This piece was originally featured in the spring 2021 edition of the Backcountry Journal. My father called my older brother and me into the room and told us to grab the blue notebook from the counter. He shakily clasped his glasses and opened the spiral revealing a list of the guns he owned. My brother and I both thought the conversation was going a completely different route, so we openly expressed: “What the hell, Dad? We thought this was going to be a serious conversation.” “You have to ...

My dad and I kept 11 nice walleye on our overnight trip to Devils Lake, North  Dakota. But this recipe also works great when you get just one fish but still want to bring it home and share with the family. It's something special and worthy for celebrating your catch. Walleye-Stuffed Mushrooms   Ingredients: 8 ounces (about 12) white or portabella mushrooms 1/3 cup fish fillets (about 2 ounces), coarsely chopped 1/2 tsp lemon juice 2 tbsp each of butter, finely chopped yellow onion, ...

We are proud to be part of this conservation effort to support the sheep of the Swakane herd.  Continued support from our members, via membership or donation, helped support these efforts! ____________________________________________________________ First, some background. You have to go back to 1969 to find the first nine sheep to hit the ground in the Swakane Unit of Washington State.  The sheep were brought to the Swakane location, translocated from the Colockum herd which roams south of ...

Every fall, the University of Montana BHA club accepts applications for the Rebecca Romero Legacy Hunting award that covers the cost of a non-resident hunting license for out-of-state students with a focus on females and new hunters. On June 17th, 2018 Rebecca Romero was the victim of a hit-and-run collision in Missoula, Montana. She had just graduated from the University of Montana, earning a degree in wildlife biology, and had recently enlisted in the Montana National Guard with future ...

Despite the fact that Montana’s general rifle season is almost a week old, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission approved two more public elk hunting access agreements for landowners during its Thursday meeting. Under the program the Cowan Ranch, located south of Havre, was granted four free either-sex elk permits and will choose another four Hunting District 690-20 elk permit holders to hunt. The ranch will also allow the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks to choose 16 ...