September is Public Lands Month at BHA and as part of the annual celebration, Pennsylvania BHA held and participated in a slew of events, hit the halls of the Capitol and got down to work cleaning up our public lands. Thanks to all who pitched in! Read on for the highlights. PA BHA Board Member Ross Miller and member Sarah Xenophon joined the Pennsylvania Game Commission and other conservation groups September 25 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of National Hunting and Fishing Day at PGC’s ...

  Hunter David Oquendo took a nice whitetail doe with the help of his mentor, NJ BHA Board Member Levi Morris.  The New Jersey Chapter of BHA, in partnership with National Wild Turkey Federation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, hosted a mentored archery deer hunt for 6 adults at the Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge in Sussex, NJ in October, 2022. Over a full weekend, the hunters attended a safety and deer hunting workshop and then hunted a full day with their mentor. “I am ...

HELENA – In Montana, good relationships between hunters and landowners are integral to our opportunities, lead to proper wildlife management and ensure that our hunting traditions continue. Landowners play an important role in sustaining healthy wildlife populations, contributing to our economy and communities by creating jobs, and providing valuable habitat and treasured open spaces. But the relationship between hunters and landowners can start to fray when just a few hunters abuse the ...

It's 70 degrees today, rifle opener is on the horizon, fall colors are peaking and mountain snow is in the 10-day forecast! Things are changing rapidly in Montana, and elk management is no exception. Here's what your Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers has been up to and what's on deck: 1) Big Snowy Wildlife Management Area, approved! Today, the Montana Land Board voted in favor of acquiring the 5,677-acre parcel by a vote of 4-1. Attorney General Knudsen was the lone voice ...

The state of Washington, hunting and angling organizations have banned together and created a Washington Fish and Wildlife Conservation Partnership, a new coalition dedicated to protecting the state’s hunting, fishing, and trapping heritage through science-based fish and wildlife management. The WA Chapter has been at the forefront of the new initiative since the beginning as leaders saw the need for organizations to work together out of the recent spring bear decisions by the WDFW ...