at in
the morning across the
river but we could not find
it. Going down the river
further however saw 5 goats
fleeing across on the other
side at the same elevation as
the road at 400yds distance.
I shot 3 of these, 2 old f's &
a old g. We then retraced
our steps to the bridge &
followed down the river to
where the 3 goat had
fallen down hill. One of
the 7 s contained a large
boiled fetus. All 3 had only
leaves twigs in their
stomachs. These goat
were man open shot grass
hillsides in plain view &
were only bewildered by the
shots owing to the distance.
The two escaped finally in
some cover but does of them