HOMER — Strong mountain goat populations and limited success during early-season drawing hunts have prompted the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to open two late-season registration hunts on the Kenai Peninsula.

The additional hunts — RG362 in Sadie Cove and RG375 in English Bay — will each offer six permits and run from November 1 through November 14.

Permits become available Friday, October 24 at 9 a.m., and can be obtained online at hunt.alaska.gov or in person at Fish and Game offices in Anchorage, Homer, Palmer, and Soldotna.

Late-season opportunities are determined by low harvest numbers from earlier hunts. The department uses a “goat point” system to manage harvest levels, with one point assigned for a billy and two points for a nanny.

Hunters are encouraged to target billies

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