When filling out my 1988 goat appli­cation I reasoned that the later hunt, which opened on September 19, might be less appealing to most hunters. The only road into the area traditionally clos­es to ...
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 ...
BAKER CITY — Daniel Embertson was totally focused on stalking the mountain goat until he realized he was about to fall off a cliff. This predicament temporarily shifted his attention. “It kind of ...