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 ...

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 ...

BAKER CITY — Melissa Hamman was watching mountain goats hundreds of yards away, not knowing that her goat was just around the next bend in the trail. Her husband, Robert, who was just ahead of Melissa ...

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 ...

Idaho Fish and Game Commission on Jan. 26 adopted new rules for moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat for the 2017-18 hunting seasons. The Idaho State Journal invites you to take part in the ...

The author with one of his fifteen rams, taken with a Winchester XPR. Frank Schultz Picking the best rifle for any task involves a lot more than simply looking at specs, and that’s especially true for ...