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Dec

2022

Colorado BHA Winter Newsletter

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Colorado Chapter Newsletter Winter 2022 “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” – Gary Snyder[1] Recently, I found myself in a vegetarian restaurant in New York City, having dinner with a group of co-workers. A number of them are vegetarian or vegan. None of them had ever been hunting. Talk turned to my own recent hunts, and from there to the importance of knowing where one’s food comes from and even more pedestrian details about processing an animal from ...
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Dec

2022

Wyoming BHA Members Strongly Support Improving Access

A 2022 survey of Wyoming BHA members shows there is strong support for improving public land access opportunities in the state as well as for respecting private property rights. Read more below.  Wyoming hunters and anglers strongly support public and private access rights and overwhelmingly cite access as the biggest barrier while hunting and fishing. Wyoming BHA members are likely to have extensive hunting experience in the state, with 67% having hunted for 10 years or more. Nearly 30% of ...
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Dec

2022

LETTER: MT BHA comments on the East Crazy Inspiration Divide Land Exchange Preliminary Environmental Assessment

On November 9, 2022, the Custer Gallatin National Forest (CGNF) released public notice of a land exchange called the East Crazy Inspiration Divide Land Exchange. The preliminary environmental assessment (PEA) was released simultaneously to disclose and document the possible environmental effects which could arise from the Proposed Action. Here, the Proposed Action is committed to exchange approx. 4,135 acres of National Forest System (NFS) lands for approx. 6,430 acres of non-Federal lands ...
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20

Dec

2022

BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 147: Ted Koch on the Lesser Prairie Chicken and Grasslands Conservation

Will we act now to save America’s iconic grasslands? The southern population of the lesser prairie chicken has been listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as endangered, a listing that will come as no surprise to anyone who has been following the fate of this gamebird and its habitat on the southern Great Plains. But this conversation with Ted Koch, a former endangered species biologist, executive director of the North American Grouse Partnership, and chair of BHA’s North American ...
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20

Dec

2022

Congressional Budget Bill Increases Funding for Public Lands Management, Addresses Threat of Chronic Wasting Disease

News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 20, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org $1.7 trillion omnibus bill would fund federal government through end of fiscal year 2023 WASHINGTON – Early this morning congressional leadership released a $1.7 trillion bipartisan omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2023 that includes some increases for public lands management agencies, as well as funding for Interior Department programs that conserve fish and wildlife habitat. The ...
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Dec

2022

Montana BHA: 2022 Year In Review

Author: Montana BHA
Here's a quick(ish) recap of what Montana BHA was able to accomplish in 2022, and what's on our minds as we head into the new year:   Policy Efforts Along with other sportsmen's groups, we took legal action to defend elk hunting and protect science-based wildlife management in Montana. Learn more at KeepElkPublic. Speaking of elk, we led the charge during the biennial season-setting to make sure that equitable hunting opportunities remain in Montana and that the state doesn’t turn into an ...
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Dec

2022

MT BHA comments during December 22 Commission Meeting

Author: Montana BHA
Montana BHA delivered the following comments to the Commission on December 20th, 2022:   “Chair Robinson, members of the Commission… my name is Kevin Farron and I’m the coordinator for the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. First, we want to acknowledge the new and improved process we're dealing with here. The outcry this recent 313 proposal has created really illustrates how problematic the previous process was, with commissioners having the ability to amend proposals on the ...
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Dec

2022

Chimichurri Venison Chops

Author: Aaron Agosto
I am lucky enough to live on enough land that I can hunt out of my back door. Most years, I take a white-tailed doe out there to help fill the freezer. Being able to drag a deer out whole instead of packing it out on my back for a few miles lets me be a little more creative when I butcher. Last year, I decided to experiment a bit and butchered one of the backstraps as bone-in chops. I set them in my freezer for a special occasion. Then, during the spring I was lucky again, and won a Burch ...
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Dec

2022

An Opening Day Tale

By Leyton Hanneman and Matt Hanneman   ’Twas the night before hunting, when all through the woods,The creatures were stirring and there the bull stood.Our packs were all readied and quivers fitted with care;As we prayed that the moose would wait for us there.The calves and the fawns were all snug in their beds,While visions of rump roast danced in our heads.We arose before dawn and crept into the woods.To call in this big moose was our goal, if we could.Setting a blind, prepared for the long ...

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Dec

2022

Chasing Quail in Southern Arizona with New Hunters

Bella, my German wiredhaired pointer, rounded the prickly pear cactus and jammed onto a staunch point. I quietly motioned Tyrell and Harrison towards either side of her quivering body. As they approached, the Gambel’s quail rocketed out of the cactus cover. Two shots rang out at precisely the same moment. The bird fell to the ground and Bella was on top it—followed by a quick retrieve. They both had hit the bird! Tyrell and Harrison were participating in a three-day mentored quail hunt with ...
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