The weight has been lifted! Experience hunting in Montana like never before! Thanks to a generous donation by Access WILD, the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is offering a backcountry llama package to make your hunt - and your packout - a bit more enjoyable. "Renting llamas from Access WILD was the best choice I could have made for my 2021 backcountry elk hunt. The workshop was quick, informative and I felt confident to take these animals with me on my hunt. Turns out they ...

News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 8, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today commended a decision by the Biden administration to reinstate protections to three national monuments whose boundaries were reduced by the previous administration, restoring the integrity of the federal Antiquities Act and heeding the calls of hunters and anglers, conservationists, Tribal Nations and others. BHA, together with a ...

News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 5, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – The fall issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ quarterly magazine, Backcountry Journal, is landing in mailboxes across North America. Here are some of the highlights of this action-packed celebration of our favorite season: Into the Mystic: Ben Matthews takes us into Alaska’s Tongass National Forest on a blacktail hunt in this feature story filled with jaw-dropping ...

As the voice for public lands, public waters, and wildlife, the Utah BHA Chapter has launched a Fall 2021 program that particularly focuses on the health of our mule deer herds in Utah. Chronic Wasting Disease is a disease that affects the neurological system of the infected ungulate that leads to fatality of the animal. It is spread among deer populations through contact with bodily fluid such as saliva, urine, feces, blood, etc. In the last several years, CWD has become a significant ...

"And all at once, summer collapsed into fall." - Oscar Wilde September - Public Lands Month - flew by this year! We hope you had ample opportunity to get out in the field to chase elk with your bow, get your dogs on some points and maybe even enjoy a few fall floats! BHA members from across the country and right here in Montana participated in the Public Land Packout campaign, a self-driven group effort to remove some 10,000 bags of rubbish from our lands and waters. We participated in two ...