Biologists with the Alaska Department of Fish & Game in Douglas on Thursday announced an early closure to the mountain goat hunting season from Eagle Glacier and Eagle River to Sawmill Creek, part of ...

This story, “My Goat Was High,” appeared in the August 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. RON MARTIN WAS NOT the silent type of guide. He lowered his 6X binoculars and gave me a dry grin. “There are your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author hikes behind expert mountain guide Lucas Mullen along a steep ridge system. THE FOG rolls up the mountain, hiding the ...

A mountain goat billy in the Elkhorn Mountains. BAKER CITY — Chris Bocchi peered into the scope attached to the top of his rifle and prepared to complete a hunt that he had, in a sense, started almost ...

The Sitka District Ranger, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, has closed the Redoubt-Necker Bay zone to mountain goat harvesting. The closure was effective Wednesday evening, ...

BAKER CITY — Daniel Embertson was totally focused on stalking the mountain goat until he realized he was about to fall off a cliff. This predicament temporarily shifted his attention. “It kind of ...

Year after year, I applied for the Mt. Evans hunting unit, and each time I received a rejection slip and the hollow feeling of having to wait until next year. But just be­fore the application deadline ...

Registration permit hunt RG248 for mountain goats in Game Management Unit 6D will open on Oct. 1. The hunt area includes the mainland drainages of Sheep Creek; north of Port Valdez, Robe Lake, and the ...

Kalispell resident Johnny Willcut shows off the mountain goat he bagged Nov. 10 in the Absaroke-Beartooth Wilderness. After this photo was taken, Willcut slid and fell of a cliff. His pack, loaded ...

This story was originally published in the 2021 ‘Alaska Issue’ of Outdoor Life. THE FOG rolls up the mountain, hiding the old-growth forest below us and smothering any hopes we might have had of ...