No. 99.9% of the time unloaded. It’s ridiculous to hike all day with a partner, or alone, and assume that your muzzle will be pointed in a safe direction the whole time. It’s not possible. Maybe if you’re walking down a fence line on perfectly flat ground, but not mountain hunting. I’ve looked...
In southcentral AK, I would say early season goes August -late September, October is late season, November and later is winter.
For southeast AK, maybe shift everything back a couple weeks later. Tough to say because of local variations, and the wildly different elevations the goats will...