Media Backcountry Journal A Brief BHA History III: Taking The Initiative and Raisin’ Hell 6/29/2025 A Brief BHA History III: Taking The Initiative and Raisin’ Hell “This is why BHA was built. For this opportunity. For this fight!” Taking the initiative. That’s how Backcountry Hunters & Anglers... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Spring 2025 issue of Backcountry Journal 4/29/2025 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, featured, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal The Irreplaceable American Ideal 3/5/2025 A Message from BHA President & CEO Patrick Berry Public land is as American as Mom’s apple pie and the stars and stripes. It’s woven into the fabric of our history, culture, and principles of... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, featured Download
Media Backcountry Journal Hunting and Angling Presidents 2/14/2025 By Dalton Valette To celebrate this year’s Presidents’ Day, let’s look at the long history of America’s heads of state who enjoyed the great outdoors. For us, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers,... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, president's day Download
Media Backcountry Journal Winter 2025 issue of Backcountry Journal 1/27/2025 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Backcountry Journal Winter 2025 issue of Backcountry Journal 1/27/2025 Would removing the lower four Snake River Dams benefit hunters? Public lands under siege. BHA chapters work on wildlife crossings and science-based management, and more in the Winter 2025 issue of... Tags: Download
Media Backcountry Journal Fall 2024 issue of Backcountry Journal 10/31/2024 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Chapter News Backcountry Journal The Access Frontlines 10/10/2024 This article originally appeared as the President's Message column of the Summer 2024 Backcountry Journal. By Patrick Berry Imagine the excitement and anticipation after a long week of work as... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Texas Chapter, save the cutoff Download
Media Chapter News Backcountry Journal Hunting on the Ballot 9/30/2024 This article also appears in the Fall 2024 issue of Backcountry Journal. By Bryan Jones This fall the public’s right to hunt will take center stage on the ballot in Colorado with a proposed... Tags: Colorado Chapter, the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Summer 2024 issue of Backcountry Journal 8/1/2024 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal Spring 2024 issue of Backcountry Journal 5/1/2024 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal Forged by Fire and Ice 2/23/2024 Fueled by a surplus of testosterone and a deficit of logic, a situation common to young male duck hunters, we headed out. By M. Robbins Church "Oh, what now? What's next?" I asked myself as... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Winter 2024 issue of Backcountry Journal 1/16/2024 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal Fall 2023 issue of Backcountry Journal 10/1/2023 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal A New Home 9/25/2023 By Benjamin Thomas I grew up as a hunting kid in south-central Pennsylvania. Our small family farm felt like paradise some days, covered in wildlife from corner to corner. But it was like a... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Press Releases Inside the Fall Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 9/21/2023 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 21, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The newest edition of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, press releases Download
Media Backcountry Journal Summer 2023 Issue of Backcountry Journal 7/10/2023 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal Cracked by Steve Hawley 6/29/2023 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Dams make up a fairly significant portion of the energy and agriculture infrastructure of the... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, required reading Download
Media Backcountry Journal Ballad of a Turkey Hunter by Hunter Farrior 6/6/2023 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists I began my obsession with turkey hunting eight years ago. It is truly the most juxtaposed type of... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, required reading Download
Media Backcountry Journal Great American Outdoors Act Brings Opportunities, Uncovers New Issues 5/31/2023 By Charlie Booher Punctuated equilibrium defines our history, and natural resource policy is no exception. Looking back at the history of public land management in this country, we’ve frequently... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Return of the Buffalo 5/17/2023 More than 30 million bison once roamed North America. Only about 50,000 now live in wild herds, leading ecologists to say the buffalo is “functionally extinct.” Will the nation’s mammal and a... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, bison Download
Media Backcountry Journal Elk, Women, Horses, Yellowstone by Tory Taylor 5/15/2023 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Every once in a while, I read a book that has the power to transport me somewhere else. Writing... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, required reading Download
