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Camp Management and Strategies
Camp Management and Strategies
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Features to look for in a campsite
- Camp on running water
- Around deadfall for wood
- Away from other people
- Flat ground
- Grassy area
Camp Layout
- Goat area
- Kitchen area
- Tent area
Food and Water for Goats
- Late season packing has less vegetation and less water in the vegetation
- Alfalfa pellets are great
- Plan for a 1/2 gallon/day/goat if there is absolutely zero water available, adjust accordingly depending on if there is any water available
Best Management Practices
[video_embed url=”https://youtu.be/oApE5Fp9DVU”]Managing Predators
- Use bells, and collars
- Pack in bear spray or a gun
- Use a high line. This keeps your goats from running off and gives them the most ability to protect themselves from predators
Camp Manners
- Teach your goats where they can and can’t be with the squirt bottle
- Graze an hour and a half in the morning and evening
- Don’t need to be tied up during the day
- NEVER leave your goats alone, they should be in sight at all times
Leave No Trace
- If there is not a fire ring already, do not make a new one. Bring a fire pan or fire blanket.
- Scratched up beds. Get the poop out, fill in the scratched up bed with pine needles, bark chip etc
- Goat poop. Spread it out
- Rubs on trees. Use a high line between trees, do not tie up goats to trees directly
- Pack out all your trash
