BHA's #MentorMonday is a weekly effort to recognize those who have coached us, encouraged us and helped make us who we are as sportsmen and women.  If you have a mentor that you would like to recognize on the Backcountry Blog, please send us a one to two paragraph entry and photo here.   I was lucky to have a lot of hunting mentors. One of them was C. Randall (Randy) Byers. Randy was a neighbor of mine growing up in Idaho and his sons, Tod and Kirk, were about my age. Randy outfitted us all ...

By BHA Member Grant Gladson.    Ever since I started watching hunting shows during my sick days from school, I day dreamed about hunting Africa.  How could I not? A foreign land with species upon species of beautifully colored and unique animals made my Mule Deer and Elk seem almost bland.  A year ago all this fantasizing about foreign hunting finally got to me.  My father and I put our down payments in to secure a spot in April 2014 for a hunting/ traveling trip in the Eastern Cape of South ...

Many of us spend considerable time in the backcountry alone. So we need to be able to face whatever challenges might arise. This episode covers the essential survival items to bring into the field, as well as a discussion on the versatility of each of these items.//www.youtube.com/embed/76Krs_uDFQY?rel=0&wmode=opaqueThe Backcountry College is produced by Twisted Stave Media.

Dan Vermillion, ChairmanFish, Wildlife and Parks CommissionP.O. Box 200701Helena, MT 59620-0701Dear Chairman Vermillion and Members of the Commission:As you may be aware, Montana Backcountry Hunters and Anglers has strongly advocated for sage grouse and their habitat in both the Montana Sage Grouse Conservation Plan, as well as in all the major BLM Resource Management Plans currently being revised across Montana.    We are committed to preservation of sage grouse populations and their ...

Christopher Sheets, Age 31   Hometown: Buffalo, WY   What’s your favorite style of hunting or fishing?   Archery, Fly fishing    What do you do for a living, or what did you do, if you’re retired?   I am a Wildlife Biologist for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)   Why did you join BHA?       I wanted to give something back to the wild areas that have given so much to me over the years.  I realized that these areas need a sportsman’s and a local’s voice.  BHA fills that need and so joined ...