Tony Latham is a retired game warden with 25 years’ experience working undercover on some of Idaho’s wildest public lands and in pursuit of some of the West’s nastiest wildlife criminals. Undercover work is a total immersion in a subculture: of cheap alcohol and casual violence, dive bars and broken people, slaughtered fish and wildlife, and coldly professional violators. The job exacts its own price, and nobody could ever say they do it for the pay. It’s only for the truly committed, those ...

Every year more dedicated backcountry hunters, anglers and outdoor enthusiasts visit the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness than any wilderness area in the country. The BWCAW offers an array of outdoor opportunities, ranging from phenomenal fishing for lake trout, smallmouth bass, pike and walleye in its seemingly endless string of quiet waters to unique backcountry hunts for white-tailed deer, black bear and grouse in its vast tracts of unpressured forest land. The Bureau of Land ...

Recent reports suggest that the Alberta government and certain municipalities, at the request of lobbyists for Alberta game farms, are considering legalizing “cervid hunting preserves” - that is, pay-to-hunt ranches. We urge our members to voice their opposition to these measures for the following reasons:  Game farms and high-fence ranches are potential vectors of wildlife diseases, including chronic wasting disease (CWD). CWD is a prion disease of the same family as BSE (“mad cow disease”) ...

We had a blast at our Missoula Valley pint night meet-up on October 19, 2021. About 60 members joined us outside for beverages and pizza at Highlander Beer in Missoula. Thanks to everyone who came out in this slow week between archery and rifles seasons! Burch Barrel, one of our state-based corporate sponsors, demoed their wood burning stoves as everyone was able to sample a delicious elk slider. A big shout out to both Highlander and Burch Barrel both for hosting this event! It was great ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) recently appointed two Assistant Regional Directors, Eric Jones and Noel Worden, to the chapter’s Denver Metro Area Group/Region. Eric was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. “I started angling in a creek behind my home around the age of 5,” he said. “I started hunting around 8 years old with my father and uncle who taught me a love of the outdoors.” Eric is currently attending school majoring in Secondary Education with a ...