Backcountry Hunters & Anglers - Fair Chase

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Continuing the Conservation Ethic

  By Corey Ellis One of the greatest impacts of the hunting conservation movement that is our history, all hunters’ history, did not only benefit the game species that hunters pursue. That sage...
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Is CWD an ethical issue?

This article first appeared in the Summer 2019 issue of Backcountry Journal. Join BHA and get the journal, quarterly, in your mailbox.   By Patt Dorsey   There is a lot we know about chronic...
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Are Big Racks Ethical?

Above: In 2016 the BHA North American board passed a policy statement in support of policies which aim to prohibit new captive cervid canned hunting operations. As concerns around the spread of...
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Live Action Game Cameras

Photo by Barry and Cathy Beck On an October morning a decade or so ago, I was hunting woodcock in an abandoned orchard. A flight had come in and, in less than an hour, I collected my three-bird...