A Montana poacher has been fined more than $5,000 after illegally killing a bighorn ram that he says he believed was an elk. Harold Horine, 45, of Deer Lodge, Montana, shot and killed a mature ram in the Highland Mountains near Butte on Nov. 22, 2021. According to Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, he did not report the kill and left the meat to waste. “A witness who observed the violation contacted FWP after finding the dead sheep abandoned,” the agency wrote in a press release issued on ...

  Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, Montana Mex and Chef Eduardo Garcia present Tailgate to Table: a series of recipes inspired by our time outdoors that you can create and enjoy from your truck's tailgate. In this episode, Chef Eduardo Garcia creates a quick fried rice dish and shows you to incorporate ingredients you can find during your adventures outdoors – as well as ones you can carry into the backcountry! And sign up for a one-of-a-kind field to table experience with Chef Eduardo and BHA ...

Winter happens to be one of my favorite food times of the year. After filling the freezers throughout the fall, it's finally time to dive in and enjoy a warm hearty meal. This venison chili verde recipe is one that I put together when I was looking for a new use for shanks (I hate throwing them into the grind pile and quite frankly I'm not a huge fan of osso bucco). I was looking for something that would allow me to leverage all the great collagen in the shanks as well as avoid being too ...

We are a family of hunters. As a child, I was taught to cherish, value and respect the animals we hunt and the environment in which they live. It was an easy lesson. My family's 40-acre homestead is situated within a designated wilderness, surrounded by a national wildlife refuge that adjoins Katmai National Park. I grew up sharing the wilderness with the wildest of living beings. Summers, I ran barefoot through the tundra hunting small game with my bow, spent hours fishing the streams, and ...