As a responsible black bear hunter and firm believer of hunting as a crucial component of wildlife management, I thank Commissioner Brooke along with Chair Robinson and Commissioners Burrows and Walsh for their nay votes on a proposal to allow for black bear tooth submissions in lieu of in-person bear checks in regions 2, 3 and 4. Our fair-chase hunting heritage depends on our ability to remind and convince the non-hunting public that we’re doing it right. We take a bear ID test proving ...

SB 1876/HB1867 in the Tennessee Legislature aims to criminalize Sandhill Crane hunting. The bill will be voted on Wednesday March 6th by the TN Senate Energy, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Committee. Tennessee has had a hunting season since 2013 as the Eastern population of Sandhill Cranes is high enough that the US Fish and Wildlife Service, state agencies, and wildlife biologists deemed that limited hunting would not affect the populations of this magnificent animal.  30,000 sandhill ...

When four hunters used a specially constructed ladder to step from one corner of public land in southern Wyoming to another, the ripples from that decision were initially small but have since ignited an impassioned debate that could open — or unequivocally restrict — access to more than eight million acres of public land across the West. In a three-part series, Montana Free Press will explore “corner-crossing” and what it might mean for public access in Montana. This is the first installment ...

The New Jersey Chapter sent a a letter in support of the proposed forestry management practices proposed for the Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Unit. The plan laid out by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife (NJDFW) is conducive to habitat improvement, not only for species that are endangered like the Golden-winged Warbler, but for all wildlife, including game species, as well.   The NJDFW is seeking comments from the public on the Sparta Mountain WMA forestry management plan ...

“Should've Been a Cowboy” As Seen in the Winter 2023 Strung Journal by: Trevor Hubbs Photography by BHA member Aaron Agosto  The muscles in the corner of Eric's left eye twitched every few yards and I could tell he had just crawled through another cactus.  Eric never winced or paused to pick the thorns out of his knees and palms, his eyes stayed glued on the horizon.  A heat-distorted breakup of sage and dust beyond which we knew a buck antelope was bedded.  Eric and I started this stalk a ...