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The Irreplaceable American Ideal The Irreplaceable American Ideal Patrick Berry / Wednesday, March 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 democracy. It’s the place where generations of hard-working Americans have pursued their passions for hunting and fishing, nurtured an enduring conservation ethic, and found solace from the rest of life. The concept that our shared resources can be managed in a collaborative and cooperative manner to ... Media Backcountry Journal the campfire Backcountry Journal featured Read more
R3: The Why R3: The Why Trey Curtiss / Tuesday, September 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 gut a deer before I could write in cursive, and I called in my first bull elk before I was 10. I was taught to hunt before I could even line my pockets with my own tags. I’m not alone in how I was recruited into hunting. Recruitment efforts during contemporary times generally were centered around ... Media Backcountry Journal the campfire Backcountry Journal featured r3 Read more
Is CWD an ethical issue? Is CWD an ethical issue? Arkansas BHA Chapter / Tuesday, July 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 wasting disease and there is much to learn. We know that CWD is affecting members of the deer family, including mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk and moose. We also know that CWD is spreading. Biologists have now detected it in 26 U.S. states and in three Canadian provinces. Scientists know that prions ... Media Backcountry Journal Fair Chase Backcountry Journal featured summer 2019 orion Read more
From Backcountry Journal: Crazy Business From Backcountry Journal: Crazy Business Don Thomas / Wednesday, March 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” ranges, the Crazies lie an hour’s drive northeast of Bozeman. They offer spectacular wilderness terrain and are home to native cutthroat trout, an over-objective elk herd, deer, mountain goats and large predators galore. Their current notoriety derives not from this natural bounty, but from a heated ... Media State Issues Backcountry Journal the campfire Montana Chapter Backcountry Journal featured media Read more