Baranof Island Goat Hunt Closing In Bear Mountain Zone

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

Bear Mountain Mt. Goat Hunt Zone Closed

(Sitka) – Hunt managers set a harvest quota of three males or one female for the Bear Mountain hunt zone of mountain goat hunt RG150 on Baranof Island. Quotas are based on the most recent aerial surveys. The strategy of closing hunt zones when one female has been harvested has been very effective in reducing female harvest and has helped maintain high harvest opportunities for male goats. Keeping hunters focused on avoiding female harvest maintains opportunities for more hunters to participate, especially in hunt zones that have good access.

To date, three male goats have been harvested in the Bear Mountain hunt zone of RG150. The management objective for this zone has been met and no further harvest is warranted. Therefore, this zone is being closed by emergency order (EO) at 11:59 PM, Friday, December 20, 2024.

Emergency Order R1-25-24 was issued to close the mountain goat season in the Bear Mountain Zone of RG150 on Friday, December 20, 2024 @ 11:59 PM.

Those portions of Unit 4 not affected by this emergency order will remain open until harvest quotas are reached or the season concludes.

Previous EO’s are listed online at: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wc news.main.

For additional information please contact the Sitka area office at (907) 747-5449.