Taking pictures of our backcountry experiences is just one way hunters and anglers capture our most beloved memories in designated wilderness, on Bureau of Land Management tracts, Forest Service parcels, and on public waters in between. And we want to see your pics!

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is launching our 2024 Public Lands and Waters Photo Contest this summer with some changes to the previous format. This year we are doing three categories (Hunting on Public Lands, Fishing on Public Waters, and Backcountry Wildlife) and the winners for each category will be chosen by BHA's communications staff. Our prize packages are also the biggest we've ever had, with over $4,000 in gear and credit from partners Stone Glacier, Weston, Sitka, Sage, Seek Outside, Benchmade, and Dometic!

And we're running a members-only category this year to celebrate and look back on the 20 years of BHA! Send in your best pictures of BHA events, hunting camps, fishing trips, public advocacy, stewardship, and any other place BHA members have made their mark!

Along with that stellar prize package will be a photo feature in our Backcountry Journal's summer 2025 edition and a Journal cover for the overall winner of the photo contest.

CONTEST ENDS NOV. 30!

Submit Your Photos

Categories for 2024:

Hunting on Public Lands

Fishing on Public Waters

Backcountry Wildlife

Members Only: 20 Years of BHA Community

Prize Packages for 2024:

Hunting on Public Lands 1st Prize: $500 Stone Glacier Credit, $250 Sitka Credit, $500 Weston Credit

Fishing on Public Waters 1st Prize: $1,000 Sage Fly Fishing Credit

Backcountry Wildlife: 6 Man Tipi Full Hot Tent Bundle from Seek Outside, $1,622 value

Members Only: 20 Years of BHA Community: 6 Man Tipi Full Hot Tent Bundle from Seek Outside, $1,622 value

Our second place winners in all categories will receive a Dometic Patrol cooler, a $280 value!

And third place winners in all categories will receive a $200 credit to Benchmade Knives!

The grand prize winner will be featured on the cover of the 2025 summer Backcountry Journal! Our other winners of the contest will be featured in a photo spread inside the magazine, which is seen by tens of thousands of readers across North America each quarter.

Below are the winners from the 2022 photo contest. Take inspiration from them, reject them wholesale, we just want to see our public lands and waters through your eyes and camera lenses!