Ever since the day when, as a kid, I saw the profile of a Rocky Mountain goat on a Great Northern box car, I’d wanted to hunt that monarch of the rocks. Now the time had come; but, like misty dream ...

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 ...

Though goats were plen­tiful in the Haines area, few nonresi­dents hunted there, and guides were scarce. The game regulations prohibited nonresidents from hunting goats with­ out a guide. Finally ...

A sharp crack shattered the silence of the woods, bringing me to a halt. It was a crisp fall day and I was enjoying a quiet hike in the Eagles Nest wilderness. Had I heard a gunshot? Hunting is ...

People around the world keep more than two billion sheep and goats for their meat, milk, and wool, or as pets. But despite the ubiquity of these domestic animals, few people may know that they have ...