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With the above in mind, first thing to say is to be prepared to face extreme terrain and tough weather conditions.

Mountain goats usually are located two or three hours from the nearest access point, so you need to be ready to face whichever mother nature throws on your face during this time (and afterwards, once you turn back).

On this regard, you will need a good pair of boots and clothing for different weather conditions (from sunny, relatively hot days upt to snow and storms) because climatological conditions vary suddenly on the high heights where goats live.

Additionally you need at least basic climbing gear, not only to access a good spotting point from where it will be easier to take down a goat, but also to recovery it later. Most of goats you will see, are on high cliffs and no matter how careful you are to take down your game on a certainly easy access area, reality is that many times you will need to fight to reach your trophy.

To increase your odds and make things easier, it will be useful to know that:

1. Bad weather is an ally

With snow or rain deer smell sense will be impaired, increasing your odds; additionally a heavy rain or snow will cover any sound you could make while help to blend your shape with the surroundings. 

In one single phrase, bad weather is your best cover.

2. Regardless of weather conditions, move into the wind

Otherwise your scent will arrive to bucks much before you are able to see them, making the animals to go away.

3. Follow fresh tracks on snow

Perhaps those tracks won't take you to an specific animal but to an area where there's deer activity. Once there it will be a matter of time to find a buck.

Elusive and wary, Coyotes never show up at the first time and will stay away of anything suspicious, so you need to expend many hours before seeing a Coyote, and once you see it, perhaps there will be only a chance for shooting, then the place where you are hunting is very important.

On this regard it will be necessary to find a high point to spot a wide area, with a clear shooting line upfront and a good cover on the back, just to be sure a Coyote finds you before you see it.

2. Stealth is more than important

Coyotes keen senses and their natural distrustful behavior make these animals very cagy. They spot the terrain constantly looking for warning signs and will check two or three times an area before entering to explore anything new like a call or a lure.

With keener sense than yours and a cautelous behaviour, Coyotes will detect your presence easy is your are not proper covered. On this regard you need to cover your odor, blend your shape and blend your skin.

1. Pre-season scout is mandatory

Perhaps you won't walk too much the day you are hunting from a treestand, but certainly you did that walk much time before, during the pre-season scouting. Finding deer trails, feeding areas and places with plenty deer activity is vital for success, otherwise you won't be able to place your tree stand on a proper position. Thus keep in mind you need to walk a lot before deciding the best place to set your stand.

2. Set up your stand as much before hunting as possible.

Deer are aware of minor changes on their environment, so they will notice a tree stand easily, no matters how much you cover it, they will notice the presence as well the smell of something new in their territory and will avoid the area for a while, so if you set up your tree stand only a few days before hunting, probably there will not any deer around the day you decide to hunt.

On the other hand, if the tree stand is set one or two months before, deer will avoid the area the first weeks, but sooner or later they will assume the stand as a part of the normal environment and will not consider it as a threat, so the day you decide to hunt, deer will be around the area as usual.

3. Height is crucial. 

Not too low but not too high is the rule. Around 20 feet up is enough to give you the edge of hunting from above but still keeping a proper angle.

Since hogs are usually found on herds rather than alone, the best choice is to hunt with a pack of more than two dogs in order to assure proper cover to the dogs, otherwise while a lonely dog engage a big, male, hog, another member of the the herd might counter attack, harming and even killing your dog.

With the above in mind, it's obvious that just a catching dog breed is not enough, instead a big, decided, prone to fight a game breed is necessary. To meet this purpose Pitbulls were the choice some time ago but nowadays the Argentinian Dogo has the first place when it's required to catch hogs.

Bigger than Pitbulls and even more athletic and powerful, Argentinian Dogos have the stamina to chase hogs for long distances, the determination to keep pursuing them and the temperament to fight a big, fierce male once the time arrives.