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 ...

A five-hour horseback ride found us nearing timber’s edge. Through the claustrophobic conifers, granite peaks loomed in the wide open beyond. I’d hunted Dall sheep in various mountain ranges in Alaska ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pack horses are tried and true, and mules are proven hunting-gear haulers. Hunting elk with a trio of domestic goats, though, is an acquired taste. John and Nancy Clough of Dalton Gardens have joined ...

WASHINGTON — Kids love Easter egg hunts — not only human kids, but goat kids, too, says Kristen Gill, co-owner with her daughter Elena of Got Your Goat LLC. Up to 200 humans and 65 goats hunt for eggs ...

Hunters in Southeast Alaska must now pass a quiz to hunt mountain goats — and one might say it’s quite horny. Distinguishing between male and female goats, primarily by their horns, is the primary ...