On March 22nd BHA officially endorsed Georgia's Outdoor Stewardship Act. Southeast Board Member, Chris Jenkins said "the Act positions the state of Georgia as a true leader in conservation, and will be a great example for other states to follow in the future." Georgia has long benefited from a legacy of elected leaders who understood how important our land and natural resources are not only for the economy, but also for the recreational opportunities many citizens enjoy - including hunting ...

News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 7, 2018Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Inside the Spring Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available now MISSOULA, Mont. – The spring 2018 issue of Backcountry Journal, newly expanded to 68 pages, is arriving in Backcountry Hunters & Anglers members’ mailboxes now. From North Carolina and Maine to Alaska and Iraq, our members share stories of hunting and ...

Image courtesy of Don Thomas   Readers and BHA members outside of Montana may have never heard of the Crazy Mountains, although that is likely to change. One of Montana’s dozen isolated “island” ranges, the Crazies lie an hour’s drive northeast of Bozeman. They offer spectacular wilderness terrain and are home to native cutthroat trout, an over-objective elk herd, deer, mountain goats and large predators galore. Their current notoriety derives not from this natural bounty, but from a heated ...

March 18th, 2018 Sharon RoseRegion 2 MTFWP Comment Coordinator3201 Spurgin RoadMissoula, MT 59804   To Ms. Sharon Rose:   The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers supports the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks and their proposal to acquire two parcels totaling 276 acres in the Fish Creek Wildlife Management Area. This includes the 116-acre Whitehorse parcel and the 160-acre Main-Stem Fish Creek parcel. The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers strives to ...

Ty Smail, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ merchandise coordinator, can usually be found under piles of shirts and packages in the bottom level of the Missoula office, sending off packages of swag to members. The sixth-generation Montanan found his way to BHA in 2017 after many years of hunting. Ty grew up road hunting in eastern Montana, and he adopted the family culture of hunting – one that runs deep: his great grandmother still wanted to go fishing when she was 97 years old, but Ty began ...