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Fueled by a surplus of testosterone and a deficit of logic, a situation common to young male duck hunters, we headed out. By M. Robbins Church "Oh, what now? What's next?" I asked myself as I struggled late that December afternoon to line the canoe with Pete, our shotguns, and our single bird through the ice-cold rapids. The river was nearing the top of my waders, and my next steps were uncertain. It had been an eventful, frigid canoe hunt — and it wasn't done yet. Early that ...
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By Benjamin Thomas I grew up as a hunting kid in south-central Pennsylvania. Our small family farm felt like paradise some days, covered in wildlife from corner to corner. But it was like a walled-desert other days – no deer to be found and turkeys gobbling beyond the property line. It was home, however, and hunting and kid adventures were right beyond my backyard. Now, in my late twenties, life and work has moved me one-and-a-half hours from my old family property. For four years I’ve ...
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News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 21, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The newest edition of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available today MISSOULA, Mont. – The fall 2023 issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ quarterly magazine, Backcountry Journal, is arriving in mailboxes across North America as hunters head into the woods for our favorite time of year. Here are some of the highlights of an issue that pays tribute to the work BHA ...
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This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Dams make up a fairly significant portion of the energy and agriculture infrastructure of the United States. But as they age, this cross-country framework of dams is in dire need of multi-million-to-billion-dollar renovations and is one of the main reasons the Pacific Northwest's iconic salmon and steelhead runs are in peril of extinction. Cracked - The Future of Dams in a Hot, Chaotic World by ...
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This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists I began my obsession with turkey hunting eight years ago. It is truly the most juxtaposed type of hunting I’ve found. Birds are everywhere in the Midwest, yet elusive. They are weary, but extremely bombastic. Ugly at first glance, yet a cornucopia of iridescent colors and textures once you look further. Combine that with longer days, spring weather and the direct communication with wildlife, ...
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By Charlie Booher Punctuated equilibrium defines our history, and natural resource policy is no exception. Looking back at the history of public land management in this country, we’ve frequently experienced long periods of small or stepwise changes in laws, rules or regulations, separated by a short period of rapid activity that promulgates decades of results. We are lucky to have so recently experienced a punctuation in the 116th Congress. In 2020, conservation, hunting and outdoor ...