News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 5, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org  HuntStand offers indispensable toolset for hunting, habitat management and land ownership MISSOULA, Mont. – HuntStand and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers have launched a corporate partnership focused on advancing both HuntStand’s and BHA’s work on behalf of wildlife, public access and conservation. HuntStand has spent a more than a decade developing an indispensable toolset for hunting, ...

With the former bureau chief of licensing and his 17 years’ experience now leading Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, we're left surprised and disappointed in how FWP's drawings and regulations have been administered lately. First, turkeys were being killed a week before the spring season and wardens were turning a blind eye because there was a typo on FWP’s official website that suggested the 2022 season opened a week before it did. Law-abiding turkey hunters were penalized with lost ...

This spring, college students put in over 2,000 hours of volunteer work for BHA. Sitting strong with 35 active and emerging clubs, our students continue to fuel our mission at their universities and on their public lands and waters. In case you missed it, here's what they've been up to this spring. Students complete stewardship projects on public lands through BHA's PLO Stewardship Fund Castleton University, University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBCO), and the University of Wisconsin ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJuly 1, 2022Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   The shortsighted legislation is drawing widespread condemnation from hunting industry and groups, would eliminate historical source of funds for wildlife conservation MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is joining a firestorm of opposition to legislation introduced by Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), the RETURN our Constitutional Rights Act, which would eliminate the excise tax ...

Created and fully funded by Kentucky BHA chapter leader and retired colonel, Mike Abell and his wife Aline, the BHA Scholarship was first awarded in 2020 at the University of Louisville. The scholarship is intended to be awarded to a political science student who has aspirations to one day serve in public office but who has little to no experience with hunting, angling, or the outdoors. The intent is to immerse them in the BHA community where they will forge relationships and gain ...