The following article originally appeared in the Mountain Mail.Journal entry from Browns Canyon on November 29, 2014.“I’ve backpacked a few miles southeast of Ruby Mountain on the Turret Trail, trying to get to a spot flat enough to nail down my tiny shelter and gather firewood before I get caught in the dark.  Getting caught out in the dark in these dry washes and rugged hills doesn’t pose much of a problem though, because there’s a half moon tonight.  It’s late November, and there’s a ...

Policy: Spearheaded drone ban for hunting and scouting in Colorado Provided comments on CO Parks & Wildlife’s Mule Deer Strategy Advocated for a “Backcountry Conservation Area” designation on BLM lands Developed state legislation that would have required registration and visible identification on OHV’s in Colorado Championed efforts to rein-in game-cash subsidies to ranchers for livestock lost while grazing on public lands BHA successfully advocated to direct some state Land & Water ...

The Interior Department and Department of Agriculture recently announced that they will be hosting a public open house meeting on December 6th at 12:00 PM at the SteamPlant Event Center in Salida (220 W Sackett Ave, Salida, CO 81201).  The focus of the meeting is for administrative staff to gauge public support for the designation of Brown’s Canyon as a National Monument. Since before it’s inception the members that now make-up Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers have actively advocated ...

The following article appeared in the Winter 2014 Issue of the Ruffed Grouse Society magazine. By BHA Member, Karl Malcolm Visualize a map of the North American continent. Mentally focus on a special, natural place that comes to mind. Maybe it’s a favorite stretch of trout water where the mayfly hatches are like clockwork. Maybe it’s a rugged ridge where a bull elk bugled so close you could feel it in your chest and the hair on the back of your neck stood on end. Maybe it’s a family camping ...

By New England BHA Board Member, Corey Ellis   I awoke feeling optimistic about the day’s hunt. After almost forty outings last season trying to harvest my first animal using traditional equipment, it was an unusual feeling. When I moved out east, I had thought that I would have plenty of opportunities to use the more restrictive equipment hunting New Hampshire versus hunting the West, where I had all my life up until this point, because the East Coast is “over run with deer.” Little did I ...