The Pack Goat

By John Mionczynski

Book Overview

In The Pack Goat, John Mionczynski, an American goat-packing pioneer, presents everything a potential packer needs to know to hit the trail with one or a dozen faithful goats in tow, including... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871088282
• ISBN13: 9780871088284
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Westwinds Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Glad I bought this book

While being an informative introduction to goat packing, this book is also fun to read and funny. If you are interested in goat packing, this book gives a perspective from the guy that "invented" it for America, beginning with coming up with the idea and improvising pack frames, to using them extensively and writing this book.

AWESOME! HAVE GOATS WILL TRAVEL

Would love to spend a couple of weeks in the mountains learning from this man. He really knows his stuff. Read this book in just a few hours. Couldn't put it down. Lots of "common sense" advise on raising, training, and packing with goats!

Mionczynski knows his stuff

This is a great read whether you own goats or are just curious about goat/horse/llama packing. Trust me, once you have carried 85lbs of gear for 12 miles over the Continental Divide, you will think of it... Goat Packing offers advantages that the other means of animal packing do not: Goats can go anywhere, they are friendlier, you do not need to carry separate food for them for the trail and they do no environmental damage. Goat packing is a great way to keep getting into the remote country you love without breaking your back or knees and will save you much energy to off track hikes, climbing and peak bagging. This book give you the basics on choosing and using goats for packing gear and points you to other more detailed vet, breeding, and training resources. Mionczynski's years of experience of actually working with goats really shows and can give one a head start if you are planning a trip with an outfitter using goats or if you are thinking of doing it yourself.

Be careful , you'll want packgoats...

This is a great read whether you own goats or are just curious! Mionczynski's years of astute observation, training and use of pack goats can catapult you years ahead in raising and training your own herd... or at least make you roll out of your chair laughing at the caprious caprines you'll meet throughout the book. After reading this book several years ago, my husband and I jumped right into packgoating, despite minimal prior livestock experience. With Mionczynski's book as our primary resource, our herd has grown to 12 -- all well-mannered, happy and healthy.To those of you past your backpacking prime, here's a great way to keep getting into the remote country you love without breaking your back or knees or shoulders or... And you'll have some wonderful four-legged friends in the backyard between hikes.

A New Kind of Book

I loved this book and I have goats, and this opend a new relationship for us.The book is also great for just reading.With a cuple tips and tells what you need.He says everything a potentail paker needs to know.And is easy for almost anyone to read