Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers host an evening with Steven Rinella – hunter, author and TV star of the Sportsman Channel’s Meat Eater. Rinella will share adventures from his new book Meat Eater, a candid compilation of stories from Rinella’s intriguing life as a young trapper, hunter and wild-meat-eater. The event will feature an impressive array of door prizes including: rifle scopes and optics from Vortex, knives and hunting tools from Havalon and Real Avid, hunting apparel from ...

Each year The San Juan Mountains, located in Southwestern Colorado, attract thousands of big game hunters from across the United States. The area offers some of the best backcountry hunting in the state and this proposal will ensure that it remains so.The proposal, originally introduced by then Congressman John Salazar in 2009, was reintroduced by Senators Udall and Bennet in 2011. It includes wilderness additions to the Mount Sneffels, Lizard Head, and Whitehouse Wilderness Areas, and would ...

Travel management on public lands and off highway vehicle use is a complicated topic - with many arguments for and against it.  Backcountry Hunters & Anglers believes that OHV's should be used lawfully and respectfully, to protect good habitat and hunting and fishing oppportunities.  But, if you or a  fellow outdoorsman have ever wondered What is travel management? Why close roads at all? How am I supposed to access my hunting area? Is Backcountry Hunters & Anglers an anti-atv ...

Meanwhile, back on the home-front, a coalition of sportsmen and conservation groups scored-big by winning a lawsuit which challenged plans for irresponsible oil and gas development on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) property on the Roan Plateau in West-Central Colorado. A federal judge sided with the conservation coalition and determined that the BLM had failed to properly consider alternative oil and gas drilling techniques necessary to protect the landmark hunting and fishing ...

Located in Central Colorado, Brown's Canyon provides unique low-elevation big game habitat and excellent fishing with a truly rugged landscape. The Arkansas River, which runs through Brown’s Canyon, offers quality backcountry trout fishing opportunities. In addition, Brown’s Canyon provides excellent wildlife habitat for a variety of species including elk, deer and bighorn sheep. For maps outlining wildlife habitat in the area, click the links below.Elk Habitat - Mule Deer Habitat - Bighorn ...