Media Backcountry Journal Defending Access and Opportunity in Congress 5/11/2023 By Sen. Martin Heinrich If you’re like me, fall is your favorite season of the year. And if you read Backcountry Journal, there’s a pretty good chance that you feel most alive when the elk... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal On the Farm 5/8/2023 An Iowa family farm provides crucial wildlife habitat and public access By Larry Stone One family’s love of birds, cattle, and conservation has led to partnerships that protect more than... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Spring 2023 issue of Backcountry Journal 4/20/2023 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal Field to Table Torkat Kött Swedish Jerky 4/3/2023 By Kjell Hedström In Sweden, caribou are called reindeer. The Swedish reindeer are not considered wild. The Sami people will herd and follow the deer migration, then in the spring, the herds... Tags: the campfire, Field to Table, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Winter 2023 issue of Backcountry Journal 1/27/2023 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal All the Right Words 1/18/2023 By Jake Lunsford Wind howled through the canyon like a locomotive, snapping fire-blackened aspens and leaving a graveyard of widow-makers and deadfall in its wake. When we set camp, I had... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, AFI Download
Media Backcountry Journal An Opening Day Tale 12/20/2022 By Leyton Hanneman and Matt Hanneman ’Twas the night before hunting, when all through the woods,The creatures were stirring and there the bull stood.Our packs were all readied and quivers fitted... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Press Releases Inside the Winter Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 12/19/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseDec. 19, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available today MISSOULA,... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, press releases Download
Media Backcountry Journal Standing up for Shoreline Access 11/21/2022 By Michael Woods I’ve always loved the beach. Some of my most memorable outdoor experiences as a youth involved fishing for striped bass from the sandy shores of Cape Cod. As time passed, I... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal A Farewell to Fish 11/17/2022 In the summer of that year, we lived in a village near a stream in Idaho where salmon came to spawn. The Valley of the Fish was broad and flat, and high snow-covered mountains rose to the south.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, snake river dams Download
Media Backcountry Journal Gems Among the Aufeis 11/14/2022 BY KEVIN FRALEY Snowdrifts piled up and buried my cabin in interior Alaska in the winter of 2019. Outside, temperatures hovered as low as minus 40 degrees. When the cold, dark months trapped me... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Making the Switch: A Quick Guide to Going Non-Lead 11/7/2022 By Mike McTee and Corey Ellis Hunters have touted the lethality of non-lead bullets for decades. Take this quote from the NRA’s American Hunter Magazine: Every now and then a new bullet comes... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Fall 2022 issue of Backcountry Journal 10/10/2022 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue, container Download
Media Backcountry Journal The Final Flush 10/4/2022 By John Fairchild My chukar hunts this past season had become excuses to get some exercise for me and Charlie, my 14-year-old English Setter, spend time in the hills with friends and to... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Press Releases Inside the Fall Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 9/27/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 27, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, press releases Download
Media Backcountry Journal Our National Forests by Greg M. Peters 9/20/2022 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Our National Forests: Stories from America’s Most Important Public Lands takes readers on a... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, required reading Download
Media Backcountry Journal BHA Members Roll Up Their Sleeves 9/15/2022 Photos: Ace Hess “Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets, but humbler folk may circumvent this restriction if they know how. To plant a pine, for example, one need be neither... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal R3: The Why 9/6/2022 Above: Students from the University of Montana learn how to process a whitetail doe at a BHA Hunting for Sustainability event. My father introduced me to hunting at an early age. I knew how to... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, featured, r3 Download
Media Backcountry Journal Redefining Mentorship 8/15/2022 On a cool evening, I sat hidden amidst a group of boulders, watching the north face of a 11,000-foot summit as over 100 elk made their way out of the timber and onto open grasses along the... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, r3 Download
Media Backcountry Journal Mountain Fit: The Four Gremlins of Durability 7/29/2022 By Raven Aäe You are a mountain athlete with a purpose, and I am a durability advisor on a mission. My work over the last decade has been to support my clients – alpinists, special forces,... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media State Issues Backcountry Journal Privatizing Public Elk 7/21/2022 Photos: Erik Peterson "The movement for the conservation of wildlife and the larger movement for the conservation of all our natural resources are essentially democratic in spirit, purpose, and... Tags: the campfire, Montana Chapter, Backcountry Journal, issues Download
