Muster in the Mountains began in 2019 in Pennsylvania. Canceled by the events of 2020, BHA is glad to bring this eastern gathering back for 2021! This time our site host is Mike Barcone and his crew of merry beermakers at West Kill Brewing. Set on a wooded hillside above its namesake West Kill (creek in Dutch), and on the edge of the Hunter-West Kill Wilderness, the sprawling brewery grounds and the adjoining forests and fields will be the setting for our weekend of outdoor events.   If ...

From the Chair I hope this newsletter finds everyone ready to hit the turkey woods Saturday morning, or to just get out and enjoy the outdoors whatever your pleasure. This past Sunday I was out enjoying a fine spring morning walk with my wife and two dogs on our property. We heard grouse drumming, geese a honking, cows lowin’, bees working, birds singing, and the ever familiar clippity-clop of the horses pulling the Amish buggies to worship service. I just couldn’t help to notice how in sync ...

From the Chair I hope this newsletter finds everyone healthy as we put 2020 in the rearview mirror and give our full attention to 2021. I also hope everyone had a successful hunting season by whatever measure you use. It’s hard to believe hunting season is already behind us and the hard water season is upon us. Where I come from “hard water” had a totally different meaning, who knew one could actually walk on water, drill a hole through it, and drop a line...Crazy! The New York chapter is ...

Throughout the Public Lands Month of September, a few of the members of the New York Chapter of BHA put together a series of Virtual Learn to Hunt Zoom meetings. The series were targeted towards the many new hunters that had taken their Hunters Education in the spring and summer. The increase in people taking the education and safety course, as well as the dramatic increase in license sales this year in New York, indicates that more and more of us are taking to the woods and outdoors to ...

Expand Access on Federal Lands in NYLast month, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt proposed expanding hunting and fishing opportunities across more than 2.3 million acres at 97 national wildlife refuges and nine national fish hatcheries. If enacted, this rule will enhance our outdoor traditions and boost the nation’s $887-billion outdoor recreation economy by providing for the largest expansion of public hunting and fishing access on national wildlife refuge lands in U.S. history.  It's a ...