Tony Jones, host of the Reverend Hunter podcast, and author of The God of Wild Places: Rediscovering the Divine in the Untamed Outdoors and eleven other books, outdoor writer, hunting mentor, guide in the Boundary Waters, father of three, hunter, fisherman, seeker. When Tony Jones was growing up, all he ever wanted was to know and preach the Gospel, and to one day have his own church and congregation. He accomplished that goal, beyond his wildest dreams. He was a star in the pulpit, and as ...

The NJ chapter hosted a night of trivia, MeatEater style, Wednesday June 19th at the Irish Cottage Inn in Franklin, NJ. Just like the popular Game On Suckers! podcast, we used the MeatEater Trivia board game with a slant on more localized questions.  Chapter chair, Adam Paladini, MC'd the event reading the questions and providing background to the questions and chapter leader, Shawn Paladini cohosted the event and tallied up the scores. Chapter leaders Steve Rasimowicz and Levi Morris were ...

For Immediate Release Jun. 24, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Legislation Introduced to Build on Migration Corridor Conservation WASHINGTON, D.C. – New bipartisan legislation introduced today in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives with the support of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers would build upon collaborative efforts to conserve big game migration corridors, posing significant benefits for healthy populations of wildlife as they range ...

“The natural world sustains us with clean air, unpolluted water, recreation, and natural resources. If we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves.” –Jim Posewitz, Beyond Fair Chase[1]   Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) mission is to ensure North America’s outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through education and work on behalf of wild public lands, waters, and wildlife. Although our organization is formed around hunting and fishing, our members are also avid hikers, ...

On June 14, 2024 The New York Chapter submitted a comment to NY Department of Environmental Conservation in regards to OGC-9 Public Rights to Navigation and Fishing.  Access to some streams and rivers in NY have been contested over the years as to who has the right to navigate or fish stretches of these rivers.  The original draft of the policy was published in 1991 and since then has been updated a few times.  The latest update appears to have NYDEC stepping away from a prescriptive ...