Another mountain goat hunter was airlifted off a ridge just northeast of Chilkoot Lake after he slipped and broke his leg Friday.
This is the second broken leg and rescue during a mountain goat hunt in the last month.
Glen Eckett, 48, from Texas was descending from a guided hunt with Larry Benda, 57, of Alaska Fair Chase Guiding when he slipped and broke his leg Nov. 3 at about 2,200 feet elevation, Benda said. The conditions were rainy and windy.
The U.S. Coast Guard from Sitka was not able to complete the rescue on Nov. 3 due to poor weather, but airlifted Eckett off the mountain early Friday morning, according to Alaska State Troopers.
Benda stayed an extra night to carry the goat they shot down from the mountain.
“I’ve been guiding for 20 years, and this was the first time a client needed help from the Coast Guard,” Benda said. Benda hopes he never has to make that call for help again.
Eckett was first treated at Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium in Haines, then sought further treatment in Juneau.
On Oct. 22, an Anchorage hunting guide slipped and broke his leg on Porcupine Peak and had to be airlifted out. That happened while leading two out-of-state hunters, who were carrying out a mountain goat they had shot.