Big Horn Sheep / Mountain Goat
I've been accumulating points for both Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep (there are no points in Colorado for Desert Big Horn Sheep), and Mountain Goat. But I have no idea how to hunt them. I'm middle aged, and it's an average 12-15 year wait to get one of these tags, so I figured if I'm ever going to get one I'd better start getting points now. But in the eventuality I do get one, where do I learn how to hunt them first?
I've seen mountain goats while hiking Colorado's 14ers (14,000 foot mountains), but I'd be loath to walk up a very public and heavily traveled path populated by "granolas" and other versions of lefties with a gun, shooting near them, or dragging a dead animal off the mountain near them. To be frank, that's simply a confrontation I don't want to have.
Is "spot and stalk" really the way to go with these? Will I be forced to hire a guide?