Registration mountain goat hunting permits (RG890/891) for Game Management Unit 14A will be available on Oct. 3, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in person at the Palmer Department of Fish and Game office and online at http://hunt.alaska.gov.
As of Monday, Sep. 30, one billy and one nanny have been harvested in the Chugach Mountains, drawing permit hunts DG890 and DG891. Based on survey information collected in July, this year’s quota for mountain goats in Unit 14A is 14 goat points. Under the goat-point management system, billies (males) count for one goat point, and nannies (females) count as two goat points.
Drawing permit hunts DG890 and DG891 closed on September 30. Given the low harvest and available goat points, biologists have determined that registration permits will be made available to increase harvest opportunities. Permits will be available for resident and nonresident hunters.
Unit 14(A) consists of drainages in Unit 14 bounded on the west beginning at the Matanuska-Susitna Borough boundary along longitude line 150° 30’00” to the mouth of the Susitna River, then north along the east bank of the Susitna River, on the north by the north bank of Willow Creek and Peters Creek to its headwaters, then east along the hydrologic divide separating the Susitna River and Knik Arm drainages to the outlet creek at lake 4408, on the east by the eastern boundary of Unit 14, and on the south by Cook Inlet, Knik Arm, and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough boundary to the Glenn Highway bridge, then to the south bank of Knik Arm, then to the south bank of the Knik River from its mouth to its junction with Knik Glacier, across the face of Knik Glacier and along the north side of Knik Glacier to the Unit 6 boundary
Season dates for the registration hunts are October 3–October 31. Successful hunters must report their harvest within 2 days on the internet at http://hunt.alaska.gov, or in person or by phone to the ADF&G office in Palmer (746-6300). Hunters who report by phone must also mail their permit reports to the Palmer ADF&G office. Unsuccessful hunters or those who did not hunt must report within 15 days of the close of the season. Seasons may close earlier by emergency order if quotas are reached.
Hunters are reminded that the taking of nannies with kids is prohibited.
