ADFG Announces Six Kodiak Mountain Goat Hunts Will Open On November 1 With One Closure

The following is courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game:

Six Kodiak Mountain Goat Registration Hunts to Open November 1; One Will Remain Closed

(Kodiak) – Six Kodiak Island mountain goat hunts are scheduled to open on November 1 and permits are currently available. Registration hunts scheduled to open include RG471 (Wild Creek – Center Mountain), RG473 (Hidden Basin), RG474 (Uganik River), RG476 (Kiliuda Bay), bow and arrow-only hunt RG478 (South Road System), and bow and arrow-only hunt RG479 (North Road System). To participate in RG471, RG473, or RG474, hunters must first pick up a permit at the tribal offices in the village of Port Lions. To participate in RG476, hunters must first pick up a permit at the tribal offices in the village of Old Harbor. Permits for registration hunts RG478 (South Road System; bow and arrow-only) and RG479 (North Road System; bow and arrow-only) are available at the Kodiak Fish and Game office or online at http://hunt.alaska.gov. Only certified bow and arrow hunters may obtain a permit for RG478 and RG479. Registration hunts RG471-RG479 are open to Alaska residents only.

In the southwestern part of Kodiak Island (RG480) where goat populations are expanding, liberal hunting regulations allow up to a seven-month registration hunt with a two-goat bag limit for resident and nonresident hunters. Registration hunt RG480 (southwest Kodiak) opened August 20 and will remain open until March 31, unless closed by emergency order. Permits for RG480 are available online at http://hunt.alaska.gov or in person in Anchorage, Homer, Kodiak, Palmer, and Soldotna. Hunters intending to harvest two goats must obtain two permits and must report on both permits individually. Hunters may only harvest 1 male goat from the RG480 hunt area.

Conditions during the open season for drawing permit hunt DG472 created optimal hunting conditions resulting in high hunter success. Consequently, the harvest objective within the hunt area was met during the drawing hunt and registration hunt RG472 (Crown Mountain) will not open during regulatory year 2024-2025.

Registration mountain goat hunts are managed with harvest quotas and hunters are encouraged to contact the Kodiak office at 907-486-1880 prior to hunting to check the status of individual hunts.