Media Backcountry Journal Summer 2022 Issue of Backcountry Journal 6/25/2022 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal A $40 Million Win for Public Access in Maine 6/22/2022 By John Simoneau A few years ago I was hosting friends for whitetail hunting camp, and we were looking for a new place to explore. Studying the state websites and mapping apps we decide to... Tags: New England Chapter, the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Native Trout on Public Lands and Waters 6/17/2022 BY DANIEL RITZ In February 2020, I met BHA’s chapter leaders and regional staff at the chapter's annual meeting near my home in Boise, Idaho. That was the first time I met Ace Hess, the Idaho... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Was It Worth It? By Doug Peacock 6/3/2022 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Doug Peacock’s collection of stories in his most recent book, Was It Worth It?, proves his... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, required reading Download
Media Backcountry Journal The Book of Yaak by Rick Bass 4/28/2022 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists What do we lose when we let our favorite wild places succumb to the whims of industry and... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, required reading Download
Media Backcountry Journal AFI Members Find Community and More 4/15/2022 Photo: Josh Bent BY TREVOR HUBBS BHA’s Armed Forces Initiative is a group of North American veterans from all branches of service who understand the power our land has. Whether it’s Coastal... Tags: the campfire, AFI Featured Stories, AFI Comms Channel, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Women in the Woods 4/5/2022 Above: Women in the Woods Elk Camp in Colorado. Photos by Ryan McSparren. By Kassi Smith The ray of light as dawn breaks over the High Rockies. The distorted reflection of mountain giants just... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, r3 Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Backcountry Journal Water for Sheep 3/31/2022 Photo: Brian Schwab, SCBS BHA’s California chapter, Armed Forces Initiative and the Marines team up to save bighorn sheep BY EVAN NORDSTROM While the devastating fires of the Western states... Tags: the campfire, AFI Comms Channel, Backcountry Journal, California Chapter Download
Media Backcountry Journal Prepping for Your First Western Hunt 3/29/2022 Lessons learned the hard way By Garrett Golding The temperature began to plummet as we parked at the trailhead. By the time we settled at the base of a small fir tree, the north wind was... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Spring 2022 Issue of Backcountry Journal 3/25/2022 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal Press Releases Inside the Spring Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 3/18/2022 News for Immediate ReleaseMarch 18, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org The newest issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, press releases Download
Media Backcountry Journal Field to Table Feta and Mint Venison Meatballs with a Spiced Tomato Sauce 2/25/2022 I love the combination of these flavors inspired by the Mediterranean and Middle East. I’ve had them in dishes with lamb and goat and found they work really well with game, too. Feta and Mint... Tags: the campfire, Field to Table, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal A Bull for Dad 1/31/2022 BY JIM KIEDROWSKI He got me hooked at a young age. My brother and I were too young to hunt, but he got us involved every chance he had: scouting, tracking deer or sitting with him in a tree... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Defending the Public Trust 1/10/2022 Photo: Matt Hartsky, from our 2020 Public Lands and Waters Photo Contest This article first appeared in the Summer 2021 issue of Backcountry Journal. Join BHA to get 4 issues a year right in... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Chapter News Backcountry Journal Paying It Forward 1/6/2022 BY JOEL GAY It’s not easy for resident hunters to draw an elk tag in New Mexico, even for kids. As in many states, demand for tags far outstrips supply. But that’s only part of the equation.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, New Mexico Chapter Download
Media Backcountry Journal Night Sweats 12/31/2021 By Benjamin Polley Every night before I go into the remote ranger station in a forgotten wild corner of northwestern Montana, I lay in bed, gripped by fear, imagining potential encounters.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Faces of BHA: Ryan Burkert 12/27/2021 Faces of BHA is a regular column in Backcountry Journal, which spreads light on the incredible volunteers working behind the scenes to ensure the organization succeeds. This installment was... Tags: the campfire, AFI Comms Channel, Backcountry Journal, faces of bha Download
Media Backcountry Journal Faces of BHA: Catherine Danae Elser 12/21/2021 Faces of BHA is a regular column in Backcountry Journal, which spreads light on the incredible volunteers working behind the scenes to ensure the organization succeeds. This installment was... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, faces of bha Download
Media Backcountry Journal Alberta Chapter Fights for Wild Places and Creatures 12/17/2021 This article first appeared in the Fall 2021 issue of Backcountry Journal. Join BHA to get 4 issues a year right in your mailbox. BY NEIL KEOWN The Friday entering a long weekend in May 2020... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Alberta Chapter Download
