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How Texas Public Lands Saved Our Family's Outdoor Legacy How Texas Public Lands Saved Our Family's Outdoor Legacy John Cook / Wednesday, March 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 the river bottom, we are connected to all those who came before us. By John Cook I grew up hunting the Mud Creek bottom in East Texas. As early as I can remember I was following my dad through the mature hardwood bottom on the north side of our deer lease hunting squirrels. I can remember being ... Media Backcountry Journal the campfire Backcountry Journal Texas Chapter Winter 2020 Read more
The Momentum Builds The Momentum Builds Kylie Schumacher / Wednesday, March 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 license sales and days spent afield and know all too well the implications of these statistics. With the addition of BHA’s Recruitment, Retention and Reactivation position, BHA is actively working to reverse these numbers, primarily though our Hunting for Sustainability program. While R3 initiatives ... Media Backcountry Journal Backcountry Journal Collegiate Program Winter 2020 Read more
Texas Chapter Stands for Public Ownership of Wildlife Texas Chapter Stands for Public Ownership of Wildlife Richard Rosenthal / Wednesday, January 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 efforts from Texas BHA and other like-minded conservation organizations. The opinion made by the Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, affirmed the trial court’s decision in Bailey, Peterson v. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. In the case, owners of a deer-breeding operation sued the state, arguing ... Media Backcountry Journal Backcountry Journal Texas Chapter In Depth Winter 2020 Read more
Yukon Chapter Studies Changes in Public Access Yukon Chapter Studies Changes in Public Access Arkansas BHA Chapter / Friday, December 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 kilometers of maintained roads (for comparison, Yukon’s western neighbor, Alaska, has more than 25,000 kilometers of public roads). Resident hunters can live the backcountry hunter’s dream – hiking ridges and valleys in isolated and wild terrain in pursuit of caribou, bison, thinhorn sheep, ... Media Backcountry Journal Backcountry Journal Yukon Chapter Winter 2020 Read more
Backcountry Ice Fishing 101 in the Boundary Waters Backcountry Ice Fishing 101 in the Boundary Waters Lukas Leaf / Thursday, December 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 and crack as it constantly expands and shifts. Frankly, you either love it or hate it. Fortunately for me, it’s the former, and I’ve been pursuing everything from walleye to lake trout since I was able to fall through a tip-up hole. It’s a Midwest outdoor tradition filled with eelpout festivals, giant ... Media Backcountry Journal Backcountry Journal boundary waters Winter 2020 BWCA Read more
Winter 2020 Issue of Backcountry Journal Winter 2020 Issue of Backcountry Journal Zachary Williams / Tuesday, December 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. Media Backcountry Journal Backcountry Journal Journal Issue Winter 2020 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
Continued ... An Interview With Hal Herring Continued ... An Interview With Hal Herring Zachary Williams / Thursday, November 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 with Hal and loads more great content, join BHA to get the current and every new issue of Backcountry Journal in your mailbox. Those that read your writing, or follow you on social media, know that you are extremely motivated about protecting our public lands, waters and wildlife – the BHA ... Media Podcasts Backcountry Journal Backcountry Journal Podcast Winter 2020 Read more
Connecting People with Wild Places Connecting People with Wild Places Arkansas BHA Chapter / Monday, November 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 backcountry with fellow BHA members.” Exactly the type of adventure that I needed and an opportunity to contribute to a place and cause that mean so much to me. BHA partnered with the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation, which was founded in 1996 when the U.S. Forest Service and a group of concerned citizens ... Media Backcountry Journal Montana Chapter Backcountry Journal Winter 2020 Read more