Oklahoma Waterfowl Dual Skills Camp Review: What is it: A Dual Skills Camp is a learn-to ______ event. Attendees will be mentored through a hunting or fishing experience from the planning phase through the post-harvest meal prep. BHA mentors will host attendees in the field talking through the ins and outs of the outdoor pursuit being taught. After the day on the water or in the field a regional expert will walk participants through how hunting and fishing affect the conservation of the ...

AFI has Open Board Positions and we need you to apply! BHA’s Armed Forces Initiative is currently looking to fill open Board positions! All applicants must be a current member in good standing with BHA, a current or former member of the United States military (including active duty, reservists, national Guard and/or a member of a Gold Star family), willing to serve a three-year term, and attend monthly Board meetings when able. Questions about the Board and open positions can be directed to ...

  20 AFI volunteers in South Park CO  in August 2023 tearing down fencing on BLM. The Armed Forces Initiative tore down 1-mile fence opening up migration routes for deer, and elk in a region that typically kills 30+cervids annually.   The area chosen to work allows critical access to winter feed and water while in their winter range.   For more on AFI in Colorado Reach out to our State AFI Liasion Matt Lee COAFI@Backcountryhunters.org  

As Seen in the Sep-Oct Shooting Sportsman Magazine: “Snowbirds and No Words”   I sat up in my layout blind in an Arkansas mud field, amidst a thousand snow goose decoys.  The CEO of G&H Decoys from Henrietta Oklahoma sat up in the blind next to me and offered me a cigar.  Ray had driven in the night before and had been asleep in his blind snoring loudly 5 minutes before the legal shooting light.  Wide awake now he contentedly puffed on a victory cigar.    Ray and I found ourselves in ...

As seen in The Lethal Minds Journal Volume 13 Please visit: https://lethalmindsjournal.substack.com/p/lethal-minds-volume-13 Transition Career and civilian transition guidance, geared towards helping servicemembers plan their careers and help transitioning servicemembers succeed in civilian life   The Armed Forces Initiative - Trevor J. Hubbs In 2004, two veterans named Mike Beagle and Tony Heckard sat down around a campfire with five other conservation advocates and decided to ...