Media Backcountry Journal Winter 2022 Issue of Backcountry Journal 12/15/2021 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal Echo (Living Wild with the Orions) 12/13/2021 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Echo (Living Wild with the Orions) shares the mental and physical journey of a boy learning about... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, required reading Download
Media Backcountry Journal It's Time to Recover Our Wildlife 12/8/2021 Sage grouse are one of the many species likely to benefit from RAWA. Photo: istock.com/gatito33 BY SEN. MARTIN HEINRICH For me, fall is a season that I look forward to all year long. It often... Tags: Fair Chase, the campfire, Backcountry Journal, public lands Download
Media Backcountry Journal Real Hunting 12/3/2021 This story was originally published in the Fall 2021 issue of Backcountry Journal. By Gary VandenLangenberg With a natural love of animals and a curiosity for all things wild, my oldest son... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal What do we owe the individuals? 12/1/2021 This article, produced by Orion, originally appeared in the Fall 2021 issue of Backcountry Journal. Join BHA, support your public lands and waters and get four issues a year of Backcountry... Tags: Fair Chase, the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal For You, Pops 11/8/2021 This piece was originally featured in the spring 2021 edition of the Backcountry Journal. My father called my older brother and me into the room and told us to grab the blue notebook from the... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Collegiate Program Download
Media Backcountry Journal The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter 11/3/2021 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Backcountry hunters and anglers are no strangers to the notion that there is something restorative... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal A Freezer Too Full 10/19/2021 This piece was originally featured in the spring 2021 edition of the Backcountry Journal. I hear my wife begin recording videos for her fourth-grade class, but she is drowned out by the last of... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Collegiate Program Download
Media Backcountry Journal Press Releases Inside the Fall Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 10/5/2021 News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 5, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – The fall issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ quarterly magazine,... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, press releases Download
Media Backcountry Journal Backcountry Memories: The Ridgeline Bull 9/30/2021 By Dominic Corsini Ralph Waldo Emerson is often credited for saying “life is a journey, not a destination.” I cannot help but feel connected to that saying at this moment. However, this story... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Fall 2021 Issue of Backcountry Journal 9/29/2021 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal Change Is In The Air 8/26/2021 This article, produced by Orion, originally appeared in the Summer 2021 issue of Backcountry Journal. Join BHA, support your public lands and waters and get four issues a year of Backcountry... Tags: Fair Chase, the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Press Releases Inside the Summer Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal 7/16/2021 MISSOULA, Mont. – The summer issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ quarterly magazine, Backcountry Journal, is landing in mailboxes across North America. Venture out on summer adventures on our... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, press releases, bison Download
Media Backcountry Journal Tracks: An Animal Tracking Book for Kids by Ann Schaefer, John Schaefer and Tina Howell 7/16/2021 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Tracks is a piece of art. I love the ways you can use it, as a quick facts book or a full-on... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, required reading Download
Media Backcountry Journal A National Park Goat Hunt 7/12/2021 Photo: NPS/Simon Weller BY ZACH WELLER “Hey Trav, I think I see a mountain goat. Take out your 15s and see if you can confirm.” We were still in the canoes, just 20 minutes into our five-day... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Summer 2021 Issue of Backcountry Journal 6/21/2021 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal Preparation for Backcountry and Wilderness Travel 5/11/2021 All photos by Matt Butler How to better prepare for all your outdoor adventures. By Matt Butler The outdoors have become a respite for many during the challenging times of covid and... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal The Island Within by Richard Nelson 5/4/2021 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists I first read Richard Nelson’s The Island Within 20 years ago. The book is an intimate testament to... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction by Michelle Nijhuis 4/21/2021 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Let me first be clear: This is not a book about despair or tragic endings. It is not a book of... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Eat Wild, Live Free and Conserve 4/20/2021 Photo: Jack Lander, from our 2020 Public Lands and Waters Photo Contest This article first appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of Backcountry Journal. Join BHA to get 4 issues a year right in... