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 ...

A mountain goat billy in the Elkhorn Mountains. BAKER CITY — Chris Bocchi peered into the scope attached to the top of his rifle and prepared to complete a hunt that he had, in a sense, started almost ...

THE AVERAGE MAINLANDER thinks of Hawaii only as a tropical paradise where hula dancers sway, trade winds blow, and luxurious hotels beckon. Few realize that there’s excellent big-game hunting here, ...

We crawled on all fours up a steep, grassy knob—a tiny island in a sea of alders clinging to the mountainside. The crown of this knob was the only place we’d be able to shoot from on the entire slope.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author hikes behind expert mountain guide Lucas Mullen along a steep ridge system. THE FOG rolls up the mountain, hiding the ...

Biologists with the Alaska Department of Fish & Game in Douglas on Thursday announced an early closure to the mountain goat hunting season from Eagle Glacier and Eagle River to Sawmill Creek, part of ...

WASHINGTON — Kids love Easter egg hunts — not only human kids, but goat kids, too, says Kristen Gill, co-owner with her daughter Elena of Got Your Goat LLC. Up to 200 humans and 65 goats hunt for eggs ...