Montana’s chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today announced that it raised a record $56,620 for mule deer conservation by raffling a single statewide deer tag. The winner is a Washington State hunter who bought five chances at $20 apiece. The total raised in the two-month campaign, which was heavily promoted on BHA’s content channels, is 38 percent higher than the previous record of $41,000 raised at auction for Montana’s statewide mule deer tag. The fundraising mechanism is an ...

Thursday, May 16, 2024 Hobbs, NM The meeting began at 9 a.m. with the Commission roll call by Director Michael Sloane. Six Commissioners attended physically: Tirzio Lopez (Vice-Chair), Fernando Clemente, Greg Fulfer, Ed Garcia, Sabina Pack, and Robert Stump; Commissioner Sharon Salazar-Hickey attended virtually. The Commission roll call was followed by self-introductions by staff of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and members of the public. There were approximately 8 members of ...

The morning of May 11th was perfect. Blue, clear skies, a cool breeze, and air filled with excitement south of Bend. Twenty volunteers, including members of the local BLM and USFS field offices, came together to for the Skeleton Burn fence pull. This area is known as prime mule deer winter range for animals coming out of the Cascades. Unfortunately, it is crisscrossed by miles of unmaintained barbed wire fence. There have been multiple reports of wildlife becoming entangled in these old ...

  Letter from a participant at our Learn to Pheasant hunt event in South Dakota. Dec 2022 "Hope your drive to Oklahoma is going well. I wanted to reach out and thank you and the other mentors for this experience. I was in a really Dark Place before coming out here, but after visiting with you, Darren, and Ken I can see the light at the tunnel.  Thank you for everything you do for me and all the other folks like me. Your right I just feel better out here."      

On March 23 BHA volunteers partnered up with the BLM, NM Public Lands Interpretive Association, NWF, NM Wild, NM Crag, and NM Mountain Club to clean up 7 miles of Old Buckman Road down to the Rio Grande west of Santa Fe. Two dumpsters were filled with trash diverted from the river, and we cleaned around the old shooting range. Fortunately, there are BLM plans to build and maintain two new and improved public land shooting ranges around the Santa Fe area. BHA values opportunities to work with ...