As we head into Father's Day weekend, it's impossible to ignore all who are hurting in Montana right now due to this week's historic floods. Below is a list of gift ideas that will stoke out dad, while also supporting those in need: a win-win. 1) Gift cards to fly shops. These businesses will be impacted hard by this, and even if you're not sure what dad needs, a gift card is a way to offer early support and drive future business to these local fly shops at a time they need it. Many shops ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJune 17, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Wetlands with a significant connection to traditional navigable waters must be included in Clean Water Act protections, groups maintain WASHINGTON – Today, the American Fly Fishing Trade Association, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, Izaak Walton League, National Parks Conservation Association, National Wildlife Federation, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and Trout ...

The Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) chapter held their 13th Annual Rendezvous in the San Isabel National Forest west of Salida/Poncha Springs during June. A group of 20-to-30 hunters and anglers from around the state set up camp in a high-mountain meadow (known locally as the “goat wadi”) covering about six acres at 10,000 feet in the Sawatch Range. We camped next to the Colorado Trail and south of the 167,414-acre Collegiate Peaks Wilderness with easy access to a number of ...

A spring day in the Bitterroot Valley’s Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge brings a cacophony of birdsong. The bugling of sandhill cranes, the familiar honking of Canadian geese, and the throaty rattles of red-winged blackbirds all come easily to discerning ears. But one voice seems to rise above the rest.  The raspy kaw of the male pheasant, or rooster, tends to betray the bird before its presence is obvious to the human eye. The pheasant itself is often concealed by tall grass as its ...

EAGLE NEST, NM —The June 3 State Game Commission meeting dove into proposed big game rule changes on exotic species, bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope and javelina. Barbary Sheep Rules: No Single Draw First up were exotics. The original proposed changes would lump draw hunt areas for barbary sheep into a single draw. However, significant pushback from the public led to an alternative proposal that would maintain two draw areas consisting of units 29/30 and units 32/36/37. While the eastern ...