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Emergency order closes part of Unit 5A for goat hunting season

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By Gilbert Cordova | Posted: Thu 1:25 PM, Jul 25, 2019

ANCHORAGE, (KTUU) - The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is issuing an emergency order that will close a portion of Unit 5A for the goat hunting season to Alaska residents and nonresidents.

The closed area begins on the west shore of Harlequin Lake and the western edge of the Yakutat Glacier; then west of Harlequin Lake and Yakutat Glacier to Yakutat Bay and Disenchantment Bay; and south of Russell and Nunatak Fjords.

Hunters are reminded that the Nunatak Bench north of the RG170 boundary remains closed to mountain goat hunting as well.

The remainder of Unit 5(A) mountain goat seasons, other than those previously closed by emergency order, are not affected by this emergency order.

Aerial surveys conducted during 2006-2011 in this area showed a significant decline in goat numbers.

The following are survey results by year:

2006 (122 goats)
2007 (66 goats)
2008 (57 goats)
2009 (48 goats)
2010 (12 goats)
2011 (38 goats) observed between Harlequin Lake and the Hubbard Glacier

The department and the US Forest Service conducted a survey September 2016 and observed 19 total goats (16 adults, 3 kids)

The consistently low number of goats detected suggests the areas’ goat population remains depressed.

The US Forest Service has planned surveys in September of this year. If counts come back favorable, we will reconsider this closure.

All other mountain goat hunting regulations in Unit 5A, including the Brabazon Range east of Harlequin Lake and Yakutat Glacier, remain unchanged and are not affected by this Emergency Order. Yakutat residents are reminded that this does not affect the federal subsistence season.

so who has been getting an infusion of goats lately?

I remember hearing of transplants somewhere.

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Originally posted by Lamar:
so who has been getting an infusion of goats lately?

Aliens, apparently. In fact, the remotes of AK have been experiencing off-world issues for sometime now. There was a book on it that actually became a 'sorta' semi-successful movie ...

https://www.amazon.com/The-Fou...nd-DVD/dp/B0030DGHL0

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I remember hearing of transplants somewhere.

Ah, right dude. Maybe you meant alien implants. Different animal.

And as much as they hurt going in, apparently it hurts worse taking them out, at least per the testimony of experiencers.