Registration permit hunt RG252 for mountain goats in Game Management Unit 6D closed by emergency order at 11:59 p.m. Sept. 20, according to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game.
The hunt includes areas east of Unakwik Inlet and Meares Glacier, west of the Columbia Glacier, and south of the second branch of Columbia Glacier.
The most recent aerial survey found a minimum count of 274 goats in the RG252 permit area. The department set the maximum allowable harvest at 11 goat points.
The current reported harvest is three billies and two nannies; each billy counts as one goat point, each nanny counts as two goat points, and each unrecoverable counts as one and-a-half goat points. Hunters remained in the field and, as of Sept. 18, it’s likely that additional goats have been taken and not yet reported.
Harvest that exceeds objectives could lead to reduced future hunting opportunity. This closure affects only registration permit hunt RG252 in Unit 6D. All other mountain goat hunting regulations in the remainder of Unit 6 are not affected by this emergency order.