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal To Bait, or Not to Bait? 4/19/2021 This article, produced by Orion, originally appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of Backcountry Journal. Join BHA, support your public lands and waters and get four issues a year of Backcountry... Tags: Fair Chase, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal A Dream in Polar Fog by Yuri Rytkheu 4/14/2021 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Written by Indigenous writer Yuri Rytkheu, A Dream in Polar Fog tells the story of a white man who... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Reactivated 4/12/2021 BY LUKE FRONTCZAK The morning had been perfect – clear skies with a long narrow blanket of fog covering the valley floor below my hillside perch, which turned pink as the sun came up. Five... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, r3 Download
Media Backcountry Journal The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko 3/31/2021 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists If you have spent any time in the landscape of the American West you understand the significance... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal A Shape in the Dark by Bjorn Dihle 3/24/2021 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Author Bjorn Dihle is, among many other things, a BHA member, Backcountry Journal contributor... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Spring 21 Issue of Backcountry Journal 3/22/2021 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal Spring 21 Conservation Crossword Answers 3/18/2021 Authored by Levi Chandler, from the Kid's Corner of the Spring 21 issue of Backcountry Journal: Tags: Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Knots for Wilderness Campers 3/16/2021 Continued from the Spring 21 issue of Backcountry Journal, here are two more of Tim Mead's knots for wilderness campers. Read the spring issue for the first three! Not a member? Join now and get... Tags: Backcountry Journal, spring 21 Download
Media Backcountry Journal Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 3/10/2021 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Outwardly, Braiding Sweetgrass appears to be a book about plants, viewed through Dr. Kimmerer’s... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, required reading Download
Media Backcountry Journal An Archer's Inner Life by Dave Sigurslid 2/24/2021 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists In great part the appeal of public lands is that they provide a space for us to commune with the... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, required reading Download
Media Backcountry Journal Cochetopa Cottontails 2/23/2021 By Gabriela Zaldumbide One of the reasons why I became a hunter was so I could source my own food. In the last two and a half years, I’ve had the pleasure of hosting many wild game dinners,... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, r3, Hunting for Sustainability Download
Media Backcountry Journal Exploring the Modern Relevance of Natural Foraging 2/16/2021 This article first appeared in the Winter 2021 issue of Backcountry Journal. Join BHA to get 4 issues a year right in your mailbox. By Shane P. Mahoney While acquiring food is essential to... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan 2/10/2021 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists North Americans unfortunately have a long history of ecological harm. We also have the great... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, required reading Download
Media Backcountry Journal North America's Most Extreme Big Game Hunt 1/12/2021 BY JANET GEORGE A hunter must earn the privilege of experiencing the rugged grandeur of mountain goat country. Each rocky step makes you more appreciative of the mountain goat’s perseverance in... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Resort Town Blues 1/6/2021 By Christine Peterson Bill Andree always had a chance at an elk. It might come suddenly in thick spruce or a steep aspen grove, but it was a chance, and he killed his share. That was in the... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Leading on Lead 1/6/2021 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... Tags: Fair Chase, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Always Show Up, Never Give Up 12/22/2020 Image by Joel Caldwell For nearly 70 years, Tony Schoonen was above all else a bare-fisted brawler for wild country and his bone-deep conviction that “blue-collar people should be able to hunt... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Ethics Class in the Canadian Rockies 12/15/2020 A reverent letter of gratitude to those who showed us the hunter’s ethic. BY JUSTIN HANLON �� Three handsome rifles affixed with meticulously zeroed Leupold scopes were held in the steady hands... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal A Giant's Shoes to Fill 12/9/2020 BHA says goodbye and thanks to mentor, friend and role model Jim Posewitz By HAL HERRING The first time I met Jim Posewitz was in the late 1990s, when I was immersed in reporting on the... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Winter 21 Issue of Backcountry Journal 12/9/2020 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal Two in the Far North by Margaret Murie 12/2/2020 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Sen. Martin Heinrich recommended this book to the BHA staff, and it has since become one of my... