North America

The Uinta Mountains of northeastern Utah is a vast designated wilderness area with hundreds of square miles of prime goat habitat. A very strong goat population does inhabit these remote canyons and mountain peaks. Much of the Wasatch Mountains around Salt Lake City are also within designated wilderness areas and can only be accessed via foot or horseback.

Tags to hunt a goat in Utah does require a drawing, but the quality and success rates are tough to beat anywhere. For those not wanting to wait to draw a tag, conservation tags can be purchased from various conservation groups (RMEF, FNAWS, NWTF, etc) without having to go through the annual drawings.

Mountain goat hunts on the Uintas West, Uintas Central and Uintas East units are all within the guide permit for this outfitter. In the Wasatch Mountains, Lone Peak, Box Elder Peak and Timpanogos are all within this outfitters operating area. These units are well known to produce top quality goats. Due to the extensive knowledge of the goat habitat and strong populations, they are able to boast a 100% success rate on their mountain goat hunts.

Most areas of these units will require a horseback ride into camp. Once there, it is not uncommon to see goats on the surrounding mountains. Though the horses get you into goat country, usually a strenuous hike will be required to reach the goats themselves.

(Caution: There are many outfitters that try to guide the Uintas units but few are legally licensed to do so. The forest service strictly limits the number of commercial operations able to operate in this wilderness. This outfitter holds that commercial use permit. Animals can be seized if an outfitter is not properly permitted. Whoever you hunt with, please be sure they are legally permitted.)