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Leading on Lead Leading on Lead Brandon Ellis / Wednesday, January 6, 2021 All photos courtesy of Mike McTee, MPG Ranch This article, produced by Orion, originally appeared in the Winter 2021 issue of Backcountry Journal. Join BHA, support your public lands and waters and get four issues a year of Backcountry Journal in your mailbox, and unlimited digital access to current and back issues. By Jan Dizard and Corey Ellis For centuries lead has been a preferred material for fishing tackle, balls, shot and bullets. It is also deadly in other ways; scientists have ... Media Backcountry Journal Fair Chase Backcountry Journal Read more
Considering the Ethics of Trophy Hunting: Part 2 Considering the Ethics of Trophy Hunting: Part 2 Brandon Ellis / Wednesday, September 9, 2020 This article, produced by Orion, originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of Backcountry Journal. Join BHA, support your public lands and waters and get four issues a year of Backcountry Journal in your mailbox, and unlimited digital access to current and back issues. By Harley McAllister and Corey Ellis Under what circumstances is the killing of an animal ethical when the primary motivation is not consumption? This is a tricky issue, and all the more so due to the attention it ... Media Backcountry Journal Fair Chase Backcountry Journal Read more
Continuing the Conservation Ethic Continuing the Conservation Ethic Brandon Ellis / Monday, December 9, 2019 By Corey Ellis One of the greatest impacts of the hunting conservation movement that is our history, all hunters’ history, did not only benefit the game species that hunters pursue. That sage flat that hunters protected not only saved pronghorns and sage grouse; it also saved long-billed curlews and gray flycatchers. A ponderosa glade that was purchased with sportsmen’s dollars and deposited in the bank of public lands not only protected wintering grounds for elk and mule deer; it also ... Media Backcountry Journal Fair Chase Backcountry Journal Winter 2020 orion Read more
Physical Fitness as part of Ethical Hunting Physical Fitness as part of Ethical Hunting Brandon Ellis / Monday, October 7, 2019 Photo by Alex Kim This article first appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of Backcountry Journal. Join BHA and get the journal, quarterly, in your mailbox. By Corey Ellis While recently rereading Beyond Fair Chase by Jim Posewitz, the founder of Orion and a conservation legend and expert in hunting ethics, I was struck by a section that had not caught my attention before; the section was titled, "Physical Fitness as a Part of Preparation." Although we often think of fitness in preparation ... Media Backcountry Journal Fair Chase the campfire Backcountry Journal orion fall 2019 Read more