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal The Sharptail Caucus 10/13/2020 This article originally appeared in the fall 2020 issue of Backcountry Journal. BY RYAN BUSSE As a young man I once stood on a mountain ridge so beautiful that I now find it impossible to... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Fall 2020 Issue of Backcountry Journal 9/24/2020 The Indiana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (BHA), the voice for our public lands in the Hoosier state, is excited to announce a new volunteer partnership with the U.S. Forest Service... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal The Lochsa Story by Bud Moore 9/23/2020 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Every book's reading starts with a set of expectations and hopes. I picked up a copy of The... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal A Fine and Pleasant Misery by Patrick F. McManus 9/16/2020 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists There is a time for reflection, philosophy and politics. And there is a time to lighten up. The cure... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Considering the Ethics of Trophy Hunting: Part 2 9/9/2020 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... Tags: Fair Chase, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains by Dan Flores 9/9/2020 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Dan Flores is a gifted storyteller and chronicler of the history of the Great Plains and wildlife... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean 7/15/2020 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists A River Runs Through It is a memoir of Maclean's adventures as a young man in the mountainous... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal A Hunter’s Heart: Honest Essays on Blood Sport by David Petersen 7/2/2020 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Approximately 10 years ago I picked up this book after a reading a magazine interview with the... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Summer 2020 Issue of Backcountry Journal 7/1/2020 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood by Paul Greenberg 6/24/2020 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists I’ve read both of Greenberg’s popular books: American Catch and Four Fish. What I like best about... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal American Sportsmen and the Origins of Conservation by John F. Reiger 6/19/2020 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Reiger’s American Sportsmen is an expanded look into the entwined history of sportsmen, ethics and... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Silent Spring by Rachel Carson 6/10/2020 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists A professor assigned my class Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,” the book credited with launching... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal The Only Cutthroat Fly You will Ever Need 6/9/2020 This article originally appeared in the Summer 2019 issue of Backcountry Journal. Join BHA, support your public lands and waters and get four issues a year of Backcountry Journal in your mailbox,... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Grinnell: America’s Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West by John Taliaferro 5/27/2020 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists I’ve read a handful of books in the past couple years that I think should belong in the... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey 5/20/2020 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists When I think of Desert Solitaire I remember a little riverside camp I scraped out of the grass... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal That Wild Country by Mark Kenyon 5/13/2020 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists If we’ve learned anything from history, it’s that public lands will always need advocates. Since... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Tranquility in the Ozarks 5/12/2020 By Garrett Titus The crisp turquoise spring water ripples across the front of my canoe, with the gentle strokes of my paddle and the soothing melody of stirring songbirds the only sounds as I... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Missouri Chapter Download
Media Backcountry Journal Bloodties: Nature, Culture, and the Hunt by Ted Kerasote 5/6/2020 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists In Bloodties, Kerasote brings the reader along with him on three journeys, and each involves... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon by Steven Rinella 4/29/2020 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Long before he was “The Meateater,” Steven Rinella was just another hunter dreaming of a premium... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Chapter News Backcountry Journal The Pennsylvania Chapter’s Huge Win on Sunday Hunting 4/28/2020 Photo courtesy of Pennsylvania BHA member John Conte III By Don Rank Despite routinely boasting some of the largest numbers of hunters in the United States, Pennsylvania is one of the few... Tags: Pennsylvania Chapter, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold (NEW Edition!) 4/20/2020 This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists Published posthumously in 1949, Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac is as close to a bible for... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal 2020 Coloring Contest Results 4/2/2020 Thank you to everyone who participated in our coloring contest from the Winter 20 issue of Backcountry Journal. Everyone did a fantastic job! Choosing only two winners was an extremely difficult... Tags: Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Spring 2020 Issue of Backcountry Journal 3/23/2020 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue Download
