Robert Hatton-Fearnley got the idea of training goats to carry hiking gear while on a camping trip with his dad. "He's 60 years old and carrying a 50-pound pack," he said. "Like, if I want to keep ...

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 ...

“Pack goats make my life easy,” said Howie Halcomb, a hunter who pursues game with the rigor of a backcountry athlete. The 38-year-old sportsman said pack goats are ideal companions for hiking to ...

So you've heard of pack donkeys and pack alpacas - but what about a pack ... goat? Rachel Karneffel works at Foghorn Farm and has a few goats that she's working on training - to be pack goats. Kind of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...