The following letter was sent to the Montana Wildlife and Parks Department on behalf of Montana BHA, on September 13, 2013.Montana Dept Fish Wildlife and ParksMontana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers supports Alternative B which would allow bison to utilize public land habitats north and west of Yellowstone National Park. Our organization is composed of several hundred grassroots Montana hunters and anglers which believe wildlife on public lands should be enhanced to provide an ...

MISSOULA— Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is teaming up with woodcraft expert Clay Hayes to use the Internet to keep ancient backcountry skills alive.//www.youtube.com/embed/AJxBEQRKiHM?rel=0&wmode=opaque“Aside from helping folks enjoy their time in the backcountry, basic wilderness skills can help keep people alive,” said Land Tawney, executive director of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. “We’re delighted to capture and share the skills displayed by Clay, for a new generation to learn and ...

Minnesota BHA held its first annual Rendezvous during September 6-8. A group of a dozen attendees from around the state set camp in northern Minnesota’s Chippewa National Forest. About half of the 1.6 million acres within the boundaries of the Chippewa are water, including 1,300 lakes, almost a thousand miles of streams, and many wetlands. Camp was located at Darrell Spencer’s cabin on Third River just south of Dixon Lake, not far from the 7,000-acre North Winnie Semi Primitive Non-Motorized ...

Hunters looking to venture into the backcountry by backpack are sometimes lost when it comes to knowing what to pack, and what to leave at home.  Thankfully there are plenty of BHA members with experience hunting by backpack - members like Chris McCotter of Arizona, who prepared the backpack packing list below for his 2013 archery mule deer hunt in Colorado's Wimenuche Wilderness.    This packing list is good guide for eight days of hard-core big game wilderness hunting.  We hope this will ...

Book Cliffs leasing blindsides sportsmen, threatens to derail protection efforts Sportsmen expressed dismay Monday after learning that the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands (SITLA) Board secretly voted to lease a large portion of the Book Cliffs, a prized hunting and fishing area in eastern Utah, for oil and gas development last week. The Book Cliffs is a critical area for conservation in the state of Utah. The announcement threatens to derail a broad collaborative effort led by ...