Media Backcountry Journal Spring 2020 Kid's Crossword Answers 3/20/2020 Here are the answers to the Kid's Crossword, located on page 17 of the Spring 2020 issue of Backcountry Journal. Not a member yet? Subscribe HERE and get four issues of Backcountry Journal to your... Tags: Backcountry Journal, spring 2020 Download
Media Backcountry Journal Ohio BHA Wins Big With State Land Purchase 3/9/2020 Left to right: Tony Ruffing, Ohio BHA chair; Mike DeWine, governor of Ohio; Benton Collins, Ohio BHA wildlife and habitat restoration committee chair; Tim Rogers, Ohio BHA communications... Tags: Backcountry Journal, Ohio Chapter, In Depth, Winter 2020 Download
Media Backcountry Journal How Texas Public Lands Saved Our Family's Outdoor Legacy 3/4/2020 We are all partakers in something that is inherently good. The backcountry awakens a pent-up wonder that is innate to our existence. As we breathe in the mountain air or witness the majesty of... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, Texas Chapter, Winter 2020 Download
Media Backcountry Journal The Momentum Builds 3/4/2020 By Kylie Schumacher It’s the shot heard around the world right now in the hunting and angling communities: Hunting and fishing participation is declining. We’re all familiar with the decline in... Tags: Backcountry Journal, Collegiate Program, Winter 2020 Download
Media Podcasts Backcountry Journal Fishing through the Apocalypse with Matt Miller 2/11/2020 This story originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of Backcountry Journal By Hal Herring For author Matt Miller of Boise, Idaho, life is too short to be a fishing purist. His work as a writer... Tags: Backcountry Journal, Podcast Download
Media Backcountry Journal Texas Chapter Stands for Public Ownership of Wildlife 1/1/2020 By Rich Rosenthal Conservationists celebrated a legal victory over captive deer breeding operations after a Texas appeals court reaffirmed the public ownership of wildlife, thanks in part to... Tags: Backcountry Journal, Texas Chapter, In Depth, Winter 2020 Download
Media Backcountry Journal Yukon Chapter Studies Changes in Public Access 12/20/2019 By Richard Cherepak and Todd Onsorge Yukon Territory is vast, rugged and sparsely populated. Slightly larger than California, Yukon covers an area of 482,443 square kilometers, yet only has 4,850... Tags: Backcountry Journal, Yukon Chapter, Winter 2020 Download
Media Backcountry Journal Backcountry Ice Fishing 101 in the Boundary Waters 12/19/2019 This article first appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of Backcountry Journal. Join BHA to get 4 issues a year in your mailbox. By Lukas Leaf I grew up on the ice, listening to the lake thunder... Tags: Backcountry Journal, boundary waters, Winter 2020, BWCA Download
Media State Issues Backcountry Journal Central Oregon: The Frontlines of Wilderness Access 12/17/2019 By Tristan Henry In Oregon’s scenic Central Cascades, the undulating terrain that bisects east from misty west has drawn growing crowds of backcountry travelers, summer after summer. Here,... Tags: Backcountry Journal, Oregon Chapter, summer 2019 Download
Media Backcountry Journal Winter 2020 Issue of Backcountry Journal 12/17/2019 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: Backcountry Journal, Journal Issue, Winter 2020 Download
Media Backcountry Journal Continuing the Conservation Ethic 12/9/2019 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... Tags: Fair Chase, Backcountry Journal, Winter 2020, orion Download
Media Podcasts Backcountry Journal Continued ... An Interview With Hal Herring 11/28/2019 Photo by Tim Peterson This is the continuation of our conversation with Hal Herring, host of BHA's Podcast & Blast, from the Winter 2020 issue of Backcountry Journal. For more of this interview... Tags: Backcountry Journal, Podcast, Winter 2020 Download
Media Backcountry Journal Connecting People with Wild Places 11/18/2019 By Mike Clingan, Montana Outdoor Imagery An email in my inbox from BHA caught my attention: “6 days volunteering for the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation to improve trails in the... Tags: Montana Chapter, Backcountry Journal, Winter 2020 Download
Media Backcountry Journal R3: Revelations, Relationships and Reciprocity 11/11/2019 BHA Hunting for Sustainability students discuss public and private land boundaries. Photo by Alex Kim This article originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of Backcountry Journal. By Gabby... Tags: Backcountry Journal, r3, Hunting for Sustainability Download
Media Chapter News Backcountry Journal Arizona Chapter Defeats Public Land Transfer Attempts 11/5/2019 This article originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of Backcountry Journal. By Justin Nelson Earlier this year, Arizona BHA heavily engaged in a fight against two bills that had the... Tags: Backcountry Journal, Arizona Chapter Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Backcountry Journal Saving Coni Island 10/24/2019 South of the Brooks Range in northern Alaska there still exists intact ecosystems that remain largely unchanged except by forces of nature. This is one of the largest public land wild areas left... Tags: Backcountry Journal, Alaska Chapter Download
