smoke wood

I'd like to smoke a kid goat (Cabrito) leg in my barrel wood smoker, but am perplexed just how to keep it from drying out. Cooking goat meat long and slow in a cast iron pot in the oven for 3 hours or so allows this tough meat to become really tinder, but just how to smoke it or "bbq it" has me...

I have a USPS Flat Rate box filled with White Oak Wine Barrell staves that I have cut into chunks. @ 9.5 lbs shipping weight. These casks contained Cabernet Sauvignon that I picked up locally. Very fragrant smoking chunks paired well with beef and poultry. I would like to start the bidding...