Map reading and general land navigation skills are essential tools in the outdoorsman’s tool kit. Those tools are doubly important when you are a public lands and waters user because it is important to know the boundaries between public and private and to respect the rights of both public and private landowners. One of our longtime members, put those skills to use and then contacted the chapter on January 28th saying, “I believe the Mullins Wildlife Management Area is up for sale or trade.” ...

The Stearns Ranger District of the Daniel Boone National Forest is requesting public comment on the Stearn Ruffed Grouse Management Plan proposal.  The project will be on US Forest Service property in portions of McCreary and Pulaski counties.  The project will greatly benefit a variety of species (Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Whitetailed Deer, Elk, Bear, early successional bird species, etc.).  I have attached detailed project information to this email. The project is currently open to the ...

  On December 2nd, six Murray State BHA club members along with Kevin Murphy from Small Game Nation and Paul Skees from the Kentucky BHA chapter, rendezvoused for a quick breakfast and headed out to Clark’s River for a squirrel hunt. The club members were split into two groups. One of the groups was led by Paul Skees, the group had limited opportunities but a new hunter named Hannah was able to harvest a fox squirrel on her first time ever firing a gun. The other group led by Kevin Murphy ...

2023 has been another year of success and growth for the Kentucky Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. We hosted 15 official events in 2021, 31 events in 2022, this year we are up to 40 official events, one of which is getting ready to happen as of this writing. That is an increase of nearly 30% in one year. Events were conducted statewide, and it is safe to assume that our Chapter Leaders are committed to the BHA mission, “…to ensure North America’s outdoor heritage of hunting and ...