Media Backcountry Journal

R3: The Why

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...
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Redefining Mentorship

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...
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Women in the Woods

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...
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Reactivated

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...