Media Backcountry Journal Press Releases Inside the Fall 2019 Issue of BHA's Backcountry Journal 10/7/2019 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, press releases, Journal Issue, fall 2019 Download
Media Backcountry Journal Physical Fitness as part of Ethical Hunting 10/7/2019 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... Tags: Fair Chase, the campfire, Backcountry Journal, orion, fall 2019 Download
Media Backcountry Journal Soldier's Solace: A Mental Congressional Testimony 7/23/2019 This article originally appeared in the Spring 2018 issue of Backcountry Journal. BY Lieutenant Colonel JEFFREY M. JONES, U.S. ARMY RESERVE I spent the morning reading “The Battle for... Tags: AFI Comms Channel, Backcountry Journal, spring 2018 Download
Media Backcountry Journal Press Releases Inside the Summer Issue of BHA's Backcountry Journal 7/22/2019 Full digital issues of the Backcountry Journal are available to BHA members. Check out a preview below, or click here to join BHA. Already a member? Click here to log in.... Tags: Backcountry Journal, press releases, Journal Issue, summer 2019 Download
Media Backcountry Journal Is CWD an ethical issue? 7/9/2019 This article first appeared in the Summer 2019 issue of Backcountry Journal. Join BHA and get the journal, quarterly, in your mailbox. By Patt Dorsey There is a lot we know about chronic... Tags: Fair Chase, Backcountry Journal, featured, summer 2019, orion Download
Media Backcountry Journal Students: Set your sights on Minnesota 6/27/2019 The Spring 2019 issue of Backcountry Journal featured an article, “Student Licenses Aid in Recruitment,” that detailed how discounted student license rates help R3 efforts across the country and... Tags: Minnesota Chapter, Backcountry Journal, Collegiate Program Download
Media Backcountry Journal Student Licenses Aid in Recruitment 6/27/2019 This article first appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of Backcountry Journal. Join BHA to receive the quarterly Backcountry Journal, in print, direct to your mailbox. Editor's Note: The... Tags: Backcountry Journal, Collegiate Program, Spring 2019 Download
Media Backcountry Journal Navigating Rendezvous 2019 4/11/2019 Above: The 2018 Hike to Hunt kickoff. by Josh Mills So you’re going to Rendezvous, huh? Get excited. You’re about to be part of the biggest public lands party you’ve ever seen. Your mind is about... Tags: rendezvous, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Are Big Racks Ethical? 4/11/2019 Above: In 2016 the BHA North American board passed a policy statement in support of policies which aim to prohibit new captive cervid canned hunting operations. As concerns around the spread of... Tags: Fair Chase, Backcountry Journal, orion, Spring 2019 Download
Media Backcountry Journal From the BCJ Vault: Required Reading for Conservationists 3/15/2019 Tags: Backcountry Journal, blog Download
Media Backcountry Journal The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness 9/18/2018 By Sam Lungren, Backcountry Journal editor This piece was published in the Fall 2018 issue of Backcountry Journal. Since this article was published, the Biden administration has begun their... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal, boundary waters, media Download
Media Backcountry Journal Grip and Grin: Ethics and Emotions in Images 9/10/2018 by Tovar Cerulli - Orion: The Hunter's Institute The image is familiar: A hunter crouches beside a dead deer, grinning into the camera. What do we make of this picture? We all see the hunter’s... Tags: Fair Chase, the campfire, Backcountry Journal, media, orion Download
Media Backcountry Journal Live Action Game Cameras 7/18/2018 Photo by Barry and Cathy Beck On an October morning a decade or so ago, I was hunting woodcock in an abandoned orchard. A flight had come in and, in less than an hour, I collected my three-bird... Tags: Fair Chase, the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media State Issues Backcountry Journal From Backcountry Journal: Crazy Business 3/21/2018 Image courtesy of Don Thomas Readers and BHA members outside of Montana may have never heard of the Crazy Mountains, although that is likely to change. One of Montana’s dozen isolated “island”... Tags: the campfire, Montana Chapter, Backcountry Journal, featured, media Download
Media Backcountry Journal Fair Chase and Public Access: Joined at the Hip 1/17/2018 Photo by Daniel Wilde For roughly two-thirds of the 20th Century, hunters and fishers were the bedrock of conservation. But beginning in the early 1970s, the ground shifted. The accomplishments of... Tags: Fair Chase, the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal Yoga for Hunters 1/10/2018 Published in Backcountry Journal Winter 2018 Issue. Subscribe by becoming a member here. Photo Credit: Bill McDavid It took me 16 days to tag a Dall sheep in Alaska last year. If... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal A Conversation with Jim Posewitz 1/10/2018 Published in Backcountry Journal Winter 2018 Issue. Subscribe by becoming a member here. Photo Credit: Thom Bridge Interview by Sam Lungren Author, biologist, ethicist, historian and legendary... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download
Media Backcountry Journal 12,000 Years of Great Fishing 7/26/2013 The following was written by BHA's Conservation Director Holly Endersby, after a recent fishing trip to Kelly Creek (Idaho). Utter the words Kelly Creek to a real backcountry trout bum and she... Tags: the campfire, Backcountry Journal Download