For five nights in February, North Carolina hunters will have their best shot ever at moving the needle on Sunday hunting on publicly-owned lands in the state. Since 1869, these lands have been closed to hunting, despite the fact that hunters pay in large measure for their acquisition, upkeep, and management. Astonishingly, North Carolina is one of only four states in the entire nation that outright bans hunting on public lands on Sunday. The North Carolina chapter of Backcountry Hunters & ...

Wyoming native and star outdoor reporter, with nine years of writing the outdoors column for the Casper Star-Tribune, Christine Peterson has been immersed in Wyoming’s hunting and fishing, mountains, rivers, plains and wilderness in a way few people will ever match. She talks with Hal about that life – the deadlines, the adventures, the stress and the love of newspapers and reporting – and her decision to leave it behind after the birth of her daughter Miriam, to take up freelancing full ...

Published in the Reno Journal on 1/23/2020 https://www.rgj.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/01/23/nevada-must-take-steps-protect-our-wildlife-heritage-mero/4554158002/ As a native Nevadan, there’s nothing I love more than to get out and enjoy our state’s natural beauty. Nevada is filled with extraordinary natural resources, landscapes and wildlife for outdoor enthusiasts to enjoy and admire. Nevadans love to play outside —  hunting, fishing, hiking and biking and these activities bolster a ...

January 22, 2020 The Montana Chapter of BHAPO Box 9257Missoula, MT 59808montana@backcountryhunters.org406-926-1908   Forest Supervisor Matthew AndersonBitterroot National ForestAttn: Forest Plan Amendment1801 North First StreetHamilton, MT 59840 Re:  Amendment to Bitterroot NF Elk Habitat Objectives Dear Mr. Anderson: The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers welcomes the opportunity to comment on the purported need to amend the elk habitat objectives of the current Bitterroot ...

Welcome to 2020.  What a first year this has been for Kansas BHA!  Pint Nights all over the state, booths at conventions and shows, Beer Bands and Public Lands, and on and on. But even more exciting is the year we have coming up! This year we will have a bunch of projects in the field with Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. Our members will help KDWPT game biologists and managers so they have more time to do the things they were actually trained to do. That translates to ...