Coastal AK/BC goat hunting seasons

[Wind in His Hair]

What is considered a late season goat hunt in coastal Alaska or coastal BC as far as dates/time of year?

Other than billies having longer hair than early season, what are some things that are unique about "late season" vs "early season" or "winter hunt"?

TIA

 

[jimss]

It really depends on a backpack vs boat hunt. 2 completely different scenarios.

I can’t imagine hiking through the jungles along the coast trying to get in the alpine once snow starts accumulating.

If you are on a boat hunt it likely is good to have snow to bring Billie’s down from the alpine.

 

[Packout1]

In southcentral AK, I would say early season goes August -late September, October is late season, November and later is winter.

For southeast AK, maybe shift everything back a couple weeks later. Tough to say because of local variations, and the wildly different elevations the goats will inhabit. 5000 feet will be a heck of a lot different than 500 feet elevation. In my experience, all goats need is steep terrain, they don’t really care how thin the air is.

I think late September/early October is a very good time to hunt goats. Nice hair and hopefully you won’t wish you brought the avalanche shovel LOL