For the hook and bullet community in Western Montana, the Flathead Reservation is a source of incredible opportunity. From backpacking and skiing in the Mission Range to pursuing waterfowl, pheasants and a wide array of fish species on the valley floor, outdoorsmen and women in our part of the state are privileged to have access to reservation lands, their abundant wildlife habitat and the adventures they provide. Nobody who has hunted birds or jigged for perch with the Mission Mountains in ...

The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and the Public Trust Doctrine define fish and wildlife resources as the property of the people and managed by the state and federal agencies entrusted with their stewardship. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers acknowledges this model as the foundation of science-based fish and wildlife management and we support hunting, fishing and trapping as appropriate management tools. BHA does not endorse advancing wildlife management policies and decisions ...

Join the Pennsylvania Chapter of BHA for a free, four-part introduction and primer on Western public land hunting for non-residents If you are looking to go on your first Western hunt or want to up your game, this series is for you. Over four evenings, PA BHA members with extensive hunting experience out West will share best advice, tips and tricks. Each presentation will be followed with a Q & A, so bring on the questions. Our American West is a truly amazing place, with miles of public ...

A ban on trapping on public lands throughout New Mexico is a step closer after the Senate Conservation Committee today (Tuesday, Feb. 2) voted by a wide margin to approve it. Senate Bill 32, known as the Wildlife Conservation & Public Safety Act, passed 7-2 after minimal public testimony was allowed. Only a handful of the public was allowed to testify, and of those, few were in opposition to the trapping ban. NM BHA sought permission to testify but was not chosen by the chair to speak. We ...

Montana’s hunting opportunities are the envy of other Western states, in large part because we place a premium on equal opportunity, regardless of financial means. That’s why thousands of nonresident, do-it-yourself hunters flock to Montana each hunting season, supporting our fish and wildlife and rural economies with their license dollars and purchases. Yet, some state legislators are working to change our hunting opportunities to a system of haves and have-nots: something Montana’s ...