Over the last year the New England Chapter has been working hard to grow our mentoring program and provide guidance to new hunters and anglers looking for success in their pursuits. We’re excited to announce that we’ll be teaming up with Rhode Island-based guide service Big Game Waterfowl to offer our members the chance at free mentored hunts during Rhode Island’s youth waterfowl hunting weekend October 26 and 27. These are boat-based excursions. Capacity is limited to two pairs of eligible ...

May 24-26th, 2019, Charleston, VT — New England BHA took part in VT Department of Fish and Wildlife's inaugural Learn to Hunt program, along with NWTF, L.L. Bean, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. After completing and online education component, adult students started the long weekend with basic hunter education, including gun safety, field exercises and time at the range shooting rifles and patterning turkey loads. They were progressed through a variety of training modules ...

In 2018, the New England Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers piloted its mentoring program for the first time. Over the course of the fall hunting and fishing seasons around 20 mentor-mentee pairs got together by email, phone and in the field to share tips, tactics and strategies for success in pursuits ranging from fly-fishing to traditional bow hunting. At the conclusion of the season a survey of participants indicated that mentors found fulfillment in sharing their knowledge and ...

The New England Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is dedicated to ensuring that fair chase ethics that guide hunters from coast to coast persist and continue to influence both new and experienced sportsmen and women. Consequently, we wholeheartedly oppose a bill in the Rhode Island Legislature, H5849, that would legalize the importation of big game animals like elk, wild hogs, and deer for canned hunts in shooting preserves.  In addition to contradicting generations worth of fair ...

Connecticut hunters and anglers have long enjoyed the privilege of practicing their craft in the public lands and waters of their home state. The State Forests, Wildlife Management Areas, State Parks, and other public lands protect valuable fish and wildlife habitats and offer a multitude of hunting, fishing, and other recreational activities, thereby fulfilling the state’s responsibility of providing residents access to their shared natural resources. But despite their great importance, ...