Goat Hunting in Alaska

RG002 Permit Hunt Information
for Regulatory Year 2025

(See also: RG002 for the 2024 Regulatory Year)

Map of RG002
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Hunt Details

Hunt Number: RG002
Regulatory Year: 2025
Hunt Type: Registration
Species: Mountain Goat
Legal Animal: 1 Goat of either sex; taking of nannies with kids is prohibited

Number of Permits

Residency Number of Permits
Nonresidents To be announced
Alaska residents Up to 99999 permits
Total Number of Permits Available Unlimited

GMU, Area

Unit 1A, remainder & Unit 1B, remainder

Season Dates*

08/01/2025 - 12/31/2025

*See Drawing or Subsistence Supplements for season details.

Residency Restrictions

Alaska residents only

Reporting Requirements

  • Successful Hunters
    • Within 5 days of kill, you must report the harvest location and sex of your goat to ADF&G Ketchikan. Within 10 days of kill, you must present your goat horns, and a completed permit report, to ADF&G in Ketchikan.
    • Specimens Required: Horns for measuring (attached to skull cap)
  • Unsuccessful Hunters
    You must return the completed hunt report to ADF&G, or report online at hunt.alaska.gov, within 15 days of the close of season.
  • Internet Reporting
    If you hunted unsuccessfully or did not hunt, you may report online at http://hunt.alaska.gov

Hunting Conditions

ELIGIBILITY:
-- You must be an Alaska resident.
-- Prior to hunting, you must complete the Mountain Goat Identification Quiz at quiz.adfg.alaska.gov (proof of completion must be carried in the field).

HUNT AREA (RG002): Remainder of Units 1A & 1B (as described below). Contact ADF&G in Ketchikan for current status of hunt zones.
-- Unit 1A,
- EXCEPT that portion of the Cleveland Peninsula south of the line between Yes Bay and Santa Anna Inlet (DG008 hunt area)
- EXCEPT that portion of Revillagigedo Island south of the line from the southern shoreline of Roosevelt Lagoon, Naha River and Heckman Lake to the inlet of Naha River into Heckman
Lake, then southeast along the valley to Salt Lagoon at the head of George Inlet (DG005 and DG006 hunt areas);
-- Unit 1B, south of the Bradfield Canal.

SEASON DATES: August 1 - December 31.

LEGAL ANIMAL: One goat of either sex; the taking of nannies with kids is prohibited.

PERMIT, LICENSE: Remember to carry your signed RG002 permit and current hunting license.

IF YOU KILL A GOAT:
-- You must immediately validate your permit by cutting out the month and date of harvest.
-- Within 5 days of kill, you must report the harvest location and sex of your goat to ADF&G Ketchikan.
-- Within 10 days of kill, you must present your goat horns (attached to skull cap), and a completed permit report, to ADF&G in Ketchikan.
-- If the goat you harvested using an RG002 permit was a billy, you may obtain a second RG002 permit from the ADF&G office in Ketchikan. If the goat you harvested using an RG002 permit
was a nanny, you may not receive a second RG002 permit.
-- If you receive a second RG002 permit, you may not hunt for goat in the same hunt zone where the first billy was harvested. (Hunt zone maps are available from ADF&G in Ketchikan.)
-- You may not receive more than two RG002 permits in any regulatory year.

IF YOU DO NOT KILL A GOAT, OR DO NOT HUNT: You must submit a completed hunt report to ADF&G, or report online at http://hunt.alaska.gov, within 15 days of the close of season.

IF YOU FAIL TO REPORT AS REQUIRED: You will not be eligible to receive any permits the next regulatory year and you may face additional enforcement action.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please review current Alaska Hunting Regulations. If you have questions, contact ADF&G in Ketchikan (907-225-2475).

Hunt conditions and season dates can be changed by Emergency Order. Visit the Emergency Orders and Announcements page for more information.