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 ...

A new study conducted over 44 years in Alaska has revealed that avalanches can cause mountain goat populations to decline for ...

Brien Jones, who grew up in Oregon and moved to Alaska in 2001, is one of just two out-of-state hunters to draw a goat tag this year BAKER COUNTY — If the goal is to find the one immutable truth about ...

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 ...

Melissa Hamman had help hauling her mountain goat out of the Elkhorn Mountains. From left, Tyler Moothart, Melissa’s husband, Robert Hamman, and Tyler’s dad, Jim Moothart. BAKER CITY — Melissa Hamman ...

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

The hunting seasons for Sitka black-tail deer are well underway here in southern Southeast Alaska, and time will tell what the overall harvest and hunter success rates will be.

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 ...

Close up view of an adult male mountain goat in late-winter, near Juneau Icefield, Alaska. In the background, steep avalanche prone slopes are visible. (Photo courtesy of Kevin White) The mountain ...

The 67-year-old man fell about 100 feet, then slid another several hundred feet after he lost his footing. The post Mass. man dies in fall from mountain while hunting goats in Alaska appeared first on ...

This was a hunt I had dreamed about for years, and no mountain was going to keep me from trying for a trophy goat. I’d be under other handicaps, too. I planned to bag one of those skyline billies with ...